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Bossaert, Goele; Petry, Katja – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
The Chedoke-McMaster Attitudes towards Children with Handicaps Scale (CATCH) has been developed to measure the attitudes of children toward peers with disabilities. The present study aims to evaluate the factorial validity of the CATCH in a sample of 2396 students in 7th grade, including 179 students with disabilities and 2217 typically developing…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Factor Analysis, Test Validity, Measures (Individuals)
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Bossaert, Goele; Colpin, Hilde; Pijl, Sip Jan; Petry, Katja – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
The goals of this study were twofold. The first aim was to explore loneliness prevalence in typically developing students, students with ASD and students with motor and/or sensory disabilities in mainstream 7th grade in Belgium. The second aim was to explore the relations between number of friends, friendship quality, social self-concept on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Needs Students, Psychological Patterns, Autism
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Cairney, John; Kwan, Matthew Y. W.; Hay, John A.; Faught, Brent E. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
Background: To examine whether differences in participation in active play (PAP) can account for gender differences in the relationship between Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) and body weight/fat (BMI and percentage fat) in youth. Methods: A cross-sectional investigation of students in grades four through eight (n = 590). Height, weight…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Gender Differences