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NCJ Number: 89456 Find in a Library
Title: Effect of Evaluation Apprehension on Attitude Change 'In the Presence of a Police Uniform'
Author(s): J A Colbert
Date Published: 1980
Annotation: This study investigates the extent to which a military-type, standard police uniform creates evaluation apprehension among people in the presence of the uniform. Evaluation apprehension is an anxiety-toned concern to avoid a negative evaluation by another person.
Abstract: The 64 college-age subjects answered a questionnaire on attitudes toward the police and wrote an essay critical of the police. Subjects in the presence of a uniformed police officer showed more evaluation apprehension than subjects in the presence of a nonuniformed officer. This was reflected in more favorable attitudes toward policepersons as expressed in the essays and questionnaire responses. The police officer's role (as reflected in the military-type uniform) appeared to be of more experimental significance than the individual's personality. More research is needed. Data tables and about 60 references are supplied. Appendixes include the survey instruments, the essay sheet, and a study scale. (Author abstract modified)
Index Term(s): Acting out behavior; Attitude change; Comparative analysis; Public Opinion of the Police; Uniform clothing
Sponsoring Agency: UMI Dissertation Services
Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1346
Sale Source: UMI Dissertation Services
300 North Zeeb Road
P.O. Box 1346
Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1346
United States of America
Page Count: 129
Type: Thesis/Dissertation
Language: English
Country: United States of America
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