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Table 3 Descriptive analysis of the set of 38 items in the Brazilian sample (n = 424)

From: Development and validation of the Brazilian version of the Attitudes to Aging Questionnaire (AAQ): An example of merging classical psychometric theory and the Rasch measurement model

Item content

Mean

SD

MV(%)

Distribution

Skew

Kurt

    

1

2

3

4

5

  

1 People as old as they feel

3.42

1.18

0

7.3

19.3

13.7

42.9

16.7

-.52

-.76

2 Better able to cope with life

3.81

.781

0

.9

6.4

16.7

62.3

16.7

.781

1.411

3 Old age time of illness

2.24

1.015

0

25

42.2

17.5

14.4

.9

.554

-.549

4 Privilege to grow old

3.96

.93

0

1.9

6.6

14.6

47.6

29.2

-.96

.82

5 Interested in new technology

3.0

1.02

0

6.8

27.1

30.7

30.2

5.2

-.087

-.748

6 Interested in love

3.64

.881

0

2.4

8

25.2

52.4

12

-.766

.666

7 Old age is a time of loneliness

2.27

1.029

0

23.3

44.1

16.3

14.6

1.7

1.029

-.409

8 Wisdom comes with age

3.76

.872

0

1.4

8.7

18.2

55.9

15.8

.872

.664

9 Pleasant things about growing older

3.79

.826

0

1.2

7.8

16.5

60.1

14.4

.826

1.082

10 Old age depressing time of life

2.38

.997

0

19.1

41.5

22.2

16.5

.7

.997

-.752

11 Capacities and abilities decline with age

3.54

.870

.2

3.1

11.6

18.4

62.4

4.5

-1.145

.832

12 Important to take exercise at any age

4.26

.666

0

.7

1.4

4

59

34.9

.666

4.101

13 Growing older easier than I thought

3.41

.981

0

5.9

9.7

30.2

45.8

8.5

.981

.261

14 More difficult to talk about feelings

2.44

1.118

0

25.9

26.4

26.9

19.1

1.7

1.118

-1.073

15 More accepting of myself

3.10

1.097

0

10.1

18.4

29.2

35.6

6.6

1.097

-.674

16 I don't feel old

3.40

1.132

0

8.3

12.3

25.2

39.4

14.9

1.132

-.389

17 Old age mainly as a time of loss

2.17

1.137

0

38.4

23.3

22.2

14.6

1.4

1.137

-.970

18 Personal beliefs mean more as I grow older

3.61

1.18

0

9.5

8.5

16

44.8

21.5

-.868

-.051

19 My identity is not defined by my age

3.29

1.133

.2

11.6

9.9

25

44.3

9

1.133

-.333

20 More energy than I expected for my age

3.32

1.063

.2

6.9

16.1

23.3

44.7

8.7

1.063

-.408

21 Loss physical independence as I get older

2.80

1.156

0

18.2

20.3

28.5

29

3.8

1.156

-1.039

22 Physical health problems don't hold me back

3.25

1.176

.2

11.1

15.1

22.2

40.4

11.1

1.176

-.686

23 Unhappy with changes in physical appearance

2.16

1.128

.2

38.5

23.9

21.7

14.7

1.2

.496

-.979

24 More difficult to make new friends

2.08

1.162

0

44.8

19.6

18.6

15.8

.9

1.162

-1.030

25 Pass on benefits of experience

3.94

.821

.5

1.4

4.3

15.4

56.6

22.3

.821

1.618

26 Fear loosing financial independence

2.36

1.287

.2

38.1

17

19.9

21

4

-.358

-1.239

27 Time to do things that really interest me

3.43

1.00

.5

5.9

11.1

26.1

47.7

9.5

-.741

.109

28 Want continue doing work long as possible

3.58

1.23

.2

10.2

9.5

16.8

39.2

24.3

-.760

-.372

29 Worried I'll become a financial burden to family

2.23

1.28

.2

40.9

21.5

16.5

15.6

5.4

.636

-.855

30 Believe my life has made a difference

3.73

.847

.2

2.4

5.4

22.2

56.5

13.5

.847

1.369

31 Just as meaning now as always

3.73

.931

.5

2.4

9.7

16.8

54.5

16.6

-.882

.602

32 Don't feel involved in society

2.55

1.184

.5

25.9

21.5

25.5

24.3

2.4

1.184

-1.229

33 Want to give a good example

4.07

.735

.2

1.4

1.9

9.7

62.6

24.3

.735

3.619

34 I feel excluded because of my age

2.17

1.143

.2

39.2

20.8

25

13

1.9

1.143

-.928

35 Future fills me with dread

2.12

1.15

.5

41

23

21.8

11.1

3.1

.673

-.597

36 Health is better than expected for my age

3.38

1.122

.2

8.7

13

22

44.4

11.8

1.122

-.361

37 Keep myself fit and active by exercising

3.02

1.284

.5

17.1

17.8

23.7

29.1

12.3

1.284

-1.077

38 Important relationships become more satisfying

3.26

1.03

.2

7.8

12.3

34.5

36.9

8.5

-.499

-.195

  1. Items in bold were retained in the international final version
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