Abstract
Healthy ageing means optimizing opportunities that allow older individuals to participate actively in society without discrimination. Learning adaptive behaviors (AB) may be extremely important for individuals for all stages of life. The goal of this study was: (a) to create a scale for self-perceived adaptive behavior, and (b) propose percentiles for evaluating AB in older adult women. A self-perception scale was created to measure adaptive behavior. Anthropometric and physical fitness variables for 192 older Chilean women (ages 60 to 88) were collected and evaluated. Content validity reflected agreement from 0.75 to 1.0. Construct validity carried out with exploratory factor analysis (EFA) resulted in 11 dimensions with 62 items in groups. Saturation oscillated between 0.62 and 0.85 with the explanation of variation as 46.27%. Cronbach’s Alpha was r = 0.83. The results indicated that the scale developed was valid and reliable for the Chilean women studied. This scale may be used to measure self-perception of AB patterns in older women. Furthermore, the percentiles allow for classification of the AB by age and anthropometric indices.
Highlights
Access to adaptive behavior (AB) refers to the person’s ability to assume more and more responsibility for his or herself and to help others in developing skills for daily living [1]. It has been established as the effectiveness and the degree to which the individual meets the standards of personal independence and social responsibility [2] (p. 11)
Without the continual help of these adaptive behaviors, individuals are left with adaptive deficits that limit them in functioning in one or more activities in daily life, such as communication, social interaction, and independent living in multiple environments, including the home, school, work, and the community [3]
The women were given a questionnaire of 74 questions to answer about self-perception adaptive behaviors
Summary
Access to adaptive behavior (AB) refers to the person’s ability to assume more and more responsibility for his or herself and to help others in developing skills for daily living [1].it has been established as the effectiveness and the degree to which the individual meets the standards of personal independence and social responsibility [2] (p. 11).Learning AB and the accompanying skills may be some of the most important life skills, during childhood [1], and during other stages of life. Access to adaptive behavior (AB) refers to the person’s ability to assume more and more responsibility for his or herself and to help others in developing skills for daily living [1] It has been established as the effectiveness and the degree to which the individual meets the standards of personal independence and social responsibility [2] Successful ageing requires effective adaptation that at the same time implies the flexible use of strategies to optimize personal functioning and well-being during this life stage [4]. This involves the ability to perform activities of daily living.
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