Development of the Ecological Q-Sort: A Self Concept Instrument for Use with the Elderly
Description:
Attempts to measure self concept in the elderly have been characterized by a variety of differing definitions of self concept, and differing methodological procedures. Previous investigations have used instruments which are stereotypic and not ecologically valid for elderly, test formats which make excessive demands on some elderly persons' cognitive and sensory-motor abilities, and administration procedures which penalize the less psychologically sophisticated older person, factors precluding …
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Date:
May 1983
Creator:
Redus, Karan