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Transcultural Validation of the Nordic Age Discrimination Scale for the Spanish-Speaking Working Populations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2022

Carlos-María Alcover Open the ORCID record for Carlos-María Alcover [Opens in a new window] ,
Gabriela Nazar Open the ORCID record for Gabriela Nazar [Opens in a new window] ,
Mariana Bargsted Open the ORCID record for Mariana Bargsted [Opens in a new window] ,
Raúl Ramírez-Vielma Open the ORCID record for Raúl Ramírez-Vielma [Opens in a new window] ,
Ninfa Pulido Open the ORCID record for Ninfa Pulido [Opens in a new window]  and
Lucía Rodríguez Open the ORCID record for Lucía Rodríguez [Opens in a new window]
Carlos-María Alcover
Affiliation:
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Spain)
Gabriela Nazar
Affiliation:
Universidad de Concepción (Chile)
Mariana Bargsted
Affiliation:
Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (Chile)
Raúl Ramírez-Vielma*
Affiliation:
Universidad de Concepción (Chile)
Ninfa Pulido
Affiliation:
Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (Colombia)
Lucía Rodríguez
Affiliation:
Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (Colombia)
*
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Raúl Ramírez-Vielma. Universidad de Concepción. Departamento de Psicología. Concepción (Chile). E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Negative stereotypes about older workers can result in different types of age discrimination. The aim of this study was to run a transcultural adaptation and validation of the Nordic Age Discrimination Scale (NADS) into Spanish. Three independent samples of Chilean (N = 301), Colombian (N = 150), and Spanish (N = 209) workers over the age of 45, from different sectors and professional categories, answered a questionnaire including the NADS scale, measures of perceptions of inequality, workplace harassment and several scales related to outcome variables to test criterion and construct validity. The reliability index for the NADS was .85, a similar value for both Cronbach’s alpha (α) and McDonald’s omega (ω). CFA by country suggest good fit of this single-dimension structure in a final version of 5 items, and it presents scalar invariance; using the modification indices, partial invariance is achieved at the level of the variance of the errors. Both criterion and construct validity were verified, with strong evidence for criterion validity, and moderate results for construct validity. Therefore, the Spanish version of NADS had a single-dimension structure and adequate psychometric properties being a useful tool in measuring perceptions of age discrimination in different countries.

Keywords

age discrimination at workNordic Age Discrimination Scale (NADS)older workersvalidation
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The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 25 , 2022 , e15
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© Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid 2022

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Funding Statement: This work was supported by the Concurso Atracción de Capital Humano Avanzado del Extranjero, Modalidad Estadías Cortas (MEC), Convocatoria 2019 (Grant Number MEC80190085).

Conflicts of Interest: None.

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