Table 2 Distributions and Internal Reliability for Subscales of the Aging Perceptions Questionnaire (APQ) (n = 2,033)

Views about aging

Timeline (chronic)

5

4

2.9 (.87)

2.80

1.8

0.8

0.86

Timeline (cyclical)

5

4

2.7(.82)

2.60

2.4

0.2

0.89

Consequences positive

3

4

3.7 (0.59)

4.00

0.2

2.6

0.64

Consequences negative

5

4

3.4 (.74)

3.60

0.2

1.8

0.80

Emotional representations

5

4

2.4 (.74)

2.00

2.8

0.1

0.74

Control positive

5

3.60

3.80 (.54)

4.0

0.2

2.2

0.80

Control negative

4

4.00

2.65 (0.71)

2.50

1.6

0.2

0.73

Experience of health-related changes

Number of changes experienced

17

17

5.44 (3.68)

5.00

6.2

0.1

-

Number of changes attributed to aging

17

17

3.77 (3.30)

3.00

15.8

0.1

-

Identity: Percentage of experienced changes attributed to aging

-

100

65.0 (37.0)

78.0

15.8

37.7

-