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- Title
Actitud de universitarios hacia las personas con discapacidad.
- Authors
Araya-Cortés, Alexis; González-Arias, Mauricio; Cerpa-Reyes, Carola
- Abstract
The objective of this study is to describe and compare the attitudes towards disabled persons found among students majoring in education and those in other profes-sions, and at different levels of training. A descriptive correlational design was used on a sample of 260 male and female students from a private university in the city of La Serena, Chile. The Attitudes toward Disabled Persons Scale was applied, as de-veloped by Verdugo, Januarius and Arias (1995). The results show all the students demonstrate positive attitudes. As for college major or discipline and level of study, no statistically significant differences were found. Therefore, it is possible to infer that students are favorably predisposed to behaving effectively with people who have disabilities, by assessing their capabilities positively and acknowledging their fundamental rights.
- Subjects
CHILE; COLLEGE student attitudes; ATTITUDES toward disabilities; TEACHERS college student attitudes; COLLEGE students; EDUCATION of people with disabilities; EDUCATION policy; EDUCATION; GOVERNMENT policy
- Publication
Educación y Educadores, 2014, Vol 17, Issue 2, p289
- ISSN
0123-1294
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5294/edu.2014.17.2.5