Attitudes of Children and Adolescents toward Persons Who Are Deaf, Blind, Paralyzed or Intellectually Disabled

Autor/inn/en	de Laat, Stijn; Freriksen, Ellen; Vervloed, Mathijs P. J.
Titel	Attitudes of Children and Adolescents toward Persons Who Are Deaf, Blind, Paralyzed or Intellectually Disabled
Quelle	In: Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 34 (2013) 2, S.855-863 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0891-4222
DOI	10.1016/j.ridd.2012.11.004
Schlagwörter	Familiarity; Student Attitudes; Self Esteem; Deafness; Positive Attitudes; Children; Adolescents; Disabilities; College Students; High School Students; Questionnaires; Beliefs; Foreign Countries; Attitudes toward Disabilities; Mental Retardation; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Gehörlosigkeit; Taubstummheit; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Handicap; Behinderung; Collegestudent; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Fragebogen; Belief; Glaube; Ausland; Geistige Behinderung; Niederlande
Abstract	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 questionnaires, the CATCH and MAS. Only the CATCH was applicable with all four disabled groups. Two factors were found: behavior-positive affect and cognition-negative affect. With regard to the first factor respondents had more positive attitudes toward deaf, blind and paralyzed persons than toward intellectually disabled persons. The cognition and negative affect factor showed that respondents had more positive attitudes toward deaf and blind persons than toward paralyzed and intellectually disabled persons. Being older and familiarity with a disabled person had a significant positive effect on attitudes, while self-esteem and gender had only a partial effect and having religious beliefs was not a significant predictor in this study. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10