Validation of the factor structure of the Interactions with Disabled Persons Scale
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Article Title | Validation of the factor structure of the Interactions with Disabled Persons Scale |
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ERA Journal ID | 6116 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Forlin, C. (Author), Fogarty, Gerard J. (Author) and Carroll, Annemaree (Author) |
Journal Title | Australian Journal of Psychology |
Journal Citation | 51 (1), pp. 50-55 |
Number of Pages | 5 |
Year | 1999 |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Place of Publication | Australia |
ISSN | 0004-9530 |
1742-9536 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/00049539908255334 |
Web Address (URL) | https://aps.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00049539908255334 |
Abstract | The Interactions with Disabled Person's Scale (IDP; Gething, 1991b) is designed to measure attitudes towards people with a disability. Factor analysis of the 20-item scale has identified six relatively stable and correlated factors tapping different aspects of discomfort during contact with people with disabilities (Gething, 1992, 1994). The present study investigated the factor structure of the IDP scale using 2,850 pre-service teachers from six universities in Australia and South Africa. Multigroup confirmatory factor analysis indicated that the six-factor model fitted the data from both the Australian and South African samples. A two-factor solution reported by MacLean and Gannon (1995) was rejected. Further analysis of subscales formed from these factors showed that scores were weakly related to gender, previous contact with people with disabilities, and length of full-time employment prior to commencing study. |
Keywords | validation, factor structure, Interactions with Disabled Person's Scale, attitudes, disabled, disability, disabilities, handicapped |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 420313. Mental health services |
520299. Biological psychology not elsewhere classified | |
520399. Clinical and health psychology not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | The accessible file is the accepted version of the paper. Please refer to the URL for the published version. |
Byline Affiliations | Faculty of Education |
Department of Psychology | |
University of Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9xv6w/validation-of-the-factor-structure-of-the-interactions-with-disabled-persons-scale
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