The Psychometric Features of the Turkish Version of the Ageism Survey and the Frequency of Ageism

SummaryBackgroundThis study was conducted to adapt the ageism survey to the Turkish language and culture and to determine the frequency of occurrence of ageism.MethodsThe study population consisted of 236 individuals aged 50-95 years. The cultural adaptation of the ageism survey was carried out through the method of translation/back-translation and the validity of the instrument was tested for content and construct validity; its reliability was tested by internal consistency analysis.ResultsThe mean age of the respondents was 64.44 ± 9.57. The content validity index for the ageism survey was found to be 0.89 and Cronbach α value was 0.86. Item-total correlation values for all of the items were over 0.31. Of the participants, 82.5% reported being confronted with some kind of discriminatory behavior at least once.ConclusionIt was established that the ageism survey is appropriate to the Turkish language and culture and that it is a valid and reliable instrument.