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- Title
Assessing Attitudes Toward Evidence-Based Practices of Workers Supporting People With Disabilities: A Validation of the Evidence-Based Practice Attitudes Scale.
- Authors
Vassos, Maria V.; Carroll, Michael F.
- Abstract
This study conducted an initial psychometric validation of the Evidence-Based Practice Attitude Scales (EBPAS; Aarons, 2004 ) with a sample of workers employed in services that offer support to people with disabilities. Workers completed an online survey containing the EBPAS-GEN (a disability services version) and EBPAS-PBS (a version focused on positive behavior support, an evidence-based practice used in disability services). Confirmatory factor analysis, group differences, and internal consistency results support the psychometric soundness of both versions; however, the EBPAS-GEN shows slightly weaker properties. Evidence-based practice is gaining attention in the disability literature, and these findings add to this body of knowledge. These initial findings support the use of both versions of the EBPAS with populations of workers who work within disability services.
- Subjects
UNITED States; QUEENSLAND; ATTITUDES toward physical disabilities; SERVICES for people with disabilities; PATIENT-professional relations; MEDICAL personnel; CARE of people with disabilities; REHABILITATION for people with intellectual disabilities; ATTITUDE (Psychology); COMPARATIVE studies; FACTOR analysis; MEDICAL care for people with disabilities; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; PEOPLE with disabilities; PSYCHOMETRICS; RESEARCH; EVIDENCE-based medicine; PROFESSIONAL practice; EVALUATION research
- Publication
American Journal on Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities, 2016, Vol 121, Issue 4, p364
- ISSN
1944-7515
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1352/1944-7558-121.4.364