A Turkish version of Kogan's attitude toward older people (KAOP) scale: Reliability and validity assessment

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Erdemir, Firdevs ^a   Kav, Sultan ^a   Citak, Ebru Akgun ^a   Hanoglu, Ziyafet ^a   Karahan, Azize ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Elder care; Gerontological education; Instrument validation; Kogan's attitude toward older people scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; KOGAN ATTITUDE TOWARD OLDER PEOPLE SCALE; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSLATIONS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953114792     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.10.019     Document Type: Article

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