The German Multidimensional Attitude Scale Toward Persons With Disabilities (G-MAS): A factor analytical study among high-school students.

Abstract

Findings are discussed in light of the outcome that, of the studied sample, less than 1/3 of the students clearly expresses positive attitudes toward persons with disabilities. (PsycINFO Database Record

The multidimensional attitudes scale towards persons with disabilities (MAS) – a Polish adaptation (MAS-PL)

“…The Polish version of the MAS was characterized by a similar factor structure as the original MAS from 2007 [13], including 3 subscales (affect, cognition, behaviour) and 34 items, and a satisfactory reliability. The obtained results suggest that the MAS-PL can be used to assess attitudes towards PWD in Poland, which can then be compared with international data collected in research with the use of the MAS scale [26,[28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36]. In the majority of population studies, the other language versions showed the same factor structure -i.e.…”

“…A 4-dimensional MAS (negative affect, calm, positive cognition, behavioural avoidance) with modified items was first introduced in the Spanish version in 2013 [31-30 items], then implemented in the French version in 2015 [26 -20 items], and the German version in 2018 [35-16 items]. In recent studies, researchers using Confirmatory Factor Analysis demonstrated a better fit of the 4-factor model (Comparative Fit Index CFI>.95) [35]. However, studies on the Polish3-factor model showed that each scale achieved a reliability coefficient exceeding α = 0.8, and the addition of subsequent sub-scales failed to yield satisfactory effects.…”

“…In this study, no significant association was observed between age and the MAS score, except for a slight positive tendency suggesting a (still non-significant) link between the cognitive domain and age, which probably stems from educational progress or accumulated experience. In view of that, and due to increased research and educational opportunities, researchers tend to focus on investigating young people's attitudes [28,[30][31][32][33][34][35].…”

The Japanese Multidimensional Attitudes Scale Toward Persons With Autism Spectrum Disorders1

“…The Multidimensional Attitudes Scale (MAS), developed by Findler, Vilchinsky, and Werner (2007), is one of the most prevalent, versatile, and comprehensive instruments used to measure negative attitudes. This scale has been translated into various languages: Spanish (Stevens et al, 2013), French (Dachez, Ndobo, & Ameline, 2015), Korean (Lu & Kim, 2017), and German (Wöhrle, Franke, & Kissgen, 2018). Although the original MAS (Findler et al, 2007) was developed for measuring attitudes toward persons with physical disabilities, it has also been applied to attitudes toward persons with ASD (Dachez & Ndobo, 2018;Dachez et al, 2015).…”

Validação por expertos de uma proposta metodológica para promoção de atitudes positivas perante a deficiência em ambientes inclusivos

“…Com relação aos objectivos apresentados na proposta -Tabela 7os juízes valoraram positivamente os diferentes itens afirmando por unanimidade (5±0,00) que se adequavam às necessidades do desenho da mesma (4.7). Igualmente, os expertos estiveram de acordo em que a metodologia incluía objectivos relacionados às três dimensões da atitude (4.4, 4.5 e 4.6) indicando valores acumulados acima de 100 e um CV inferior a 10% De facto, um dos aspectos fundamentais da metodologia baseia-se no desenvolvimento das atitudes desde uma perspectiva multidimensional, a qual esta assente nos vários estudos específicos (Kim et al, 2015;Radlińska, Starkowska, Kożybska, Flaga-Gieruszyńska, & Karakiewicz, 2020;Wöhrle, Franke, & Kissgen, 2018). Neste sentido, a concordância entre juízes concorre para confirmar a validade da proposta em análise (Crespo, 2007;Galicia Alarcón, Balderrama Trápaga, & Edel Navarro, 2017;Souza et al, 2017).…”