TY - JOUR
T1 - Validation of the Portuguese version of the Negative Attitudes towards Robots Scale
AU - Piçarra, N.
AU - Giger, J. C.
AU - Pochwatko, G.
AU - Gonçalves, G.
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank the two anonymous reviewers for their suggestions and comments. This paper was partially financed by the Foundation for Science and Technology (Portugal) - PEst-OE/SADG/UI4020/2014 .
Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Elsevier Masson SAS.
PY - 2015/3/1
Y1 - 2015/3/1
N2 - Abstract Introduction Social robots are robots capable of a peer-to-peer communication with humans. Nomura, Kanda, and Suzuki (2004) developed the Negative Attitude towards Robots Scale (NARS) to measure the attitudes towards robots. NARS proved to be a useful tool to study human-robot interaction. Objective To assess the psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the NARS (PNARS). Method and Results Four studies were conducted. In study 1 (nCombining double low line300), a principal component analysis showed that PNARS comprised two components: the negative attitudes towards robots with human traits (NARHT) and towards interaction with robots (NATIR). In study 2 (nCombining double low line536), a confirmatory factorial analysis was conducted. Results confirmed the two-factor solution of PNARS obtained in study 1. Study 3 (nCombining double low line107) tested the nomological validity of PNARS and showed that PNARS, NARHT and NATIR correlated with attitudes towards technology. Study 4 (nCombining double low line59) tested the predictive validity of PNARS and showed that scores on NARHT and NATIR predicted the future intention to work with a social robot and its affective and cognitive antecedents. Conclusion Globally, results indicate that PNARS is a reliable instrument to use in human-robot interaction studies.
AB - Abstract Introduction Social robots are robots capable of a peer-to-peer communication with humans. Nomura, Kanda, and Suzuki (2004) developed the Negative Attitude towards Robots Scale (NARS) to measure the attitudes towards robots. NARS proved to be a useful tool to study human-robot interaction. Objective To assess the psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the NARS (PNARS). Method and Results Four studies were conducted. In study 1 (nCombining double low line300), a principal component analysis showed that PNARS comprised two components: the negative attitudes towards robots with human traits (NARHT) and towards interaction with robots (NATIR). In study 2 (nCombining double low line536), a confirmatory factorial analysis was conducted. Results confirmed the two-factor solution of PNARS obtained in study 1. Study 3 (nCombining double low line107) tested the nomological validity of PNARS and showed that PNARS, NARHT and NATIR correlated with attitudes towards technology. Study 4 (nCombining double low line59) tested the predictive validity of PNARS and showed that scores on NARHT and NATIR predicted the future intention to work with a social robot and its affective and cognitive antecedents. Conclusion Globally, results indicate that PNARS is a reliable instrument to use in human-robot interaction studies.
KW - Intention to work with social robot
KW - Negative attitudes towards robots
KW - Social robots
KW - Theory of planned behavior
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U2 - 10.1016/j.erap.2014.11.002
DO - 10.1016/j.erap.2014.11.002
M3 - Article
SN - 1162-9088
VL - 65
SP - 93
EP - 104
JO - Revue Européenne de Psychologie Appliquée
JF - Revue Européenne de Psychologie Appliquée
IS - 2
M1 - 339
ER -