ATTITUDE

DEFINITION
• A syndrome of response consistency with
regard to social objects”.
(Campbel,1950)
• degree of positive affect or negative affect on
a psychological object
(Azwar, 2007)
“Attitude is not yet an action or activity,
but it is a predisposition to an act of
behavior”
Notoatmodjo-
 Ability to be responsible
for everything that has
RESPONSIBLE been chosen is the
highest level of attitude.

VALUING
Inviting others to do or
discuss with others about
a problem is an indication
of level three attitude.

RESPONDING
give an answer when asked, complete
the task given as a sign that someone
accepted the idea.

RECEIVING
someone wants and pays attention to the stimulus
given.
 Measuring Attitude
• A person's attitude can be known using an, direct
interview or using a questionnaire
• The results of the assessment are in the form of
attitude categories, namely supporting (positive),
rejecting (negative), and neutral
• attitude measurements are made in the form of
statements to be assessed by respondents, the
statement submitted is divided into two categories,
namely positive statements and negative statements.
• One of the attitude scales used is a Likert scale. In a
Likert scale, statements assessed by the subject
strongly agree, agree, have no opinion, disagree,
strongly disagree.
• The other scale
1. SCALING GUTTMAN: Measuring scale with this type, will get
a firm answer, namely yes or no, right or wrong, ever
2. SCALE THURSTONE: Thurstone scale is a scale arranged by
selecting items in the form of interval scales

3. DIFFERENTIAL SEMANTIC: arranged in a continuum line

where very positive answers are located on the right side of
the line, and very negative answers are located on the left
side of the line.

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Components related to Components that relate

knowledge, views and to a sense of liking or
beliefs about the object dislike of object
of attitude. attitudes.

KONATIF

Components related to
the tendency to act on
the object of attitude.

Bimo Walgito
(1978)