A Systematic Review of Attitudes, Anxiety, Acceptance, and Trust Towards Social Robots

AbstractAs social robots become more common, there is a need to understand how people perceive and interact with such technology. This systematic review seeks to estimate people’s attitudes toward, trust in, anxiety associated with, and acceptance of social robots; as well as factors that are associated with these beliefs. Ninety-seven studies were identified with a combined sample of over 13,000 participants and a standardized score was computed for each in order to represent the valence (positive, negative, or neutral) and magnitude (on a scale from 1 to − 1) of people’s beliefs about robots. Potential moderating factors such as the robots’ domain of application and design, the type of exposure to the robot, and the characteristics of potential users were also investigated. The findings suggest that people generally have positive attitudes towards social robots and are willing to interact with them. This finding may challenge some of the existing doubt surrounding the adoption of robotics in social domains of application but more research is needed to fully understand the factors that influence attitudes.

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Teachers’ Attitudes toward Educational Inclusion in Spain: A Systematic Review

Education Sciences ◽

10.3390/educsci11020058 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 58

Author(s):

Irene Lacruz-Pérez ◽

Pilar Sanz-Cervera ◽

Raúl Tárraga-Mínguez

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Inclusive Education ◽

Complete Analysis ◽

Attitudes Toward Inclusion ◽

Special Educational Needs ◽

Educational Framework ◽

Positive Attitudes ◽

Teachers Attitudes ◽

Key Aspects ◽

Educational Inclusion

Inclusive education is currently one of the main aspirations of the Spanish educational system and one of the key aspects for its achievement is teachers’ attitudes toward educational inclusion. In recent years, many studies worldwide have analyzed this aspect, but so far, any systematic review has specifically focused on the Spanish educational framework. For this reason, the purpose of this paper is to review the studies published from 2010 to 2019 whose aim was to analyze teachers’ attitudes towards educational inclusion in Spain. After a literature search in four different databases (PsycInfo, ERIC, Dialnet Plus, and Google Scholar), 34 studies were selected and reviewed. The results suggest that Spanish teachers’ attitudes toward educational inclusion are generally positive, although in some cases they are ambiguous. Teachers’ attitudes are mainly influenced by the amount of training and their contact or not with students with special educational needs. The discussion highlights that more studies with a greater methodological diversity are required in order to provide a complete analysis of teachers’ attitudes toward inclusion and that teacher training is one of the best tools to generate positive attitudes.

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Changing Knowledge and Attitudes Towards HIV Treatment-as-Prevention and “Undetectable = Untransmittable”: A Systematic Review

AIDS and Behavior ◽

10.1007/s10461-021-03296-8 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Jacob Bor ◽

Charlie Fischer ◽

Mirva Modi ◽

Bruce Richman ◽

Cameron Kinker ◽

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Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Viral Suppression ◽

Hiv Treatment ◽

Treatment As Prevention ◽

Global Literature ◽

Knowledge And Attitudes ◽

Positive Attitudes ◽

The World ◽

Hiv Treatment As Prevention ◽

Changing Knowledge

AbstractPeople on HIV treatment with undetectable virus cannot transmit HIV sexually (Undetectable = Untransmittable, U = U). However, the science of treatment-as-prevention (TasP) may not be widely understood by people with and without HIV who could benefit from this information. We systematically reviewed the global literature on knowledge and attitudes related to TasP and interventions providing TasP or U = U information. We included studies of providers, patients, and communities from all regions of the world, published 2008–2020. We screened 885 papers and abstracts and identified 72 for inclusion. Studies in high-income settings reported high awareness of TasP but gaps in knowledge about the likelihood of transmission with undetectable HIV. Greater knowledge was associated with more positive attitudes towards TasP. Extant literature shows low awareness of TasP in Africa where 2 in 3 people with HIV live. The emerging evidence on interventions delivering information on TasP suggests beneficial impacts on knowledge, stigma, HIV testing, and viral suppression.Review was pre-registered at PROSPERO: CRD42020153725

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Fall-Prone Older People's Attitudes towards the Use of Virtual Reality Technology for Fall Prevention

Gerontology ◽

10.1159/000479085 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 63 (6) ◽

pp. 590-598 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Kim Dockx ◽

Lisa Alcock ◽

Esther Bekkers ◽

Pieter Ginis ◽

Miriam Reelick ◽

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Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Older People ◽

Fall Prevention ◽

User Satisfaction ◽

Treadmill Training ◽

Control Group ◽

Virtual Reality Technology ◽

Positive Attitudes ◽

People’S Attitudes ◽

Attitudinal Changes

Background: Virtual reality (VR) technology is a relatively new rehabilitation tool that can deliver a combination of cognitive and motor training for fall prevention. The attitudes of older people to such training are currently unclear. Objective: This study aimed to investigate: (1) the attitudes of fall-prone older people towards fall prevention exercise with and without VR; (2) attitudinal changes after intervention with and without VR; and (3) user satisfaction following fall prevention exercise with and without VR. Methods: A total of 281 fall-prone older people were randomly assigned to an experimental group receiving treadmill training augmented by VR (TT+VR, n = 144) or a control group receiving treadmill training alone (TT, n = 137). Two questionnaires were used to measure (1) attitudes towards fall prevention exercise with and without VR (AQ); and (2) user satisfaction (USQ). AQ was evaluated at baseline and after intervention. USQ was measured after intervention only. Results: The AQ revealed that most participants had positive attitudes towards fall prevention exercise at baseline (82.2%) and after intervention (80.6%; p = 0.144). In contrast, only 53.6% were enthusiastic about fall prevention exercise with VR at baseline. These attitudes positively changed after intervention (83.1%; p < 0.001), and 99.2% indicated that they enjoyed TT+VR. Correlation analyses showed that postintervention attitudes were strongly related to user satisfaction (USQ: r = 0.503; p < 0.001). Conclusions: Older people's attitudes towards fall prevention exercise with VR were positively influenced by their experience. From the perspective of the user, VR is an attractive training mode, and thus improving service provision for older people is important.

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Attitudes

Utilizing Consumer Psychology in Business Strategy - Advances in Business Strategy and Competitive Advantage ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-3448-8.ch005 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 118-158

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Personal Values ◽

Negative Attitude ◽

Consumer Attitudes ◽

Consumer Decision Making ◽

Negative Attitudes ◽

Consumer Decision ◽

Positive Attitudes ◽

People’S Attitudes

There are many options to eat something delicious and fast. Some people like McDonald's, others like Burger King or Wendy's. Some people dislike Dominos while others prefer tacos for breakfast. People's attitudes reflect their likes and dislikes. All the thoughts of individuals, likes and dislikes about objects, constitute their attitudes. Attitude objects are anything that individuals can hold an attitude about. Attitude objects can be physical (food) or abstract (personal values, lifestyles). If a consumer has a negative attitude towards a product, he does not think to try it. Moreover, these attitudes drive consumer decision making. So, to understand consumer attitudes towards their product is critical for marketers. First, they should discover consumer attitudes towards their products. Later they should support positive attitudes consumer have, or they should find ways of changing the negative attitudes of the consumers to positive. This chapter discusses consumer attitudes, its importance, attitude models, and changing consumer attitudes strategies.

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Mediated Vicarious Contact with Transgender People: How Narrative Perspective and Interaction Depiction Influence Intergroup Attitudes, Transportation, and Elevation

The Journal of Public Interest Communications ◽

10.32473/jpic.v3.i1.p141 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 141 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Minjie Li

Keyword(s):

Perspective Taking ◽

Media Content ◽

Intergroup Attitudes ◽

Transgender People ◽

Intergroup Interaction ◽

Intergroup Communication ◽

Narrative Perspective ◽

Positive Attitudes ◽

People’S Attitudes ◽

Physical Responses

The emerging intergroup perspective-taking narrative has become a mainstream representational strategy in the rise of transgender media visibility. Taking an experimental design approach, this study investigates how narrative perspective (Ingroup Perspective vs. Outgroup Perspective) interacts with intergroup interaction depiction (Positive vs. Negative) in transgender-related media content to redirect people’s attitudes toward transgender people, transportation, and elevation responses. The findings reveal that the outgroup perspective is more likely to elicit 1) positive attitudes toward the featured transgender character and the transgender outgroup; 2) transportation; and 3) meaningful affect, mixed affect, and motivational responses. However, the positive depiction of transgender-cisgender intergroup interaction only prompts positive attitudes toward the transgender character, meaningful affect, and physical responses. Implications of such intergroup communication strategies in public interest communications are discussed.

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Languages of Communication in Baghdad: Domains and Perceptions

JOURNAL OF ADVANCES IN LINGUISTICS ◽

10.24297/jal.v6i3.4663 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 1008-1017

Author(s):

Prof. Bader S. Dweik ◽

Sara N. Al-Rahal

Keyword(s):

Language Use ◽

Language Attitudes ◽

Family Members ◽

Public Places ◽

Positive Attitudes ◽

Ethnic Language ◽

The Family ◽

Social Domains ◽

Demographic Background ◽

At Home

The purpose of this study is to investigate the domains of use of the Turkmen language and Arabic in Baghdad and to explore attitudes towards Turkmen and Arabic. A sample, comprising (100) subjects from the Turkmen of Baghdad, is selected purposefully to fill out a sociolinguistic questionnaire to solicit information about the participants' demographic background, language use in different contexts and language attitudes towards the ethnic language, Turkmen and the mainstream language, Arabic. The results have revealed that the Turkmen of Baghdad use their ethnic language in different domains especially at home and among the family members. Also, they use both languages (their ethnic language and Arabic) in different social domains such as neighborhood, place of work, schools, media and other public places and have displayed positive attitudes towards Turkmen and Arabic alike.

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Viðhorf ungs fólks til pólitískrar þátttöku

Icelandic Review of Politics & Administration ◽

10.13177/irpa.a.2017.13.2.6 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 287

Author(s):

Ragný Þóra Guðjohnsen ◽

Sigrún Aðalbjarnardóttir

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

Young People ◽

Political Parties ◽

Political Participation ◽

Social Movement ◽

Parental Support ◽

Societal Issues ◽

Positive Attitudes ◽

People’S Attitudes ◽

Movement Participation

The aim of the study is to explore young people’s attitudes towards political participation, both towards social-movement participation, such as taking part in protecting the environment and advocate for human rights; and towards more conventional participation such as voting. Their attitudes are examined in relation to their understanding of democracy, their empathy level, their parents’ support, and both their own and their parents’ conventional and social-movement participation. The study is a part of the research project, Young People’s Civic Engagement in a Democratic Society. The participants are Icelandic, age 14 and 18, in total 1042. They all responded to a questionnaire and 21 of them were interviewed. The study’s main findings were: Proportionally more young people emphasized social-movement participation than conventional participation. The more understanding they had of democracy and the higher level of empathy they expressed, the more positive attitudes they had towards social-movement participation. Furthermore, those who experienced more parental support and reported their own or their parents’ conventional and social-movement participation had more positive attitudes towards social-movement participation. Fewer factors were related to the young people’s attitudes towards conventional participation. The more girls found characteristics of democracy important, the more positive attitudes they had towards conventional participation; also, if their parents had participated in political parties. The interviews revealed that the young people felt social-participation an important way to have a voice, be active, and to have an impact on societal issues. Lack of trust towards authorities reduced their political participation. Also, they called for information about ways and fields to be active.

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SMOKING BEHAVIORS AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE SMOKE-FREE CAMPUS POLICY: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine ◽

10.37268/mjphm/vol.21/no.3/art.1095 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (3) ◽

pp. 124-135

Author(s):

Shazwani Mohmad ◽

Aniza Ismail

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Smoking Behavior ◽

The United States ◽

Second Hand Smoke ◽

Quit Smoking ◽

Positive Attitudes ◽

Campus Policy ◽

Or Practice ◽

Smoking Behaviors

We conducted this systematic review to document the published literature related to smoking behaviors and attitudes towards the smoke-free campus policy. Studies on universities that had implemented the smoke-free campus policy were included in this review. The search for published articles from January 2010 to December 2020 involved three main electronic databases: Ovid MEDLINE, ScienceDirect, and Scopus. We searched the databases with the following Boolean string: [(smoke-free OR tobacco-free) AND (campus OR university OR college) AND (knowledge* OR attitude* OR practice*)]. Seventeen studies were included in this review. The majority (n = 8) were from the United States, followed by Saudi Arabia (n = 2) and one each from Israel, Lebanon, Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, Spain, and China. Eight studies reported a positive impact of the policy on smoking behavior (plan to quit smoking, attempt to quit smoking, reduce smoking). However, 11 studies reported that respondents were still exposed to second-hand smoke and that cigarette butts were still scattered around the university area. Nine studies reported negative attitudes towards smoking, and seven of 12 studies reported positive attitudes towards the policy. Overall, the smoke-free campus policy had mixed impacts. Nevertheless, we found that attitude towards a smoke-free campus and smoking behavior has a good impact.

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