Developing a tool for measuring the decision-making competence of older adults

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 271-288

  Finucane, Melissa L ^a   Gullion, Christina M ^b  

^a EAST WEST CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Decision making competence; Measurement methods; Person task fit framework

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPETENCE; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKILL; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TASK PERFORMANCE; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; MENTAL CAPACITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77953928056     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019106     Document Type: Article

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