TY - JOUR
AU - Hultsch, David F.
AB - The factor analytic model of the practitioner-oriented Opinions About People (OAP) was tested with a population of gerontological practitioners (N = 558). A confirmatory factor analysis was performed to ascertain the degree-of-fit between these data and the published OAP factor model. After results supported the hypothesis that the two samples differed, a second factor analysis was designed to yield estimates of communalities by a least squares multiple regression technique. This analysis eliminated nine items not warranting inclusion in the instrument, redistributed the factors, and brought out a completely new factor. Finally, to test the hypothesis that attitudes toward aging and the aged are uncorrected, a third analysis was performed in which the six scales of the oblique solution were refactored. The resulting higher order dimensions tended to support this hypothesis.
TI - Attitude Instrument Analysis: An Examination of Factor Consistency across Two Samples
JF - The International Journal of Aging and Human Development
DO - 10.2190/BBQ7-521F-5G4E-V176
DA - 1979-12-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/attitude-instrument-analysis-an-examination-of-factor-consistency-M8YM0a1J6u
SP - 359
EP - 375
VL - 9
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -