Occupational therapy students' attitudes towards individuals with disabilities: A comparison between Australia, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1541-1555

  Brown, Ted ^a   Mu, Keli ^b   Peyton, Claudia G ^c   Rodger, Sylvia ^d   Stagnitti, Karen ^e   Hutton, Eve ^f   Casey, Jackie ^g   Watson, Callie ^h   Hong, Chia Swee ⁱ   Huang, Yan hua ^j   Wu, Chin yu ^k  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Occupational Therapy   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^h Department of Biology   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^j CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^k NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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Author keywords

Attitudes; Individuals with disabilities; Occupational therapy students

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DISABILITY; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISABLED PERSON; FEAR; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY EDUCATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY STUDENT; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TAIWAN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; COHORT STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69249216403     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2009.07.020     Document Type: Article

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