A Shortened Version of the Reasons for Living Inventory for Older Iranian Adults-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

A Shortened Version of the Reasons for Living Inventory for Older Iranian Adults

Published:2024-09 Issue:3 Volume:37 Page:159-169
ISSN:1662-9647
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language:en
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Author:

Ahmadboukani Soliman¹,Rostami Mohammad²^ORCID,Foroughan Mahshid³,Hemmati Azad⁴

Affiliation:

1. Department of Counseling, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Iran

2. Department of Counseling, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran

3. Iranian Research Center on Aging, Department of Aging, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran

4. Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran

Abstract

Abstract: This psychometric study examined the psychometric characteristics of the shortened version of the Persian-Reasons for Living Inventory for Older Adults (the shortened P-RFL-OA) in a sample of 293 clinical and nonclinical community-dwelling older adults living in Sanandaj, Iran in 2023. We collected the data using the shortened P-RFL-OA Scale, the Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation (BSSI), the Life Satisfaction Index (LSI-Z), the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), and the Short Form Health Survey (SF-12). Overall, the shortened P-RFL-OA has acceptable psychometric properties in terms of test-retest reliability, convergent validity with depression and suicidal ideation, and divergent validity with life satisfaction and quality of life. The findings of the present study confirmed that the shortened P-RFL-OA has acceptable psychometric properties for older adults.

Publisher

Hogrefe Publishing Group

Link

https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/pdf/10.1024/1662-9647/a000335

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