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Attitudes toward Peers with Physical Disabilities at High School: Applying the Integrated Threat Theory
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Bustillos, Antonio; Silvan-Ferrero, Maria del Prado – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 2013
The aim of this work was to study attitudes toward people with disabilities from the viewpoint of the integrated threat theory of prejudice. This theory postulates that threat may cause negative attitudes toward a group and posits that such threat may come from different sources. To test this model, a study was carried out with high school…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Physical Disabilities, Negative Attitudes, Anxiety
Undergraduate Students' Preference for Distance Education by Field of Study
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Pontes, Manuel C. F.; Pontes, Nancy M. H. – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2013
This research investigates the relationship between students' field of study and their preference for distance education. For this research, data were used from the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study: Undergraduate, which uses a complex survey design to collect data from a nationally representative sample of undergraduate postsecondary…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Undergraduate Students, Preferences, Majors (Students)
Individual and Situational Factors Associated with Social Barriers for Persons with Mobility Impairment
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McCaughey, Tiffany – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Decades of research have examined factors involved in complex, and sometimes stressful, interpersonal interactions between individuals with and without disabilities. The present study applies structural equation modeling to test an integrative model of individual and situational factors affecting encounters between able-bodied college students and…
Descriptors: College Students, Structural Equation Models, Focus Groups, Barriers
Assessment of the Integration of Physically Handicapped College Students into Extracurricular Activities.
Bohan, Doris K.; Humes, Charles W. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1986
Examined variables thought to affect handicapped college students' extracurricular activities: projection of negative feelings, substitution of time, prior experience in activities, and severity of handicap. Results indicated the independent variables did not demonstrate any significant relationship to the dependent variable. (Author/ABB)
Descriptors: College Students, Extracurricular Activities, Higher Education, Motivation
Attitudes and Behaviour of Children toward Peers with Disabilities.
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Roberts, Clare M.; Smith, Peta R. – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 1999
The theory of planned behavior was used to examine the relationship between the attitudes and behavior of 188 children (ages 8-12) toward peers with physical disabilities included in regular education. Children's attitudes and perceived behavioral control were significant predictors of their intentions to interact with a child with physical…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Elementary Education, Inclusive Schools, Peer Acceptance
A Meta-Analysis of School-Age Children's Attitudes towards Persons with Physical or Intellectual Disabilities.
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Nowicki, Elizabeth A.; Sandieson, Robert – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2002
Factors associated with children's attitudes towards persons with physical and intellectual disabilities were examined in a meta-analysis of 20 studies spanning the years 1990-2000. Factors included: attitudinal components, type of disability, age and gender of respondents, and role of inclusion. Children preferred target children without…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education