Measuring Engagement in Later Life Activities: Rasch-Based Scenario Scales for Work, Caregiving, Informal Helping, and Volunteering
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The development of Rasch-based “comparative engagement scenarios” based on Guttman’s facet theory and sentence mapping procedures is described. The scenario scales measuring engagement in work, caregiving, informal helping, and volunteering illuminate the lived experiences of role involvement among older adults and offer multiple advantages over typical Likert-based scales.
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The Rasch/Guttman Scenario approach to instrument construction begins by breaking down a complex construct into its characteristics, or facets.
“As mentioned above, the Rasch/Guttman Scenario approach to instrument construction begins by breaking down a complex construct (like meaning-making) into its characteristics, or facets (Ludlow et al. 2014, 2020).”
From A Reframing of Meaning-Making and Its Measurement Among Emerging Adults (2025) · cites this paper as Ludlow et al. 2014
The items should measure a single construct and range from lower to higher levels of the construct.
“The items should measure a single construct and range from lower to higher levels of the construct;”
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The a priori underlying theory of the construct should be reflected in the empirical results.
“The a priori underlying theory of the construct should be reflected in the empirical results.”
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The items should define a clear, substantively meaningful, hierarchical progression with respect to the construct.
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- Authors
- Ludlow, L. H., Matz-Costa, C., Johnson, C., Brown, M., Besen, E., & James, J. B.
- Affiliations
- Boston College (US)
- Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety (US)
- Venue
- Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2014-04-01
- Volume
- 47
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 127-149
- ISSN
- 0748-1756 (ISSN-L)
- 1947-6302
- OpenAlex
- W2141366843
- Cited by
- 22
- References
- 65
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 2
- FWCI
- 2.51
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Aging, Health, and Disability
- Keywords
- Rasch measurement, role involvement, older adults, work engagement, caregiving, informal helping, volunteering, scale development
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