Development and psychometric evaluation of a measure to assess ageism using a socioecological model: Attitudes and Thoughts Toward Older People Scale (AT-TOPS)

Key Points

• The Attitudes and Thoughts Toward Older People Scale is a newly developed measure for assessing ageism.
• The psychometric evaluation shows this scale effectively captures attitudes towards older individuals, with reliability metrics validating its use.
• Analysis involved a robust psychometric validation process incorporating various statistical methods to ensure accuracy and reliability.
• Findings support the scale's utility for measuring societal attitudes, indicating a need for broader applications in educational and policy settings.