Adolescents' Attitudes toward Wheelchair Users: A Provincial Survey

Autor/in	Arbour-Nicitopoulos, Kelly P.
Titel	Adolescents' Attitudes toward Wheelchair Users: A Provincial Survey
Quelle	In: International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 33 (2010) 3, S.261-263 (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0342-5282
DOI	10.1097/MRR.0b013e328333de97
Schlagwörter	Mental Disorders; Drug Abuse; Adolescents; Assistive Technology; Secondary School Students; Foreign Countries; Attitude Measures; Attitudes toward Disabilities; Physical Disabilities; Social Bias; Social Influences; Drug Addiction; Alcohol Abuse; Chronic Illness; Age Differences; Family Relationship; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Sekundarschüler; Ausland; Physical handicap; Körperbehinderung; Sozialer Einfluss; Drug dependence; Drug consomption; Drogenabhängigkeit; Chronic disease; Chronische Krankheit; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Kanada
Abstract	The study aims were to examine (i) adolescents' attitudes towards family members who use a wheelchair in relation to other health problems and conditions, and (ii) the association between perceived wheelchair stigma and socio-demographic factors. Data were based on surveys from 2790 seventh to 12th grade students derived from the 2007 cycle of the Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey. Stigmatized attitudes towards a family member who required the use of a wheelchair (5.5%) were lower than those attitudes towards a family member who was addicted to drugs (68.3%), alcohol (54.9%), or gambling (53.7%), or who had mental illness (25.9%), and similar to those attitudes for a family member with asthma (2.2%). Grade level was the only significant negative correlate of the perceived wheelchair stigma. The perceived wheelchair stigma among the adolescents may not be a significant barrier towards community integration for wheelchair users. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10