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Direct linkBossaert, 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)
de Laat, Stijn; Freriksen, Ellen; Vervloed, Mathijs P. J. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
This study aimed to explore Dutch students' attitudes toward deaf, blind, paralyzed or intellectually disabled persons and to determine whether age, self-esteem, gender, religion and familiarity with a disabled person have a significant effect on these attitudes. The attitudes of 200 high school and 144 university students were determined with two…
Descriptors: Familiarity, Student Attitudes, Self Esteem, Deafness
Goreczny, Anthony J.; Bender, Erin E.; Caruso, Guy; Feinstein, Celia S. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
Attitudes toward individuals with disabilities are often negative and deleterious, resulting in decreased opportunity and chances at successful integration into the community for these individuals. The purpose of the current study was to investigate attitudes of a group of 129 individuals attending a state-wide conference aimed toward improving…
Descriptors: Research Needs, Quality of Life, Disabilities, Attitudes toward Disabilities
Bossaert, Goele; Colpin, Hilde; Pijl, Sip Jan; Petry, Katja – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
This study aimed to explore Belgian adolescents' attitudes towards peers with disabilities and to explore factors associated with these attitudes. Based on the theory of persuasive communication, this study focused on receiver variables (the "whom"), characteristics of students with disabilities ("concerning who") and channel…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Adolescents, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Peer Relationship
Brown, Ted; Mu, Keli; Peyton, Claudia G.; Rodger, Sylvia; Stagnitti, Karen; Hutton, Eve; Casey, Jackie; Watson, Callie; Hong, Chia Swee; Huang, Yan-hua; Wu, Chin-yu – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
Introduction: Students who are enrolled in professional education programs such as occupational therapy may have inherent attitudes towards the future clients they work with. These attitudes may be influenced by the level of their professional education as well as cultural values of their country of origin. Purpose: The purpose of the study was to…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Social Values
Wong, Donna Kam Pun – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2008
This article examines the effects of mainstreaming on the attitudes of non-disabled students, in a secondary school, toward people with disabilities. Responses from 389 Form 1 and Form 2 students were analyzed. A 47-item Students' Attitudes toward People with a Disability Scale was used to measure student attitudes at the beginning and end of the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Mainstreaming, Student Attitudes, Disabilities
