This is a review of existing self-report measures for assessing views on ageing. It provides an overview of instruments, for which basic psychometric properties are available and describes them according to the purposes for which they are suitable. Literature search resulted in the inclusion of 89 instruments which were categorised along eight dimensions. The majority of measures focus on explicit cognitions about people’s own age and ageing or other (older) people. A substantial amount of tools account for the multidimensionality and multidirectionality of views on ageing, i.e. the idea that ageing is accompanied by both gains and losses in several different domains. To some extent, measures reflect that ageing is a long-term process and that views on ageing are malleable, rather than just stable traits. Cluster analysis revealed heterogeneity in instruments regarding the dimensions of Ecosystem, Balance, Stability, Dynamics, and Complexity. It becomes apparent, however, that approaches to measure views on ageing should be extended to more specifically target the implicit level as well as affective, physiological, and behavioural manifestations. Additionally, means for capturing views on ageing on the societal level and tools with a distinct time reference are needed. This is particularly important when one wants to account for the lifelong dynamics of views on ageing.

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对老龄化观点的评估：自我报告措施和创新扩展的审查


这是对现有评估老龄化观点的自我报告措施的回顾。它概述了可用的基本心理测量属性的仪器，并根据它们适用的目的对它们进行了描述。文献检索结果包含 89 种工具，按八个维度进行分类。大多数措施侧重于人们对自己的年龄和衰老或其他（老年人）的明确认知。大量工具解释了对老龄化观点的多维度和多方向性，即老龄化伴随着几个不同领域的得失。在某种程度上，这些措施反映出衰老是一个长期的过程，对衰老的看法是可塑的，而不仅仅是稳定的特征。聚类分析揭示了有关生态系统、平衡、稳定性、动态和复杂性维度的工具的异质性。然而，很明显，衡量衰老观点的方法应该扩展到更具体地针对内隐水平以及情感、生理和行为表现。此外，还需要捕捉社会层面对老龄化问题的看法的方法以及具有明确时间参考的工具。当人们想要解释对老龄化的看法的终生动态时，这一点尤其重要。