Abstract

ARAYA-CORTES, Alexis; GONZALEZ-ARIAS, Mauricio  and  CERPA-REYES, Carola. Attitude of University Students Towards the Disabled. educ.educ. [online]. 2014, vol.17, n.2, pp.289-305. ISSN 0123-1294.  https://doi.org/10.5294/edu.2014.17.2.5.

The objective of this study is to describe and compare the attitudes towards disabled persons found among students majoring in education and those in other professions, and at different levels of training. A descriptive correlational design was used on a sample of 260 male and female students from a private university in the city of La Serena, Chile. The Attitudes toward Disabled Persons Scale was applied, as developed by Verdugo, Januarius and Arias (1995). The results show all the students demonstrate positive attitudes. As for college major or discipline and level of study, no statistically significant differences were found. Therefore, it is possible to infer that students are favorably predisposed to behaving effectively with people who have disabilities, by assessing their capabilities positively and acknowledging their fundamental rights.

Keywords : Student's attitude; education; college student; disabled.

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