Abstract: Attitudes toward people with dementia influence how these patients are treated. Knowledge of intercultural differences in attitudes enables specific concepts of care. We validated the Dementia Attitudes Scale (DAS) for Mandarin Chinese to ...
Summary: Two questionnaire studies, one in Gießen (N = 68), one in Dresden (N = 74), with samples of employees of medium-sized industrial companies have been carried out in order to determine predictors of environmental behavior in different social ...
Summary: A German-language version of the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory (ASI; Glick & Fiske, 1996) is presented. This scale aims at measuring ambivalent attitudes toward women. In contrast to the concepts of traditional and modern sexism, the concept of ...
Summary: This article examines whether there is a connection between the attitudes of traders in the foreign exchange market and their expectations of future exchange rate developments. A psychological understanding of expectations is contrasted to the ...
Summary: The present study examined the hypothesis that the degree to which stereotypic judgments of female and male subcategories tend to show polarization is dependent on the strength of ambivalent attitudes people hold toward women and men. Subjects ...
Nutrition Education in Children - Results from an Evaluation StudyThis article reports results from an evaluation study of a nutrition education program for children in Saxony. The efficacy of the education program in the areas of nutrition-related ...
Abstract: Currently, the possibilities and limitations of gene technology and genetic testing as well as ethical and legal issues associated with the further advancement and medical application of molecular genetics are controversely discussed in the ...
This study examines the role of attribute importance in expectancy-value models. Attitudes towards smoking were assessed by a) a direct attitude measure (four semantic differentials) and b) a series of 15 attribute statements. These attributes (negative ...
Homosexual HIV-positives suffer under a double stigma. Moreover, many heterosexuals still associate HIV/AIDS with homosexuality (Herek & Capitanio, 1999). This study examined the connection between belief in a just world, sexual morality and values on the ...
A comparison of attitudes towards animals between German- and French-speaking Swiss adults is of particular interest, given the often invoked cultural barrier, the «Röstigraben». We sent questionnaires to 3000 randomly chosen Swiss adults in both language ...
Zusammenfassung. Der “Mere-Exposure”-Effekt bezeichnet eine positive Einstellungsänderung gegenüber einem Reiz aufgrund der bloßen wiederholten Darbietung dieses Reizes (Zajonc, 1968). In der vorliegenden Studie wurde geprüft, ob sich “mere exposure” auch ...
Stigmatisation of Alcohol Dependence: Attitudes of Alcohol-Dependent Patients During Detoxification, Medical Staff and StudentsAbstract. The study investigated attitudes towards people with alcohol dependency and ...
Curriculum for Geriatric Psychiatry and PsychotherapyTrying to establish a subspecialisation in geriatric psychiatry the German Academy of Gerontopsychiatry and -psychotherapy chose a «bottom-up-approach». During the years 2001–2004 previously selected ...
The ability to handle a complex medication regimen is important for patients with cancer being treated on an outpatient basis, because many of them have to take drugs for oral chemotherapy, against cancer-related symptoms, side effects of the treatments, ...
Zusammenfassung. Hintergrund: Einstellungen zur aktiven Sterbehilfe auf Verlangen von voll urteilsfähigen, schwer und unheilbar kranken Menschen sind zunehmend Gegenstand von öffentlichen Debatten. Forschungsbedarf besteht noch zum Einfluss der ...
Impact of an e-learning program regarding patients’ harmful alcohol consumption on the knowledge, attitudes and perceived competencies of nurses from an acute care hospital: a pretest-posttest-studyAbstract.Background: ...
Abstract.Background: Given that nursing staff play a critical role in the decision regarding use of physical restraints, research has examined nursing professionals’ attitudes toward this practice. Aim: Since nursing ...
Validity studies on the Teacher Efficacy Scale provide us with neither clear evidence nor clear solutions to the factorial structure or the theoretical concepts underlying the scale’s items. This study tests different factor structures of the Teacher ...
This study investigated attitudes towards older employees, perceived age discrimination, and HR practices (personnel development and reward) in 240 employees. Attitudes toward older employees were largely positive, thus supporting the notion that ...
Bateson, Nettle, and Roberts (2006) provided an intriguing experimental paradigm for investigating the effects of social cues on cooperative behavior in a real-world setting. By placing an image of a pair of eyes on a cupboard door above an “honesty box” ...
Abstract. International concern has been expressed about advertising for cosmetic surgery (British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons [BAAPS], 2005, 2008). A recent study showed that exposure to such advertising resulted in a more negative body ...
Abstract. Although daily out-of-home mobility is crucial for well-being in later life, the psychological determinants thereof are not yet fully understood. This study describes attitudes toward daily out-of-home ...
General practitioners attitudes towards early interventions for alcohol problems<span class="fett"> Aim: </span> This study evaluates attitudes of general practitioners and internists toward early interventions for patients with alcohol problems. </p><p>...
Use and misuse of prescription drugs. Results of the 2006 Epidemiological Survey of Substance Abuse<span class="fett">Aims:</span> The cross-sectional 2006 Epidemiological Survey of Substance Abuse (ESA) continues the observations made earlier on the use ...
Zusammenfassung. Gleichstellungsmaßnahmen dienen dem Ausgleich von Benachteiligung von Mitgliedern unterrepräsentierter Gruppen. Untersucht wurde die Einstellung zu sechs beruflichen Gleichstellungsmaßnahmen für Frauen (Studie 1 und 2) und ethnische ...
Affective halo in organizational surveysAbstract. Organizational surveys always contain numerous items on the employees' satisfaction with different dimensions of their work such as working conditions, work itself, pay, or supervisors. The answers to ...
Zusammenfassung. Prä- und postnatale genetische Diagnostik zur Ermittlung eines individuellen Erkrankungsrisikos gewinnt zunehmend an Bedeutung. Dementsprechend sind genetische Untersuchungen des menschlichen Erbgutes sowie damit verbundene ...
Abstract. A modified version of the Implicit Association Test (IAT) is described that is based on a comparison of performance on trials within a single task rather than on a comparison of performance on different tasks. In two experiments, participants ...
Verification of the Factor Structure and Validation of the “Questionnaire on Study Interest in School Inclusion” (SIT-IN)Abstract. The construct of interest has a guiding function, which is expressed, for example, in dealing with ...
Individual or group, exemplar or category: A two-factor model of reaction time differences in the Implicit Association Test (IAT)Abstract. The Implicit Association Test (IAT) is supposed to measure associations between concepts by way of classifying ...
Zusammenfassung. An der Evangelische Fachhochschule Rheinland-Westfalen-Lippe (EFH-RWL) in Bochum wurden 288 Studenten der Fachbereiche soziale Arbeit und Heilpädagogik im Dezember 2005 zu ihrer Einstellung gegenüber der Wirksamkeit von Verhaltenstherapie ...
The influence of ethical beliefs on organ donation behavior: An extended model of organ donationAbstract. Based on the theory of reasoned action an extended model of organ donation (EMO) has been developed, which includes ethical considerations and ...
Zusammenfassung. Diese Studie untersucht, welche Elemente eines variablen Vergütungssystems als motivierend und welche als gerecht empfunden werden sowie ob zwischen diesen Wahrnehmungen ein Zusammenhang besteht. Der Fokus liegt dabei auf ...
Der Beitrag untersucht anhand einer Stichprobe von 188 Kindern mit Migrationshintergrund im Alter von 3 – 5 Jahren der Längsschnittstudie BiKS-3 – 10, welche Bedeutung die Einstellung der Erzieherin zur Integration der Erstsprache in der Kindertagesstätte ...
Relations Between Parental Expectations and Orientations and the Registration and Later Utilization of a CrècheAbstract. Numerous and diverse reasons have been cited for or against the use of child-care facilities. While previous studies have focused on ...
Measuring Attitudes About Multilinguism in German Preschools: Dimensioning a Multidimensional ConstructAbstract. This article is concerned with measuring the attitudes of preschool teachers in Germany about multilinguism. A four-dimensional instrument ...
Patterns of Attitudes of Pedagogical Caregivers on the Topic of Integration of Refugee Children Into a Daycare CenterAbstract. In accordance with the aim of inclusive early education, each child is to be perceived in ...
Early Childhood Education Students’ Attitudes Toward Science and Science TeachingAbstract. In the project LuPE, a school instruction concept for preschool teacher education was developed. Students should be empowered to ...
Preschool Teachers' Beliefs on Stimulating Interactions in Day-Care Centers – Discovering In-Service Training Needs With Cognitive-Affective MapsAbstract. The way pedagogic professionals interact with children depends on their prevailing ...
Competence Facets of Preschool Teachers. How Are They Connected?Abstract. Based on a widespread competency model in early childhood education, different facets of competence (professional knowledge, scientific ...
Summary: Many studies indicate that the suicidal behavior in a society is affected by the suicide stories publicized. Cultural valuations appear in the way media present self-destruction. The reflection of sociocultural attitudes toward suicide can be ...
Summary: The present paper investigates the risk of lifetime suicide ideation associated with problem-solving ability and attitudes toward suicidal behavior in a sample of 328 university students (41% male, 59% female). The response rate was 77% based on ...
Background: Community attitudes about suicide and their relationship to suicidal behavior have not been adequately investigated in low- and middle-income countries. Aims: To compare the acceptability of suicide in different population cohorts in China, ...
Taxpayers’ willingness to cooperate with the state and its institutions, in general, and their willingness to pay taxes, in particular, depend on a variety of variables. While economists stress the relevance of external variables such as tax rate, income, ...
Abstract. Self-reported suicidal behavior and attitudes toward suicide in psychology students are reported and compared in Ghana, Uganda, and Norway. Small differences only were found in own suicidal behavior. However, experience of suicidal behavior in ...
Although suicide bombing is a historical phenomenon, there has been a recent upsurge in such incidents. In Pakistan, over the last year, more than 1,000 people have been killed in suicide bombing incidents. Assessing the attitudes and perceptions of ...
The purpose of the present study was to compare county council politicians attitudes toward suicide and suicide prevention in five European countries. A questionnaire was distributed and here the responses to the open-ended questions are analyzed ...
Since attitudes predict future behavior and are important in suicide prevention, we aimed to determine the attitudes of professional groups with potential importance in suicide and suicide prevention. A total sample of 205 medical students, general ...
Background: There are presently no validated scales to adequately measure the stigma of suicide in the community. The Stigma of Suicide Scale (SOSS) is a new scale containing 58 descriptors of a “typical” person who completes suicide. Aims: To validate ...
Background: Few studies have investigated suicidal behavior and attitudes of medical students. We are not aware of any previous reports emerging from the Arab world. Aims: To investigate suicidal behavior and attitudes among medical students in the United ...