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Measuring Older Adults’ Filial Responsibility Expectations: Exploring the Application of a Vignette Technique and an Item Scale

Suzan van der Pas

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, s.van.der.pas{at}fsw.vu.nl

Theo van Tilburg

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Kees C. P. M. Knipscheer

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

This study focused on two conceptually distinct measures of the filial responsibility expectations of older adults: a vignette technique and an attitude item scale. Data were based on 1,553 respondents aged 61 to 92 years who participated in the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam in 1998to 1999.The results showed that the item scale had multiple dimensions of filial expectations. Older adults distinguished between emotional-, instrumental-, contact-, and information-oriented expectations. The vignette technique resulted in a unidimensional measurement of expectations. The intercorrelation between the scores of the item scale and vignette technique was modest, indicating a certain amount of overlap. Child characteristics incorporated into the vignettes added to the specificity of measurements of the filial expectations. The authors observed that older adults were more likely to have expectations for care from an adult child who is not employed and does not have children. Minor differences between sons and daughters were observed.

Key Words: filial responsibility expectations • older adults • item scale • methodology • vignette technique

Educational and Psychological Measurement, Vol. 65, No. 6, 1026-1045 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0013164405278559
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