This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Citing Articles via Scopus Google Scholar Articles by Hazzard, A. Search for Related Content PubMed Articles by Hazzard, A. Social Bookmarking                         What's this?

Children's Experience With, Knowledge of, and Attitude Toward Disabled Persons

Emory University School of Medicine

Measures to assess children's knowledge about and affective attitudes toward disabled persons were developed and administered to 367 elementary school children. Children's knowledge increased with age but was unrelated to sex or previous experience with disabled persons. In contrast, children's social-distance ratings were 'This study was part of the author's doctoral dissertation and was funded by a grant from the American Institutes for Research. unrelated to age but did vary with previous experience and sex. Children with more experience and girls expressed greater willingness to interact with disabled peers. The potential usefulness of the knowledge and social-distance scales as outcome measures for disability-awareness programs is discussed.

The Journal of Special Education, Vol. 17, No. 2, 131-139 (1983)
DOI: 10.1177/002246698301700204


CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter    What's this?

This article has been cited by other articles:

				P. C. FAVAZZA and S. L. ODOM Use of the Acceptance Scale to Measure Attitudes of Kindergarten-Age Children Journal of Early Intervention, January 1, 1996; 20(3): 232 - 248. [Abstract] [PDF]