Evidence of Validity and Reliability of the Lasher and Faulkender Anxiety about Aging Scale in Mexican Older Adults

• Published in: Healthcare (Basel) Vol. 9; no. 12; p. 1612
• Main Authors: Zueck-Enríquez, María Del Carmen, Soto, Ma Concepción, Aguirre, Susana Ivonne, Ornelas, Martha, Blanco, Humberto, Peinado, Jesús Enrique, Barrón-Luján, Juan Cristóbal, Aguirre, Juan Francisco
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 23.11.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Age; Aging; Anxiety; Attitudes; construct validity; factor analysis; Fear & phobias; invariance; Older people; Personal appearance; Quantitative psychology; Questionnaires; structural equations; Validity; Mexico; structural equations; anxiety; factor analysis; invariance; construct validity; aging

Anxiety about aging is an important mediating factor in attitudes and behavior toward elderly individuals as well as a mediating factor in the adjustment to one's own aging processes. The aim of this study was to analyze the factor structure, internal consistency and factorial invariance by sex...