Influence of social context on reported attitudes of nondisabled students toward students with disabilities

Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 50-52

  Meyer, Linda ^a   Gouvier, Wm Drew ^a,b   Duke, Marcus ^a,b   Advokat, Claire ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Alabama Bur Mental Hlth Mental R   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044529250     PISSN: 00343552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003435520104500108     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Amsel, R., & Fichten, C. S. (1988). Effects of contact on thoughts about interaction with students who have a physical disability. Journal of Rehabilitation, 54, 61-65.
2. Anthony, W. A. (1972). Societal rehabilitation: Changing society's attitudes toward the physically and mentally disabled. Rehabilitation Psychology, 19, 117-126.
3. Antonak, R. F., & Livneh, H. (1995). Direct and indirect methods to measure attitudes toward persons with disabilities, with an exegesis of the error-choice test method. Rehabilitation Psychology, 40, 3-24.
4. Bailey, J. W. (1991). Evaluation of a task partner who does or does not have a physical disability: Response amplification or sympathy effect? Rehabilitation Psychology, 36, 99-110.
5. Fichten, C. S., Robillard, K., Tagalakis, V., & Amsel, R. (1991). Casual interaction between college students with various disabilities and their nondisabled peers: The internal dialogue. Rehabilitation Psychology, 36, 3-19.
6. Gibbons, F. X., Stephan, W. G., Stephenson, B., & Petty, C. R. (1980). Reactions to stigmatized others: Response amplification vs sympathy. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 16, 591-605.
7. Hagler, P., Vargo, J., & Semple, J. (1987). The potential for faking on the Attitudes Toward Disabled Persons Scale. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 31, 72-76.
8. Marinelli, R. P., & Kelz, J. W. (1973). Anxiety and attitudes toward visibly disabled persons. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 16, 198-205.
9. Millington, M. J., Strohmer, D. C., Reid, C. A., & Spengler, P. M. (1996). A preliminary investigation of the role of differential complexity and response style in measuring attitudes toward people with disabilities. Rehabilitation Psychology, 41, 243-254.
10. Strohmer, D. C., Grand, S. A., & Purcell, M. J. (1984). Attitudes toward persons with a disability: An examination of demographic factors, social context, and specific disability. Rehabilitation Psychology, 29, 131-145.
11. Yuker, H. E. (1986). The Attitudes Toward Disabled Persons Scale: Susceptibility to faking. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 29, 200-204.
12. Yuker, H. E., Block, J. R., & Campbell, W. J. (1960). A scale to measure attitudes toward disabled persons: Human Resources Study No. 5. Albertson, NY: Human Resources Center.