Validation of the Attitude Toward Any Practice Scale Through the Use of Ambivalence as a Moderator Variable

Bibliographic Data

ID20284012
AuthorsMichael Moore (0000-0002-5127-4509, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, corresponding author)
Year1980
Volume40
Issue1
Pages205-208
Publication date1980-04-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEducational and Psychological Measurement (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-1644 • E-ISSN: 1552-3888
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/001316448004000133
OpenAlexW2030679203
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited2

Remmers' Attitude Toward Any Practice scale was used to measure 133 undergraduates' attitudes toward three practices. Response scales were modified to permit the expression of both agreement and disagreement with each statement. Thus ambivalence scores in addition to traditional attitude scores were provided. Respondents' attitude scores toward each practice were correlated with criterion measures. The obtained coefficients of concurrent validity were considerably higher when they were computed only for respondents low in ambivalence than when computed for the entire sample or for respondents high in ambivalance

Ambivalence · Concurrent validity · Developmental psychology · Internal consistency · Moderation · Psychometrics · Sample (material) · Scale (ratio) · Statement (logic) · Communication in Education and Healthcare · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Psychology · Social Psychology

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