Measurement of attitudes and behaviors in public health surveys

We divided 900 general practitioners into two groups: one group received a questionnaire measuring both attitudes and behaviors toward preventive aspects of medical care, while the other received two separate questionnaires--one measuring behaviors, and one measuring attitudes. Response rates of the...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 1991-01, Vol.81 (1), p.103-105
Main Authors: Beland, F, Maheux, B, Lambert, J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitude of Health Personnel
Attitudes
Behavior
Biological and medical sciences
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Health Promotion
Humans
Physicians
Physicians, Family - psychology
Polls & surveys
Primary Prevention
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychometrics
Psychometrics. Statistics. Methodology
Public health
Sampling Studies
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:We divided 900 general practitioners into two groups: one group received a questionnaire measuring both attitudes and behaviors toward preventive aspects of medical care, while the other received two separate questionnaires--one measuring behaviors, and one measuring attitudes. Response rates of the two groups were similar. Respondents in the first group retrieved their answer to the attitudinal items when responding to behavioral items, increasing the correlations between attitudes and behaviors by an average of .147 as compared to the second group; hence the second procedure was preferable.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.81.1.103