Scale of Attitudes Toward Disabled Persons--Form R

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Moroz ◽  
Gladys Gonzalez-Ramos ◽  
Trudy Festinger ◽  
Karen Langer ◽  
Stephanie Zefferino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Attitudes Toward Disabled

Psychometric Analysis and Revision of the Opinions Relative to Mainstreaming Scale

1995 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard F. Antonak ◽  
Barbara Larrivee
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Supporting Evidence ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Attitudes Toward Disabled ◽  
Item Characteristics ◽  
Initial Support ◽  
General Education Classrooms ◽  
Adequate Reliability

This article provides supporting evidence for the use of a revised version of the Opinions Relative to Mainstreaming (ORM) scale. Analyses of data produced by a test of the revised scale, the Opinions Relative to Integration of Students with Disabilities (ORI), indicated satisfactory item characteristics and adequate reliability and homogeneity. Initial support for ORI's construct validity was demonstrated by the results of regression analyses relating ORI scores to respondent sociodemographic and experiential data and scores on the Scale of Attitudes Toward Disabled Persons (SADP). The ORI should prove useful to researchers evaluating the attitudes of educators toward the integration of students with disabilities into general education classrooms.

A Psychometric Validation of the Internal and External Motivation to Respond Without Prejudice Toward People With Disabilities Scale

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-32
Author(s):  
Steven R. Pruett ◽  
Jon Deiches ◽  
Joseph Pfaller ◽  
Erin Moser ◽  
Fong Chan
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Psychometric Validation ◽  
Attitudes Toward Disabled ◽  
Motivation Factors ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
External Motivation

Objective: To determine the factorial validity of the Internal and External Motivation to Respond without Prejudice toward People with Disabilities Scale (D-IMS/EMS).Design: A quantitative descriptive design using factor analysis.Participants: 233 rehabilitation counseling and rehabilitation services students.Results: Both exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis provided evidence for the 2-factor structure of the D-IMS/EMS. The internal motivation and external motivation factors were found to correlate with the Attitudes toward Disabled Persons—Form A and the Contact with Disabled Persons Scale in the predicted direction.Conclusions: The D-IMS/EMS appears to have sufficient reliability and validity; the 2-factor solution was found to be acceptable. Further research with other groups of participants is needed.

Modification of Student Attitudes Toward Disabled Peers

1988 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Craig Stewart
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Student Attitudes ◽  
Weight Training ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Analysis Of Covariance ◽  
Attitudes Toward Disabled ◽  
Disabled Students ◽  
Training Class ◽  
General Weight ◽  
The Disabled

This study set out to determine the effects of two disabled university students on the attitudes of students in a weight training class. University students enrolled in two general weight training classes agreed to participate in this study. They were administered the Attitude Toward Disabled Persons scale at the start and finish of a university quarter (10 weeks). Two physically disabled university students agreed to be integrated into one of the classes. T tests and an analysis of covariance revealed a significant improvement in the attitudes of students who were in the weight training class with the disabled students. Implications for systematic practicum experience for majors in areas that would have future contact with disabled populations was discussed. Peer interaction appears to have a positive significant effect on the attitudes of nondisabled students toward disabled individuals.

Chinese Attitudes toward Cleft Lip and Palate: Effects of Personal Contact

2006 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 731-739 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. K. K. Chan ◽  
B. McPherson ◽  
T. L. Whitehill
Keyword(s):  
Cleft Lip ◽  
Cleft Lip And Palate ◽  
Emotional Health ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Personal Contact ◽  
Attitudes Toward Disabled ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Chinese Parent ◽  
Previous Contact ◽  
Adults And Children

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of personal contact on the attitudes of individuals towards persons with cleft lip and palate (CLP) and the possible cultural differences in these attitudes for Chinese respondents living in Hong Kong. Design: Chinese parent, teacher, and employer groups were administered a cleft lip and palate attitudinal questionnaire and the Scale of Attitudes Toward Disabled Persons inventory. Subjects: Thirty-nine parents of children with CLP, 27 teachers of children with CLP, and 37 employers with no previous contact with individuals with CLP participated in the study. Results: The results showed significant intergroup differences on several items involving beliefs concerning emotional health, social development, and employment-related barriers for individuals with CLP, and whether such individuals should seek nonmedical help to treat speech problems. Employers showed a comparatively less favorable attitude to persons with CLP than the two other groups. Conclusion: Parent, teacher, and employer groups in the Chinese community studied showed differences in their attitudes towards individuals with CLP. The findings suggest the need for further community health education to help develop more positive attitudes towards disabled persons in general, as well as programs targeted at reducing negative stereotyping of adults and children with CLP.

College Counselor Knowledge about and Attitudes toward Disabled Persons

1969 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 657-658 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith E. Palmerton ◽  
R. M. Frumkin
Keyword(s):  
Random Sample ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
General Information ◽  
Attitudes Toward Disabled ◽  
College Counselors ◽  
Knowledge And Attitudes ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Negative Orientation ◽  
Attitudes And Knowledge ◽  
The Relationship

Of a random sample of 130 college counselors, 81 completed and returned the Yuker Attitudes Toward Disabled Persons Scale and a modified version of the Haring General Information Inventory, a scale which measures knowledge about disabled persons. While the relationship between knowledge and attitudes was not significant ( p = .088), there was a tendency for attitudes and knowledge to be related. However, the attitudes are the reverse of those hypothesized, i.e., the greater the knowledge the more unfavorable the attitudes toward the disabled. Seeing disabled persons as different from normal persons may be a negative orientation. Present data raise some question about the validity of that assumption.

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