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Reliability and validity of Turkish version of attitudes toward old people scale

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  • Özlem Küçükgüçlü
  • Hatice Mert
  • Burcu Akpınar

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Aims and objectives. To assess the reliability and validity of a Turkish version of Kogan’s Attitudes Toward Older People Scale. Background. To explore nursing students’ attitudes towards older people, standardised, well‐tested instruments are needed. Kogan’s Attitudes Toward Older People is a comprehensive instrument for assessment of attitudes toward older adults and has been validated in several languages. However, a validated Turkish version has not been available until now. Design. The study used psychometric testing to establish reliability and validity of the Turkish version of Kogan’s Attitudes Toward Older People Scale. Methods. A convenience sample of 237 nursing students in Turkey was used to collect data regarding attitudes towards older people. Content validity, construct validity, internal consistency and stability reliability of the Kogan’s Attitudes Toward Older People were assessed. Results. Kogan’s Attitudes Toward Older People scores were between 74–224. All of the 34 items were found to have significant item‐to‐total correlations (p

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  • Özlem Küçükgüçlü & Hatice Mert & Burcu Akpınar, 2011. "Reliability and validity of Turkish version of attitudes toward old people scale," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 20(21‐22), pages 3196-3203, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jocnur:v:20:y:2011:i:21-22:p:3196-3203
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03764.x
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