caa a22 4500 60617950X CHVBK 20210128100801.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11136-015-0981-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11136-015-0981-z Measuring attachment to life in old age: the Portuguese version of the Positive Valuation of Life Scale (Positive VOL) [Elektronische Daten] [Lia Araújo, Oscar Ribeiro, Laetitia Teixeira, Maria Azevedo, Daniela Jopp, Christoph Rott, Constança Paúl] Purpose: This study aims to present the psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the Positive Valuation of Life Scale (Lawton et al. in J Aging Ment Healt 13:3-31, 2001). Method: Sample included 207 community-dwelling elders (129 women; M Age=77.2years, SD=7.5). The data collection included the translated and adapted Portuguese version of Positive Valuation of Life Scale, Life Satisfaction Index Z, Meaning in Life Questionnaire and Geriatric Depression Scale. Results: From exploratory factor analysis, two factors emerged, existential beliefs and perceived control, explaining 49% of the total variance. Both factors were positively related with meaning in life and life satisfaction and negatively related with depression (p<0.05). The values obtained for internal consistency for the total scale and for each subscale were good (α>0.75). Conclusion: The Portuguese version of Positive VOL Scale represents a reliable and valid measure to capture the subjective experience of attachment to one's life. The two-factor structure is an update to Lawton's previous work and in line with findings obtained in the USA (Dennis et al. in What is valuation of life for frail community-dwelling older adults: factor structure and criterion validity of the VOL, Thomas Jefferson University, Center for Applied Research on Aging and Health Research, 2005) and Japan (Nakagawa et al. in Shinrigaku Kenkyu 84:37-46, 2013). Future research is required to investigate VOL predictors and the potential changes toward the end of the life span. Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2015 Quality of Life nationallicence Validation studies nationallicence Portugal nationallicence Old nationallicence Very old age nationallicence Araújo Lia UNIFAI, Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira n.º 228, edifício 2, piso 3, 4050-313, Porto, Portugal aut Ribeiro Oscar UNIFAI, Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira n.º 228, edifício 2, piso 3, 4050-313, Porto, Portugal aut Teixeira Laetitia UNIFAI, Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira n.º 228, edifício 2, piso 3, 4050-313, Porto, Portugal aut Azevedo Maria UNIFAI, Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira n.º 228, edifício 2, piso 3, 4050-313, Porto, Portugal aut Jopp Daniela University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland aut Rott Christoph University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany aut Paúl Constança UNIFAI, Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira n.º 228, edifício 2, piso 3, 4050-313, Porto, Portugal aut Quality of Life Research Springer International Publishing 24/10(2015-10-01), 2385-2389 0962-9343 24:10<2385 2015 24 11136 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-015-0981-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 brief-communication jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-015-0981-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Araújo Lia UNIFAI, Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira n.º 228, edifício 2, piso 3, 4050-313, Porto, Portugal aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ribeiro Oscar UNIFAI, Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira n.º 228, edifício 2, piso 3, 4050-313, Porto, Portugal aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Teixeira Laetitia UNIFAI, Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira n.º 228, edifício 2, piso 3, 4050-313, Porto, Portugal aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Azevedo Maria UNIFAI, Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira n.º 228, edifício 2, piso 3, 4050-313, Porto, Portugal aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jopp Daniela University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rott Christoph University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Paúl Constança UNIFAI, Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira n.º 228, edifício 2, piso 3, 4050-313, Porto, Portugal aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Quality of Life Research Springer International Publishing 24/10(2015-10-01), 2385-2389 0962-9343 24:10<2385 2015 24 11136