Table 2.

Exploratory factor analysis results of the self-directed ageism: Varimax-rotated solution.

Factor	Item	Factor 1	H2 communalities
I have this feeling that the aged no longer count these days	5	0.916	0.838
I have the feeling that the aged often are being considered less important or treated unfairly compared to other groups of people	9	0.896	0.803
Older people should have much more of a say in what is being organized for them	6	0.874	0.763
Some people act like I do not have anything left to contribute to society now that I’m older	4	0.866	0.750
Society is especially focused on youngsters; the interests of older people are not taken into account	3	0.848	0.720
When times get rough, older people usually suffer worst	1	0.795	0.632
Since I’m older, I have regularly noticed that people no longer take me seriously	7	0.793	0.628
I find it hard to swallow to be an older person	10	0.776	0.603
Older people are a separate group in society with their own interests	2	0.699	0.489
Compared to other older people I’m very lucky	8	0.613	0.376
Today’s older people have more difficulties than in the past	11	0.547	0.300
Cronbach alpha value = 0.889
Total variance explained 62.74%
Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) = 0.948
Bartlett’s test of sphericity p < 0.001