Health practitioners' perceptions of family attitudes toward children with disabilities: A comparison of six communities in a multicultural society.

Westbrook, Mary T.; Legge, Varoe

doi:10.1037/0090-5550.38.3.177

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“…These results confirm with those of Westbrook and Lagge (1993), showing less positive attitudes towards inclusion among the Arab community in Australia. Our study confirms also the assertions of Dukmak (1994), Essawi (2002, personal interview with Director-General, Ministry of Social Welfare, Palestinian Authority) and Gumpel and Awartani (2003) that the Palestinian community apparently is still affected by a 'stigma conceptualization' towards persons with a disability.…”

Section: Attitudes and Self-efficacy In Relation To Severity Of Disabsupporting

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Attitudes towards inclusion: the case of Israeli and Palestinian regular and special education teachers

Lifshitz

Glaubman

Issawi

2004

European Journal of Special Needs Education

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The goals of the present study were to examine the effects of an intervention programme on sense of efficacy and attitudes towards inclusion of pupils with six types of disability, among Israeli ( N = 66) and Palestinian ( N = 192) teachers. We also studied how these attitudes were related to their general attitudes towards education; whether regular ( N = 125) and inclusive teachers ( N = 103) would differ; and how attitudes towards inclusion and sense of efficacy were correlated. The intervention, which was adapted to the needs of inclusive teachers, was comprised of the three components of attitudes, cognitive, emotional and behavioural. Results showed, as hypothesized, that in all types of disability the Israeli, compared to Palestinian teachers, showed significantly higher willingness to include pupils with special needs. The clash between the individualistic nature of special education and the national orientation of the Palestinian teachers, coupled with the 'stigmatizing effect', may explain their being high in conservatism and progressiveness, and their negative attitudes towards inclusion of pupils with sensory impairment and mental retardation before the intervention. The intervention programme was more beneficial to the regular teachers, compared to the special education teachers. The correlations between the attitudes and sense of efficacy were increased following the intervention; the negative attitudes towards inclusion of moderate/severe learning disabilities/emotional disturbances and mild mental retardation can be explained by the tolerance and expectation theories.The study examines the effects of an intervention programme on sense of efficacy and attitudes towards inclusion of pupils with special needs among Israeli and Palestinian special education and regular teachers.We were interested in learning how these attitudes were related to the teachers' general education attitudes, whether regular and inclusive teachers differ in this regard and to what degree attitudes towards inclusion and sense of efficacy are correlated.

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Section: Attitudes and Self-efficacy In Relation To Severity Of Disabsupporting

confidence: 95%

Attitudes towards inclusion: the case of Israeli and Palestinian regular and special education teachers

Lifshitz

Glaubman

Issawi

2004

European Journal of Special Needs Education

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“…[8], and the higher spending on health raise the possibility that in highly individualistic societies, the health system may provide (socially or through markets) support for patients that experience problems in the areas of self care. Hofstede and Hofstede [9] also point to a study that looks at how different societies deal with disability [10]. In collectivist communities, disability was found to carry stigma, 1 and while extended family would be on hand to support the disabled, there would be open expression of negativity, pessimism and grief.…”

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Preliminary findings of an investigation into the relationship between national culture and EQ-5D value sets

Bailey

Kind

2010

Qual Life Res

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The correlation patterns observed are generally consistent with a priori expectations based on the nature of the dimensions of culture and the EQ-5D model. This analysis demonstrates the potential of national culture in providing insight into the drivers of the relative values of EQ-5D dimensions for different countries and in informing decisions about which EQ-5D value sets to use in situations where one does not exist.

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“…With respect to the attitude referent, variables such as disability type (McCaughey & Strohmer, 2005;Ostapczuk & Musch, 2011;Smart, 2001) and the gender of the attitude referent (Weisel & Florian, 1990) have been associated with distinctive attitudinal valence. Variables of the attitude holder that relate to attitude valence include cultural background and norms (Goreczny et al, 2011;Westbrook & Legge, 1993), profession (Loo, 2001;Tervo et al, 2004), and certain personality attributes (Keller & Siegrist, 2010;Vilchinsky et al, 2010).…”

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Religious/Spiritual Involvement and Beliefs, Frequency of Contact, and Gender as Predictors of Attitudes Toward Persons With Disabilities

Fioramonti

Ebener

Arrastia-Chisholm

2018

Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin

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The prevalence of disability in the United States is substantial. Approximately 22.2% of U.S. adults (53 million persons) live with a functional impairment, and 12.5% of U.S. adults report levels of impairment that fall within the "seriously limited" range (Altman & Bernstein, 2008; Courtney-Long et al., 2015). Traditionally, persons with disabilities (PWD) have experienced marginalization due to exclusionary attitudes and environmental barriers (Smart, 2001). Although advocacy efforts and legislation in recent decades (e.g., the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, the ADA Amendments Act of 2008) have paved the way for greater levels of integration and involvement in society for PWD (Emens, 2012; Hergenrather & Rhodes, 2007; O'Brien & Ellegood, 2005) and some improvement in economic status and social integration has been noted (McCaughey & Strohmer, 2005), much work still needs to be done in promoting more inclusive attitudes toward persons who experience disability (Antonak & Livneh, 2000).

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Health practitioners' perceptions of family attitudes toward children with disabilities: A comparison of six communities in a multicultural society.

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Attitudes towards inclusion: the case of Israeli and Palestinian regular and special education teachers

Attitudes towards inclusion: the case of Israeli and Palestinian regular and special education teachers

Preliminary findings of an investigation into the relationship between national culture and EQ-5D value sets

Religious/Spiritual Involvement and Beliefs, Frequency of Contact, and Gender as Predictors of Attitudes Toward Persons With Disabilities

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