Clinical placement and correlates affecting student attitudes. This questionnaire is much different than kogans scale, which many researchers use, and thus may highlight different aspects of attitudes and opinions. D responseset bias and predictive validity associated with kogans attitudes toward old people scale, journal of gerontology, volume 2 we use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. The validity and reliability of kogans attitude towards old. Findings were complemented by quantitative data from kogans attitude toward old people kaop scale. Kogaus attitude towards old people scale was used to measure student attitudes in this study kogan, 1961. Data about the characteristics of the caregivers and their work environments were also collected using a selfdeveloped questionnaire. A chinese version of kogans attitude toward older people scale. Criticisms of the scale, including dated wording and response bias, have increased in the 1990s. The results identified student nurses as having more positive attitudes toward older adults after the intervention. Reliability and validity assessment of the job attitude scale. Kogans attitude towards old people scale kaop and general selfefficacy scale gse to measure knowledge about old people, attitude towards the elderly and self efficacy of caregivers, respectively. Investigation and analysis of attitudes and knowledge of.
Instruments administered included kogans attitudes toward older people kop, a selfadministered questionnaire consisting of 34 statements divided into 17 positive statements and 17 negative statements 16. The present research adapts kogan s scale and methodology to the setting of higher education. The scale is designed as a summed likert attitude scale on sixpoint response categories that ranges from 1 strongly disagree to 6 strongly agree. The validity and reliability of kogan s attitude towards. It was developed to assess the attitude towards older adults in society and the people who provides medical services like nurses, health workers, and doctors etc. Outcome measures data were collected using a selfadministered questionnaire composed of the palmores facts on aging quiz i, kogans attitude towards old people scale, general selfefficacy scale and background characteristics of participants. Reliability and validity of the greek version of kogans. Mean standard deviation of participants age was 34. The arabic version of the kogan attitudes toward older. This study was conducted methodologically in order to determine the validity and reliability of kogans attitude towards old people scale after being adapted to the turkish society.
Reliability and validity assessment, archives of gerontology and geriatrics on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. These categories were scored 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6, respectively, with a score of 4 assigned in the rare case of failure to respond to an item kogan, 1961. The arabic version of the kogan attitudes toward older people. In this study, kogans attitude toward old peoples scale was used to ascertain subjects attitudes. A correlational study was done on the effect of acquiescence response set upon kogan s attitudes toward old people op scale. Kogans attitudes toward old people scale microform. Couch and keniston s agreement response ar scale was used as the measure of acquiescence tendency. A chinese version of kogans attitude toward older people. An average score for knowledge, attitude and selfefficacy was calculated. Responseset bias and predictive validity associated with. Kogans attitudes toward older people scale kaops is a scale constructed in 1961 measuring the affective attitude of nurses towards elders kogan 1961a. Results indicated that indigenous people have positive attitudes toward elders. We sought to understand the influence of gender and personality factors on attitudes toward elders. Several universities have recently started providing elective gerontological certification programs.
In the study, cronbachs alpha reliability coefficient for kogans attitude towards old people scale was 0. Tests and assessments related to the field of aging as. Feature article reliability and validity assessment of the job attitude scale kelly flannery, phd, rn barbara resnick, phd, faanp, faan, crnp elizabet. Participants completed kogans attitude towards old people scale, 17 which has been used successfully in previous nursing research. Method the assessment tools used were kogans attitudes towards older people kaop scale and the facts on aging quiz faq. The second scale that met two of the three minimum criteria for psychometric validation was the kogans attitudes towards old people scale, which was evaluated by 17 different studies with two of the studies being based on the same data hicks et al. A turkish version of kogans attitude toward older people. Student attitudes toward older adults scholarworks at wmu. Kogans attitudes toward old people scale kogan op scale.
Tests and assessments related to the field of aging as referenced in aarps ageline database april 2006 ageline describes hundreds of journal articles in which a test or assessment is the focus. The kogan s attitudes toward older people scale kaops\ud questionnaire was used as data gathering tools. Though more recent work on attitudes toward older adults has helped to uncover the multidimensional nature of human attitudes, kogans scale is still used because it is convenient to admin. The kaop is a reliable instrument to assess the students attitudes toward older people. Mar 19, 2012 kogan s attitudes toward older people scale kaops is a scale constructed in 1961 measuring the affective attitude of nurses towards elders kogan 1961a. Though more recent work on attitudes toward older adults has helped to uncover the multidimensional nature of human attitudes, kogan s scale is still used because it is convenient to admin. A questionnaire was given to the students, which included the kogans old people scale. Survey of attitude towards and understanding of the. There were no significant gender or living arrangement differences for those. Participants were aged 1845 years and the study had two phases.
Knowledge, attitude and selfefficacy of elderly caregivers. Kogans attitude toward older people scale kaop has been widely used in many countries such as america, japan, swiss as well as jordan. Kogans attitude toward older people scale instrument validation gerontological education abstract the considerable growth in the elderly population in turkey has brought with it problems as well as concerns regarding gerontological education for health care professionals. May 01, 2011 read a turkish version of kogan s attitude toward older people kaop scale. The kaop scale was developed by nathan kogan from the united states. This is a 34item scale, composed of a positive subscale including.
Indigenous peoples attitude toward their elders and. Reliability and validity assessment reliability and validity of the behavioural assessment scale reliability and validity of the reduced spanish version of the iowa infant feeding attitude scale. Data analysis was done in spss 16 software using\ud pearson correlation coefficient, paired ttest, ttests and one way anova test. Clinical placement and correlates affecting student. Rather than assessing student attitudes toward older people, this research is structured to assess faculty attitudes toward older learners. Eric ed193306 kogans attitudes toward old people scale. Faqfacts on aging quiz aim to explore the attitudes of student nurses towards older people before and after education and clinical placement. In this study, kogan s attitude toward old people s scale was used to ascertain subjects attitudes. Results showed cronbachs alpha coefficient 073 for the op. In order not to diminish the positive attitudes by. It was established to measure the attitudes of individuals towards older people. A test of local television news producers attitudes toward older adults. Researchers must examine the scale and decide whether a revision is now necessary. Taiwan is facing the dilemma of a rapidly growing elderly population and there is a perceived need for greater gerontological education.
The present research adapts kogans scale and methodology to the setting of higher education. Nursing students belonging to extended type of family and living in rural community, as well as older students and students who reported higher degree of closeness with their grandparents, exhibited. A correlational study was done on the effect of acquiescence response set upon kogans attitudes toward old people op scale. Jan 11, 2016 this critical synthesis package contains. The validity and reliability of kogans attitude towards. A chinese version of kogan s attitude toward older people scale. The language used in the kogan scale reflects how society viewed elderly people almost 40 years ago. Both scales were administered to 61 second year medical students and 44 individuals who were undergoing training in gerontology. In developing the scale, kogan assigned older people the status of a minority group, and the items in the scale originated within ethnic minority stereotype research.
The kogan attitudes toward old people scale 1961 was revised and used to measure local television news producer attitudes toward elderly people. Psychometric properties of the iranian version of the kogans. Reliability and validity of the greek version of kogans old. Couch and kenistons agreement response ar scale was used as the measure of acquiescence tendency. Attitudes of healthcare workers towards older people in a. Survey of attitude towards and understanding of the elderly. Psychometric properties of the iranian version of the. The chinese version of the facts on aging quiz scale. The intergenerational exchanges attitude scale 319 pies ranged from. The quantitative measure of attitudes was obtained using sixpoint likert scale. Data was analysed using the ttest, cronbachs alpha coefficient, correlation, and factor analyses. A form containing demographic characteristics of nurses and nursing students, and the turkish version of kogans attitude towards old people scale were used to gather the required data. This instrument has been used extensively and also translated into different languages.
The kogan attitudes toward old people scale scale has been used in gerontological research for more than 35 years. Attitudes towards older people were measured using the kogans attitudes towards older people scale kop, developed by kogan in 1961. The results identified student nurses as having more positive. The validity and reliability of kogan s attitude towards old. Further research into medical student attitudes towards older people is important, and requires accurate and detailed evaluative methodology. Kogans attitude toward older people scale consists of one set of 17 statements expressing positive statements and one set of 17 negative statements. The kogans attitudes toward older people scale kaops\ud questionnaire was used as data gathering tools. Half of items are negatively worded, half are positively worded. Interscale correlations were reported in the range of. By continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Dec 06, 2018 the kaop scale was developed by nathan kogan from the united states. Rather than assessing student attitudes toward older people, this research is structured to. Evaluation of validity and reliability assessment among nursing students in thailand, myanmar, and indonesia.
Wang cc, liao wc, kuo pc, yuan sc, chuang hl, lo hc, yen ch. Pdf a chinese version of kogans attitude toward older. A mean score of 9 was achieved on the pretest of kogan s attitude scale, and a mean score of 154 was obtained on the posttest. For example, the kogans attitude toward old people scale ivester and king 1977 is a likerttype instrument 34 items for assessing adolescents attitudes toward old people with respect to both norms and individual differences e. As well as being used for heath workers, it is also. Do clinical experiences affect nursing students attitudes. May 23, 2018 for example, the kogans attitude toward old people scale ivester and king 1977 is a likerttype instrument 34 items for assessing adolescents attitudes toward old people with respect to both norms and individual differences e.
Research on fiveyear higher vocational college nursing students aging knowledge, attitude towards the elderly and employment intention of engaging in the. Kogan 1961 used a spearman brown split half reliability to establish reliability for his scale. The kogans attitude toward old people scale and cattells 16 personality factor questionnaires were used to investigate attitude and personality differences among an indigenous sample. Eight n8 second level practical nursing students participated in the study. The purpose of this study is to test a revised and shortened kogan attitudes toward old people scale. Read a turkish version of kogans attitude toward older people kaop scale. Selvaraj n 2016 attitude of the t ourists towards the availability of facilities in and around madurai region a study. Differences across groups were evaluated using students t.
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