Personal Views of Aging and Quality of Life Survey Data for 552 Adults

Elena Carbone's study dataset from 2026 includes survey responses from 552 participants aged 50–84 years. It examines relationships between personal views of aging, quality of life, and cognitive reserve proxies. The data was collected using standardized questionnaires including the Attitudes Toward Own Aging scale and the Awareness of Age-Related Change questionnaire.

Use Cases

• Path analysis modeling to explore mediating effects of cognitive reserve proxies on quality of life.
• Correlation studies between different views of aging dimensions like ATOA, AARC-Gains, and AARC-Losses.
• Investigating the relationship between felt age and retrospective cognitive reserve proxies.
• Examining indirect effects of chronological age on quality of life through views of aging.

Strengths

• Dataset size is 62.6 KB, indicating a focused and manageable scope for analysis.
• Sample includes 552 participants, providing a substantive cohort for statistical analysis.
• Uses multiple validated instruments: ATOA, AARC, WHO Quality of Life, and 2CR surveys.
• Explicitly licensed under CC-BY-4.0 for open sharing and reuse.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic or demographic bias inherent to the specific sample collection method.

Provenance

Source

Elena Carbone

Collection Method

Survey data collected from participants who completed standardized questionnaires.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 05:34:36; freshness should be verified.