title: [Guttman scales for the comprehension of vigor and sociability in the elderly: comparative validation between self assessment and expert estimates of actual life accomplishments of inhabitants of old-age homes].
abstract: In a previous article we described the development of two Guttman-scales for the self-assessment of functional health and sociability of old people. In this publication different aspects of scale-validity are examined. Together with corresponding expert-ratings and a measure of subjective health the two self-ratings are evaluated with regard to their relations to behavioral data. While the functional health scale reaches high coefficients of scalability and good validity, the sociability-scale still is in need of further improvement.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D006304:Health Status; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012919:Social Behavior
vernacular_title: Guttman-Skalen zur Erfassung der Rüstigkeit und Kontaktbereitschaft von Betagten: Vergleichende Validierung von Selbst- und Expertenbeurteilungen an faktischen Lebensvollzügen von Heimbewohnern.