Development of the Brief Ageing Perceptions Questionnaire (B-APQ): A confirmatory factor analysis approach to item reduction

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Sexton, Eithne ^a   King Kallimanis, Bellinda L ^b   Morgan, Karen ^c   McGee, Hannah ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c PERDANA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Ageing perceptions; Confirmatory factor analysis; Item reduction; Self perceptions; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRELAND; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARDS;

AGED; AGING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84899490188     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-14-44     Document Type: Article

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