In an initial experiment, the behavior of one person had a stronger influence on implicit evaluations of another person from the same group when (a) the attitude was negative rather than positive and (b) the people were outgroup members rather than ingroup members. Explicitly, participants resisted these attitude transfer effects. In a second experiment, negative information formed less negativ...

8 Received: 18 November 2005 / Accepted: 27 March 2006 9 Springer-Verlag London Limited 2006 1012345 16 17 18 Abstract This paper presents a cross-cultural study on peoples’ negative 19 attitude toward robots. 467 participants from seven different countries filled 20 in the negative attitude towards robots scale survey which consists of 14 21 questions in three clusters: attitude towards the in...

The way that incidental affect impacts attitude change brought about by controlled processes has so far been examined when the incidental affective state is generated after dissonance state induction. We therefore investigated attitude change when the incidental mood occurs prior to dissonance state induction. We expected a negative mood to induce systematic processing, and a positive mood to i...

objective: non-compliance is one of the major problems in treatment of patients with schizophrenia. it is also the most significant risk factor for relapse and re-hospitalization. previous studies showed that 25-70% of all patients with schizophrenia have negative attitudes to drugs. therefore, the present study aimed to identify the relationship between drug attitude and discharge and the rate...

In two studies, we compared the strength of positive and negative associations of ambivalent attitudes to those of nonambivalent attitudes. In Study 1, results from an implicit association task showed that, in contrast to nonambivalent attitudes, ambivalent attitudes were characterized by strong positive and negative associations. In Study 2 responses to ambivalent attitude objects were faster ...

abstract aim and background: the aim of the study was to investigate the relationship of coping skills and mental health with attitude to addiction in high school students. method s and materials: the subjects of this study consisted of 600 high school students (300 girls, 300 boys) who were selected by multiphase cluster sampling from high schools in city of shiraz and were assessed with copin...

BACKGROUND To investigate perceptions and attitude to prescribe Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) among HIV specialists. METHODS A questionnaire developed through a Focus Group and literature review was administered to a convenience sample of HIV specialists during educational courses in two Regions and an online survey in February-May 2012. Participants were classified as having a positive or ...

Background & Aims:  Aging is a vital phenomenon that happens to everyone. In different cultures, there are diverse beliefs and attitudes towards aging. This study aimed to determine the attitude of Fasa residents towards the elderly. Materials & Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 800 individuals between 13 and 60 years old by cluster sampling. The data collection ...