Exploring older adults’ subjective views on ageing positively: Development and validation of the Positive Aging Scale

Historically, aging research has focused primarily on health deterioration and negative aspects associated with aging. This has limited the scope of our understanding of the experience of aging and the relationships between aging and well-being from an integrative biopsychosocial perspective. In the same vein, there is a lack of reliable and valid assessments of aging that capture the positive aspects that characterize and improve the subjective experience of this period of life, particularly one that focuses on psychosocial well-being, including meaningful experiences and activities, group memberships, general abilities. This study presents the development and validation of the Positive Aging Scale (PAS), a novel self-report assessment.