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ABSTRACT
The Aging Semantic Differential (ASD) is the most widely used instrument to measure young people’s attitudes towards older adults. This study translated the ASD to Mandarin and examined its psychometric properties. The Mandarin-ASD contains three latent factors (Personality and Mental Health, Societal Participation, and Physical) that have high internal reliability and reasonable discriminate validity. Social work researchers, practitioners and allied professionals may utilize the ASD-Mandarin instrument to measure young people’s attitudes towards older adults in China. We issue a call for a universal-ASD that can be applied across different cultural contexts.
Acknowledgments
We thank the Peter Paul Career Development Award at Boston University, Bridgewater State University Undergraduate Research Abroad Program, Center for the Advancement of Research and Scholarship, Shanghai Normal University, and Dr. Larry J. Williams, Dean’s Research Chair and Professor of Psychology at Wayne State University for support and thoughtful guidance throughout the process. Portions of this research were presented at the annual meetings of the Gerontological Society of America (San Diego, CA) and International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (Seoul, Korea).