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Measuring Psychological Well-Being in the Canadian Study of Health and Aging

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2005

Philippa J. Clarke ,
Victor W. Marshall ,
Carol D. Ryff  and
Blair Wheaton
Philippa J. Clarke
Affiliation:
Institute for Human Development, Life Course and Aging, and Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto
Victor W. Marshall
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina Institute on Aging, and Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Carol D. Ryff
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, and Institute on Aging, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Blair Wheaton
Affiliation:
Institute for Human Development, Life Course and Aging, and Departments of Sociology and Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto.
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Abstract

The Canadian Study of Health and Aging (CHSA) provided an opportunity to examine the positive aspects of aging. CHSA-2 included the 18-item Ryff multidimensional measure of well-being, which taps six core theoretical dimensions of positive psychological functioning. The measure was administered to 4,960 seniors without severe cognitive impairment or dementia at CSHA-2. Intercorrelations across scales were generally low. At the same time, the internal consistency reliability of each of the 6 subscales was not found to be high. Confirmatory factor analyses provide support for a 6-factor model, although some items demonstrate poor factor loadings. The well-being measures in CSHA-2 provide an opportunity to examine broad, descriptive patterns of well-being in Canadian seniors.

Type
DERIVED VARIABLES FOR THE CSHA
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International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 13 , Issue S1 , February 2001 , pp. 79 - 90
Copyright
© 2001 International Psychogeriatric Association

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