Development of the Adaptation to Age-related Vision Loss Scale
- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness
- Vol. 92 (1) , 30-41
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0145482x9809200106
Abstract
This article describes the conceptual and empirical development of a scale to assess psychosocial adaptation to age-related vision loss. Psychometric analyses, conducted on two samples of older people with age-related vision loss, supported the reliability and validity of the scale.Keywords
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