Abstract
This study identified the existing ageism scales and reviewed the literature on ageism scales with an emphasis on the methodological issues. Most standardized ageism scales have focused on younger people’s attitudes and beliefs toward older adults. There are relatively few standardized scales that assess how older adults feel and think about their experiences being stereotyped. Although significant efforts have been made to outline ageism’s various dimensions and constructs, these efforts have not led to a common consensus on ageism and its characteristics. Lack of consensus, in turn, makes it harder to develop a standardized scale. The findings suggest that a new scale that applies only to measuring ageism as perceived by older adults and corresponds to the significant dimensions of ageism must be developed. The preliminary results of this mini-review will serve as the basis for further research on the ageism scale among older adults.
Highlights
Ageism refers to stereotypes, prejudices, and discriminatory actions or attitudes that are based on one’s chronological age (Kang, 2020)
Palmore (1977) study presented a new direction in this field by creating a scale featuring 25 truefalse items to measure the level of knowledge regarding the aging process
This attempt focused on increasing awareness of ageism by identifying common misconceptions toward aging and older adults
Summary
Prejudices, and discriminatory actions or attitudes that are based on one’s chronological age (Kang, 2020). Palmore (1977) study presented a new direction in this field by creating a scale featuring 25 truefalse items to measure the level of knowledge regarding the aging process This attempt focused on increasing awareness of ageism by identifying common misconceptions toward aging and older adults. The ROPE is made up of 20 items that measure positive and negative ageist behaviors that people may exhibit in day-today life They recruited 147 undergraduate students (Mean age: 22.9), 47 persons from a university community (Mean age: 38.0), and 120 older adults (Mean age: 70.9) to test the ROPE. All measures showed an acceptable level of internal consistency reliability, with a Cronbach’s alpha score above 0.7 While these three scales are used to measure different dimensional features of ageism, their scores were moderately correlated. It only focuses on the psychological component of ageism, that is, internalized ageism
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