The monograph provides a review of research studies over the past 25 years which have made use of the Attitude Toward Disabled Persons (ATDP) Scale. The report focuses on pertinent information about the scales, their psychometric properties, and the multitude of ways they have been used. An introductory chapter looks briefly at the history of the…

Examined effects of two movies, Like Other People and The Music Box, on attitudes as measured by the Attitudes toward Disabled Persons scale. Results indicated more negative attitudes were induced in pretested participants by Like Other People at initial post-test; however, more favorable attitudes were exhibited by participants six weeks later.…

Fifteen males and 15 females (ages 8.0 to 8.8) who had been identified as gifted were studied to compare their attitudes toward handicapped individuals as measured by the Attitude Toward Disabled Persons Scale (ATDP). Form O of the ATDP Scale was used and a one-way analysis of variance showed a significant difference between males and females,…

The purpose of the study was to examine the distribution of attitude responses among college students on the Attitude Toward Disabled Persons Scale (ATDP) and to compare the responses of male students to females within each of three classes of responses on the preferred Student Characteristic Scale (PSCS): affective, affective-cognitive, and…

This study was designed to further explore the attitudes of the orthopedically disabled to their disability and specifically to validate the theory that rehabilitation clients in an institutionalized setting are similar to clients in a hospitalized setting. (Author/EA)