Classical and modern prejudice: Attitudes toward people with intellectual disabilities

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 605-617

  Akrami, Nazar ^a   Ekehammar, Bo ^a   Claesson, Malin ^a   Sonnander, Karin ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Confirmatory factor analyses; Construct validity; Discriminant validity; Intellectual disabilities; Modern and classical prejudice; Prejudice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; OUTCOME VARIABLE; RACISM; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SEXISM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 33749050148     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2005.07.003     Document Type: Article

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