Introduction: The Attitudes to Aging Questionnaire (AAQ) was developed to measure attitudes toward the aging process as a personal experience from the perspective of older people. The present study aimed to validate the French version of the AAQ. Participants and methods: This study examined factor structure, acceptability, reliability and validity of the AAQ's French version in 238 Belgian adults aged 60 years or older. In addition, participants provided information on demographics, self-perception of their mental and physical health (single items), quality of life (WHOQOL-OLD) and social desirability (DS-36). Results: Exploratory Factor Analysis produced a three-factor solution accounting for 36.9% of the variance. No floor or ceiling effects were found. The internal consistency, measured by Cronbach's alpha coefficients for the AAQ subscales were 0.62 (Physical Change), 0.74 (Psychological Growth), and 0.75 (Psychosocial Loss). A priori expected associations were found between AAQ subscales, self-reported health and quality of life, indicating good convergent validity. The scale also showed a good ability to discriminate between people with lower and higher education levels, supporting adequate known-groups validity. Finally, we confirmed the need to control for social desirability biases when assessing self-reported attitudes toward one's own aging. Conclusion: The data support the usefulness of the French version of the AAQ for the assessment of attitudes toward their own aging in older people.

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法语版本的《老年问卷调查态度》（AAQ）的验证：因素结构，可靠性和有效性。

简介：制定了《衰老态度调查表》（AAQ），以从老年人的角度衡量对衰老过程的态度，将其作为一种个人经历。本研究旨在验证AAQ的法语版本。参与者和方法：这项研究检查了238名60岁以上比利时成年人的AAQ法文版的因素结构，可接受性，信度和效度。此外，参与者还提供了有关人口统计学，对自己的身心健康的自我认知（单个项目），生活质量（WHOQOL-OLD）和社会可取性（DS-36）的信息。结果：探索性因素分析产生了一个三因素解决方案，占变异的36.9％。找不到地板或天花板效果。内部一致性，由Cronbach' AAQ分量表的α系数为0.62（身体变化），0.74（心理增长）和0.75（心理社会损失）。在AAQ分量表，自我报告的健康状况和生活质量之间发现了先验的预期关联，表明良好的收敛效度。该量表还显示出区分较高和较低文化水平的人的良好能力，支持足够的已知群体效度。最后，我们确认了在评估自我报告的对自己的衰老的态度时，有必要控制社会的期望偏差。结论：这些数据支持法文版的《 AAQ》对于评估老年人对自己的衰老态度的有用性。在AAQ分量表，自我报告的健康状况和生活质量之间发现了先验的预期关联，表明良好的收敛效度。该量表还显示出区分较高和较低文化水平的人的良好能力，支持足够的已知群体效度。最后，我们确认了在评估自我报告的对自己的衰老的态度时，有必要控制社会的期望偏差。结论：这些数据支持法文版的《 AAQ》对于评估他们对老年人自身年龄的态度的有用性。在AAQ分量表，自我报告的健康状况和生活质量之间发现了先验的预期关联，表明良好的收敛效度。该量表还显示出区分较高和较低文化水平的人的良好能力，支持足够的已知群体效度。最后，我们确认了在评估自我报告的对自己的衰老的态度时，有必要控制社会的期望偏差。结论：这些数据支持法文版的《 AAQ》对于评估老年人对自己的衰老态度的有用性。我们确认了在评估自我报告的对自己老龄化的态度时，有必要控制社会期望偏差。结论：这些数据支持法文版的《 AAQ》对于评估老年人对自己的衰老态度的有用性。我们确认了在评估自我报告的对自己老龄化的态度时，有必要控制社会期望偏差。结论：这些数据支持法文版的《 AAQ》对于评估老年人对自己的衰老态度的有用性。