ISBN:
9780398054045
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (327 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als The Measurement Of Attitudes Toward People With Disabilities : Methods, Psychometrics and Scales
DDC:
305.90816
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
By Richard F. Antonak, University of New Hampshire, Durham, and Hanoch Livneh, Rhode Island College, Providence. With a Foreword by Harold E. Yuker. CONTENTS: Introduction; Fundamentals of Attitude Measurement, Direct Methods of Attitude Measurement; Multidimensional Scaling; Indirect Methods of Attitude Measurement; Reliability; Validity; Psychometric Characteristics of Attitude Scales; General Attitudes Toward People with Disabilities, Attitudes Toward Physical Disability Groups; Attitudes Toward Psychiatric Disability Groups; Attitudes Toward People Who are Mentally Retarded, Societal Respo
Description / Table of Contents:
HALF TITLE: THE MEASUREMENT OF ATTITUDES TOWARD PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES; TITLE PAGE: THE MEASUREMENT OF ATTITUDES TOWARD PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; CONTENTS; Part I: ATTITUDE MEASUREMENT METHODS; Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION; DEFINITIONS OF ATTITUDE; ATTITUDES AND RELATED CONCEPTS; WHY STUDY ATTITUDES?; MEASUREMENT OF ATTITUDES TOWARD PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES; SUMMARY AND PRELUDE; Chapter 2: FUNDAMENTALS OF ATTITUDE MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT; METHODS TO MEASURE ATTITUDES; WHICH METHOD TO SELECT?; SUMMARY AND PRELUDE
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Chapter 3: DIRECT METHODS OF ATTITUDE MEASUREMENTSURVEYS, INTERVIEWS, AND RANKINGS; CHECKLISTS; RATING SCALES; SUMMARY AND PRELUDE; Chapter 4: MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING; LIORA PEDHAZUR SCHMELKIN; LIMITATIONS OF TRADITIONAL SCALING APPROACHES; NONMETRIC MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING; ISSUES AND CONCERNS IN THE USE OF MDS; SOME SUGGESTED USES OF MDS IN ATTITUDES TO DISABILITY RESEARCH; SUMMARY AND PRELUDE; Chapter 5: INDIRECT METHODS OF ATTITUDE MEASUREMENT; VALIDITY THREATS OF DIRECT METHODS; INDIRECT METHODS; SUMMARY AND PRELUDE; Part II: PSYCHOMETRIC GUIDELINES FOR ATTITUDE SCALES
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Chapter 6: RELIABILITYMETHODS TO ESTIMATE RELIABILITY; STANDARD ERROR OF MEASUREMENT OF SCORES; FACTORS AFFECTING RELIABILITY; SUMMARY AND PRELUDE; Chapter 7: VALIDITY; TYPES OF VALIDITY; FACTORS AFFECTING VALIDITY; SUMMARY AND PRELUDE; Chapter 8: PSYCHOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS OF ATTITUDE SCALES; ITEM PREPARATION; PILOT STUDIES; ITEM ANALYSES; SCALE ANALYSIS; RESPONSE STYLES; NORMATIVE DATA; SUMMARY AND PRELUDE; Part III: SCALES FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF ATTITUDES; Chapter 9: GENERAL ATTITUDES TOWARD PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES; ACCEPTANCE SCALE (A-SCALE)
Description / Table of Contents:
ATTITUDE TOWARD DISABLED PERSONS SCALE (ATDP)DISABILITY FACTOR SCALES (DFS); DISABILITY SOCIAL DISTANCE SCALE (DSDS); RUCKER-GABLE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING SCALE (RGEPS); SCALE OF ATTITUDES TOWARD DISABLED PERSONS (SADP); Chapter 10: ATTITUDES TOWARD PHYSICAL DISABILITY GROUPS; ATTITUDES TO BLINDNESS SCALE (AB); ATTITUDES TO DEAFNESS SCALE (AD); A SCALE OF KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES TOWARD EPILEPSY AND PEOPLE WITH EPILEPSY (ATPE); DISABILITY SOCIAL RELATIONSHIP SCALE (DSRS); Chapter 11: ATTITUDES TOWARD PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITY GROUPS; CUSTODIAL MENTAL ILLNESS IDEOLOGY SCALE (CMI)
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MENTAL HEALTH INFORMATION QUESTIONNAIRE (MHIQ)OPINIONS ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS SCALE (OMI); Chapter 12: ATTITUDES TOWARD PEOPLE WHO ARE MENTALLY RETARDED; ATTITUDES TOWARD THE RETARDED SCALE (ATR); ATTITUDES TOWARD MENTALLY RETARDED PEOPLE SCALE (AMRP); MULTIDIMENSIONAL ATTITUDE SCALE ON MENTAL RETARDATION (MASMR); MENTAL RETARDATION QUESTIONNAIRE (MRQ); Chapter 13: SOCIETAL RESPONSIBILITIES TOWARD PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES; ATTITUDES TOWARD DISABLEMENT SCALE (ATDS); ATTITUDES TOWARD MAINSTREAMING SCALE (ATMS); EDUCATIONAL ATTITUDE SURVEY (EAS); MAINSTREAMING OPINIONNAIRE (MO)
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OPINIONS RELATIVE TO MAINSTREAMING (ORM)
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