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February 17, 2026Current Psychology

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

Yi-Jung Chen Chieh-hsiu Liu Kah-Ying Yap Li Fan Liu Yi-Ching Yang Mark D. Griffiths Wen-Li Hou Chi Hsien Huang Chung-Ying Lin

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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.

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Evaluates a new scale measuring ageism in older people, suggesting its utility for addressing societal attitudes.

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Chen et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69a761f4c6e9836116a300a1 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-026-09139-w

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