Development and validation of a brief self-assessed wisdom scale

Sai-fu Fung; Esther Oi-wah Chow; Chau-kiu Cheung

doi:10.1186/s12877-020-1456-9

Development and validation of a brief self-assessed wisdom scale

Sai-fu Fung
, Esther Oi-wah Chow^*
, Chau-kiu Cheung

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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Abstract

Background: This longitudinal study aimed to develop a nine-item Brief Self-Assessed Wisdom Scale (BSAWS) derived from the original 40-item Self-Assessed Wisdom Scale (SAWS).
Methods: The psychometric properties of the shortened scale were evaluated based on a sample of 157 older adults. The factor structure and dimensionality of the original SAWS were examined using confirmatory factor analysis. Subsequent explorative factor analysis of the BSAWS supported the construct validity of the shortened scale.
Results: The internal consistency, convergent validity and construct validity of the shortened scale were also evaluated and the results indicated that the BSAWS possesses good psychometric properties and is comparable with the full version.
Conclusions: This scale refinement may help researchers and practitioners conduct epistemological surveys or clinical research related to wisdom.

Original language	English
Article number	54
Journal	BMC Geriatrics
Volume	20
Online published	12 Feb 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-1456-9
Publication status	Published - 2020

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BSAWS
Confirmatory factor analysis
Older adults
SAWS
Wisdom

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