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- Title
Actitudes hacia la discapacidad de jóvenes y adultos de Chiapas.
- Authors
García Lara, Germán Alejandro; Hernández Ortiz, Soledad
- Abstract
The study is realized in a population of 736 young men and adults of three Chiapas's localities, México and it has as aim analyze the attitudes that these present on the disability. There are applied the Scale of Valuation of Terms Associated with the Disability and the Scale of Attitudes towards the Persons by Disability, Form G. The results indicate that the variables: to have a relative with disability, a major education, the youngest, single or married being, to live in urban zone and, not to practice any religion, they indicate more positive attitudes towards these persons. One gives a more positive valuation to the terms with educational special needs, exceptional and sick, and more negative to subnormal, upset and delayed.
- Subjects
MEXICO; MEXICANS; TERMS &; phrases; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; PERSONALITY &; culture; PEOPLE with disabilities; PSYCHOLOGY; ATTITUDE (Psychology); FAMILIES; PUBLIC opinion
- Publication
Universitas Psychologica, 2011, Vol 10, Issue 3, p817
- ISSN
1657-9267
- Publication type
Article