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ATTITUDE OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS TOWARDS PEOPLE WITH DISABILTY

    2 Author(s):  MONA RANGA, SURBHI KUMAR

Vol -  10, Issue- 7 ,         Page(s) : 88 - 104  (2019 ) DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/IRJMSH

Abstract

To study the explicit and implicit attitudes of students of University towards persons with disability (PwD). The purposive sample included a total of N= 93 participants age ranging from 18 to 21 years old [males (n)= 47, females (n)= 46 females]. A survey research design was used for data collection. Multidimensional Attitudes Scale towards Persons with Disabilities (MAS) and Attitude toward Disabled Persons Scale (ATDP; Yuker, Block, & Younng, 1966) were taken to measure attitudes. The objectives were (i) To study the attitudes of University students towards people with disability; and (ii) To compare the attitude difference between men and women towards disability. The results obtained indicated no relation between explicit and implicit attitudes of the University students towards PwD. There were no significant gender differences among University students towards PwD. There was no significant gender differences found among University students towards PwD about the cognitive aspect of implicit attitude. Significant differences were found in the affective and behaviour aspect of implicit attitude in males than females among University students towards PwD.

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