Psychometric properties of the Mental Retardation Attitude Inventory‐Revised in Chinese college students

Abstract

The factor structure of the MRAI-R in this sample of Chinese college students did not replicate the structure found in American adults. Although the SDIS subscale of the MRAI-R appeared to be a reliable instrument among the four subscales of the MRAI-R, the reliabilities of the INSE, PRRT and SUDB subscales were low. Continuing investigations of the utility of the MRAI-R in Chinese culture is needed. Attitude instruments based on Chinese culture may be developed.

Validation of the Mental Retardation Attitude Inventory-Revised (MRAI-R): A Multidimensional Rasch Analysis

“…Although some indicators, i.e., face validity and construct validity, were reported in Hampton & Xiao (2008)'s study [7], the associated issues regarding to the consistency of the item set are still dubious. For the subscale of SUDB above, whether the test length or the item contents accounted for its low reliability, future work is needed to investigate the details of the item nature, in terms of content, so as to develop an appropriate (relatively reliable and valid) tool to somehow provide a holistic view on evaluating the current attitudes toward societal inclusion of people with ID.…”

“…The Chinese version of MRAI-R was obtained from Hampton and Xiao (2008) and was used to measure participants' attitudes toward the inclusion of people with ID. The MRAI-R consists of 29 items using a 4-point Likert scale (1 = Strongly Disagree, 4 = Strongly Agree) for responses.…”

“…However, there is lack of instruments for measuring public attitude towards inclusion, and of people with ID in China [7]. Mental Retardation Attitude Inventory-Revised, MRAI-R [8] is one of the commonly used measures for investigating people's attitude towards ID [7].…”

“…However, there is lack of instruments for measuring public attitude towards inclusion, and of people with ID in China [7]. Mental Retardation Attitude Inventory-Revised, MRAI-R [8] is one of the commonly used measures for investigating people's attitude towards ID [7]. The MRAI-R contains 29 items, contributing to four subscales/domains, namely: integration-segregation (INSE), social distance (SDIS), private rights (PRRT), and subtle derogatory belief (SUDB).…”

“…Horner-Johnson and his colleagues (2002) examined the psychometric properties of MRAI-R in Japanese college students and it was found that Japanese samples fit for the try-out factor structure of MRAI-R [10]. More recently, Hampton and Xiao (2008) investigated the psychometric properties of MRAI-R inChinese college students, it was concluded that factor structure of the MRAI-R in Chinese college students could not be replicated exactly what the structure found in American adults [7]. Thus, further examination on the utility of MRAI-R in Chinese context was needed.…”