Fernández Muñoz, Juan JoséParra Fernández, María LauraOnieva Zafra, María DoloresExpósito González, RaúlMarquínez Rengifo, José ManuelFernández Martínez, Elia2023-09-202023-09-202023-05Fernández-Muñoz, J. J., Parra-Fernández, M. L., Onieva-Zafra, M. D., Expósito-González, R., Marquinez-Rengifo, J. M., & Fernández-Martínez, E. (2023). Adaptation and Validation of the Spanish Version of Kogan’s Attitude toward Older People Scale (KAOP). In Healthcare (Vol. 11, Issue 9, p. 1321). MDPI AG. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare110913212227-9032 (electrónico)https://hdl.handle.net/10272/22432It is essential to understand the behavior and attitudes of nurses towards older people to improve clinical practice and quality of care in the gerontological sector. A clearer understanding of the attitudes that drive nurses toward the desire to work with older people would be a good starting point to encourage the development of positive and nurturing attitudes. A cross-sectional study with non-probabilistic sampling and a self-administered questionnaire was conducted among 381 nursing students of the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Castilla La-Mancha to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Spanish Version of the Kogan’s Attitudes Towards Older People Scale (KAOP-S). Construct validity, internal consistency, and reliability were assessed. In total, 298 females and 83 males completed the questionnaires. Their mean age was 20.42 years. The results revealed a Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of 0.75 for the scale, which is comparable with other published versions of the KAOP Scale. The results of the exploratory factor analysis established that the scale has a two-factor solution and an explained variance of 25% in the sample. The KAOP-S was found to be a reliable and valid tool with good content and construct validity for assessing nursing students’ attitudes towards older people.engAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Españahttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/AttitudesOlder peopleInstrument validationGerontologyjournal article10.3390/healthcare11091321open access3201.07 Geriatría