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NCJ Number:	89456

Title:	Effect of Evaluation Apprehension on Attitude Change 'In the Presence of a Police Uniform'

Author(s):	J A Colbert

Date Published:	1980

Page Count:	129

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

Type:	Thesis/Dissertation

Language:	English

Country:	United States of America

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

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