Assessing Perceptions AbouT Hazardous Substances (PATHS): The PATHS questionnaire

How people perceive the nature of a hazardous substance may determine how they respond when potentially exposed to it. We tested a new Perceptions AbouT Hazardous Substances (PATHS) questionnaire. In Study 1 (N = 21), we assessed the face validity of items concerning perceptions about eight properti...

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Autores principales: Rubin, G James, Amlôt, Richard, Page, Lisa, Pearce, Julia, Wessely, Simon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3785320/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23104995
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105312459096
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Sumario:How people perceive the nature of a hazardous substance may determine how they respond when potentially exposed to it. We tested a new Perceptions AbouT Hazardous Substances (PATHS) questionnaire. In Study 1 (N = 21), we assessed the face validity of items concerning perceptions about eight properties of a hazardous substance. In Study 2 (N = 2030), we tested the factor structure, reliability and validity of the PATHS questionnaire across four qualitatively different substances. In Study 3 (N = 760), we tested the impact of information provision on Perceptions AbouT Hazardous Substances scores. Our results showed that our eight measures demonstrated good reliability and validity when used for non-contagious hazards.

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