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Valuation of life
— a concept and a scale | | Author(s) | M Powell Lawton, Miriam Moss, Christine Hoffman |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging and Health, vol 13, no 1, February 2001 |
| Pages | pp 3-31 |
| Keywords | Quality of life ; Life span ; Measurement ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The objective was to derive and test the psychometric characteristics of a scale to measure Valuation of Life (VOL). Four samples were used in successive phases of exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, reliability and validity testing, and exploration of response-error effects. Estimates of Years of Desired Life were obtained under a variety of hypothetical quality of life (QOL) compromising conditions of poor health. Confirmed 13-item (positive VOL) and 6-item (negative VOL) factors were obtained. A significant relationship between VOL and most Years of Desired Life estimates remained when demographic, health, quality of life, and mental health issues were controlled. Analysis of negative VOL revealed that some respondents misunderstood the meaning of an "agree" response to negatively phrased items. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010731201 A |
| Classmark | F:59: BG6: 3R: 7T |
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