Implicit Measures of Attitudes
Implicit Measures of Attitudes

Author: Bernd Wittenbrink

Publisher: Guilford Press

Published: 2007-01-05

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1593854021

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Increasingly used in social and behavioral science research, implicit measures aim to assess attitudes that respondents may not be willing to report directly, or of which they may not even be aware. This timely book brings together leading investigators to review currently available procedures and offer practical recommendations for their implementation and interpretation. The theoretical bases of the various approaches are explored and their respective strengths and limitations are critically examined. The volume also discusses current controversies facing the field and highlights promising avenues for future research.

Measures of Personality and Social Psychological Attitudes
Measures of Personality and Social Psychological Attitudes

Author: John P. Robinson

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2013-10-22

Total Pages: 769

ISBN-13: 1483219844

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Measures of Personality and Social Psychological Attitudes: Volume 1 in Measures of Social Psychological Attitudes Series provides a comprehensive guide to the most promising and useful measures of important social science concepts. This book is divided into 12 chapters and begins with a description of the Measures of Personality and Social Psychological Attitudes Project's background and the major criteria for scale construction. The subsequent chapters review measures of "response set"; the scales dealing with the most general affective states, including life satisfaction and happiness; and the measured of self-esteem. These topics are followed by discussions of measures of social anxiety, which is conceived a major inhibitor of social interaction, as well as the negative states of depression and loneliness. Other chapters examine the separate dimensions of alienation, the predictive value of interpersonal trust and attitudes in studies of occupational choice and racial attitude change, and the attitude scales related to locus of control. The final chapters look into the measures related to authoritarianism, androgyny, and values. This book is of great value to social and political scientists, psychologists, nurses, social workers, non-academic professionals, and students.

The Handbook of Attitudes
The Handbook of Attitudes

Author: Dolores Albarracin

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2014-04-04

Total Pages: 1289

ISBN-13: 1135626162

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This new handbook presents, synthesizes, and integrates the existing knowledge of methods, theories, and data in attitudes. The editors' goal is to promote an understanding of the broader principles underlying attitudes across several disciplines. Divided into three parts: one on definitions and methods; another on the relations of attitudes with beliefs, behavior, and affect; and a final one that integrates these relations into the broader areas of cognitive processes, communication and persuasion, social influence, and applications, the handbook also features an innovative chapter on implicit versus explicit attitudes. With contributions from the top specialists, this handbook features unique collaborations between researchers, some who have never before worked together. Every writer was encouraged to work from as unbiased a perspective as possible. A "must have" for researchers in the areas of social, political, health, clinical, counseling, and consumer psychology, marketing, and communication, the handbook will also serve as an excellent reference for advanced courses on attitudes in a variety of departments.

Measuring Attitudes Cross-Nationally
Measuring Attitudes Cross-Nationally

Author: Roger Jowell

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2007-04-02

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1848604963

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Winner of the 2006 The Descartes Prize "for excellence in collaborative scientific research" With the expansion of the European Union and the development of supra-national governance worldwide, the volume of cross-national data and the importance of rigorous comparative analysis has grown rapidly. This book, written by members of the design and implementation team for the groundbreaking European Social Survey (ESS), reviews current best practice in the conduct of cross-national, cross-cultural quantitative research. The first eight chapters cover the background and rationale for the Survey and offer a detailed analysis of the methods and procedures used, as well as exploring ways to overcome the obstacles to successful cross-national research. The final chapter looks ahead to future comparative surveys and discusses the lessons that can be learned from the ESS. As well as examining methodological issues, Measuring Attitudes Cross-Nationally includes four substantive chapters on the findings of the ESS, including the emergence of hitherto unknown national differences in values regarding immigration and perceptions of citizenship. The ESS data is also considered in comparison with that from US General Social Survey. Measuring Attitudes Cross-Nationally offers a practical guide, firmly grounded in theory, for researchers across the social sciences who have an interest the design, planning or interpretation of cross-national social surveys.

Usability and Internationalization. Global and Local User Interfaces
Usability and Internationalization. Global and Local User Interfaces

Author: Nuray Aykin

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2007-06-29

Total Pages: 578

ISBN-13: 9783540732884

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This is the second of a two-volume set that constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Usability and Internationalization, UIHCII 2007, held in Beijing, China in July 2007. The papers of this second volume cover global and local user interfaces and are organized in topical sections on designing global and local products and services, as well as enhancing and personalizing the user experience.

Attitudes
Attitudes

Author: Richard E. Petty

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2008-10-09

Total Pages: 544

ISBN-13: 1136678379

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This book tackles a subject that has captured the imagination of many researchers in the field: attitudes. Although the field has always recognized that people‘s attitudes could be assessed in different ways, from direct self-reports to disguised observations of behavior, the past decade has shown several new approaches to attitude measurement. Des

How to Measure Attitudes
How to Measure Attitudes

Author: Marlene E. Henerson

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9780803931312

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This book aims to develop basic skills in designing and using instruments for the measurement of attitudes and wherever possible, recommends procedures, rules of thumb and practical strategies for performing evaluation tasks related to the assessment of peoples' attitudes.

Surveying Climate-Relevant Behavior
Surveying Climate-Relevant Behavior

Author: Markus Hadler

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-11-12

Total Pages: 165

ISBN-13: 3030857964

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This open access book discusses the contribution of sociology and survey research to climate research. The authors address the questions of which behaviors are of climate relevance, who is engaging in these behaviors, in which contexts do these behaviors occur, and which individual perceptions and values are related to them. Utilizing survey research, the book focuses on the measurement of climate-relevant behaviors with population surveys and develops an instrument that allows a valid estimate of an individual’s GHG emissions with a few core items. While the development of these instruments was based on surveys and qualitative interviews conducted in Austria, the instruments were subsequently tested in a set of 31 European countries, revealing the international relevance of such research. The book also concludes with a brief consideration of the effects of the COVID-19 crisis on environmental attitudes, situating the project globally.