The Method of Constructing an Attitude Scale

Likert, Rensis

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“…The duration of the interviews was about 20 min. Based on the responses received in interviews, an initial pool of 24 Likert‐scale items (1 = strongly disagree , 5 = strongly agree ) was created by the authors using Likert's procedure of scale construction (1974). Following an exploratory factor analysis (EFA; discussed later in this paper), 12 original items were retained and 4 new items were added with the purpose of making the extracted factors more defined and stable (Brown, 2015).…”

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Measuring therapists' attitudes toward integration of technology in psychotherapy and predicting their use of technology

Bagarić¹,

Jokić‐Begić

2020

J Clin Psychol

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Objectives: We aimed to develop a measure of psychotherapists' attitudes toward integrating technology in psychotherapy-The Therapists' Attitudes toward using Modern Technologies in Psychotherapy and Counselling Scale (MTPS), to analyze its latent structure and test its reliability and validity. Method: Items were developed based on interviews with psychotherapists, followed by two online surveys with psychotherapists (N1 = 219; N2 = 369) in five countries in South-eastern Europe. Results: The MTPS has a 4-factor structure: perceived potential of modern technologies (MTs) to augment therapeutic improvement, perceived psychoeducational value of MTs, perceived risks associated with using MTs, and perceived relevance of MTs. Specific dimensions of the MTPS predicted psychotherapists' behaviors and intentions regarding technology (Rc = 0.15-0.46). The reliability of the MTPS subscales was satisfactory.Conclusion: MTPS appears to be a useful instrument. Exploring psychotherapists' attitudes assists in predicting obstacles to the implementation of technology in psychotherapy and planning adequate intervention to overcome it. K E Y W O R D S blended care, computerized treatment, scale development, technology in psychotherapy, therapists' attitudes

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Measuring therapists' attitudes toward integration of technology in psychotherapy and predicting their use of technology

Bagarić¹,

Jokić‐Begić

2020

J Clin Psychol

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“…In some households, the head was interviewed and other people present in a house usually helped in the recall. Respondents answered each attitudes statement according to their strength of agreement by the following attitudes level scores: 1= for strongly agree, 2=agree, 3= neutral, 4= disagree, and 5= strongly disagree (Likert, 1974). The villages covered were Chebera, Serri, Dalba, Yore, Shita, Churchura, Chewda, Gudumu and Adabachew, ranging from 0 to 5 km apart from the boundary of the Park.…”

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The attitudes and practices of local people towards wildlife in Chebera Churchura national park, Ethiopia

Megaze¹,

Balakrishnan²,

Belay³

2017

Int. J. Biodivers. Conserv.

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Human activities that affect wildlife and their habitats are pervasive and increasing. Understanding the effects of humans on wildlife populations, as well as devising strategies to ameliorate these effects, is an increasing challenge for resource managers. Commitment of local communities to protected areas is also essential for conserving biodiversity, but little is known about local people attitudes toward biodiversity conservation. Therefore, this paper provides an empirical assessment of local people activities and their attitudes that affect wildlife and their habitats around Chebera Churchura National Park, Ethiopia from 2012 to 2014. Nine villages around the park were selected for this study. A total of 354 households were selected randomly for interview. A semi-structured questionnaire survey, focus group discussions and direct field observations were carried out in the nine selected villages. Among the various human activities recorded, firewood collection, bushfires setting fire, hunting, livestock grazing and farming were having great impacts on biodiversity conservation in the Park. Among the respondents, 51.2% reportedly used the park for livestock grazing, 50.2% for firewood and fodder collection, 15.6% for wild honey and spices collection, 23.1% for timber, 2.6% for wild meat and 2% for farming in and along the boundaries of the Park. Most respondents had positive attitudes towards the conservation of wildlife. A combined strategy aimed at improving local participation in wildlife conservation initiatives, initiation of public education and awareness campaigns and provision of alternative sources of income for the local people will reduce the threat, and contribute to improve conservation of wildlife in Chebera Churchura National Park.

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“…Findings related to item analysis: Items of the scale prepared based on a specific technical is analysed whether the behaviour associated with the desired size and varying degrees on attitudinal dimensions are examined in terms of features to distinguish from one another and items, strong relationship with the attitude or discriminator ones can be selected for the scale (Tezbaşaran, 2008).To measure attitudes required to determine the scale, to determine the measure strength of each item 2 different "item analysis" has been proposed by Likert (1932). In this study, firstly we looked at the item-total correlation coefficient for item analysis.…”

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Development of Self Directed Learning Skills Scale for Pre-Service Science Teachers

Acar¹,

Kara²,

Ekici³

2016

International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education

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Article InfoThe aim of this study is to develop a valid and reliable instrument which is enable to assess pre-service teachers' self-directed learning skills. 140 students included in this study for validity and reliability. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were adopted, and item analysis was used. Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient was calculated. At the end of study, a scale with 25 items (α=0.85), explains 56.997% of the total variance, was developed. Confirmatory Factor analysis indicated that four items do not related to the overall items and they removed from the scale and scale was finalized with 21 items. According to the result of factor analysis of scale, two factors were determined. These factors was named as "self-efficacy" (10 items, α=0.74), and "awareness" (11 items; α=0.84).

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The Method of Constructing an Attitude Scale

Cited by 76 publications

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Measuring therapists' attitudes toward integration of technology in psychotherapy and predicting their use of technology

Measuring therapists' attitudes toward integration of technology in psychotherapy and predicting their use of technology

The attitudes and practices of local people towards wildlife in Chebera Churchura national park, Ethiopia

Development of Self Directed Learning Skills Scale for Pre-Service Science Teachers

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