This study aims to examine the connections between personal demographic characteristics, knowledge about disability, contact with persons with disabilities, and attitudes toward persons with disabilities among Israeli community centers’ managerial position holders. The sample consisted of 84 managerial position holders working in different departments at Israeli community centers who completed the Multidimensional Attitudes Scale Toward Persons with Disabilities. A moderate negative connection was found between age and attitudes toward disability. No significant association was found between gender or education level and attitudes toward disability. Participants who personally knew a person with a disability showed more positive attitudes on the cognition dimension than those who have no personal connection to a person with disabilities. A moderate positive connection was found between knowledge about disability issues and attitudes toward those with disabilities. Our research concludes that both personal contact with individuals with disabilities and disability knowledge are associated with positive attitudes toward such individuals. Thus, recommendations were made to develop training for community centers’ management and employees to promote more favorable attitudes toward people with disabilities.

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社区中心管理人员对残疾人的态度：简报

本研究旨在检查以色列社区中心管理职位持有人的个人人口特征、关于残疾的知识、与残疾人的接触以及对残疾人的态度之间的联系。样本包括在以色列社区中心不同部门工作的 84 名管理职位持有人，他们完成了对残疾人的多维态度量表。在年龄和对残疾的态度之间发现了适度的负面联系。没有发现性别或教育水平与对残疾的态度之间存在显着关联。与残疾人没有个人联系的参与者相比，那些亲自认识残疾人的参与者在认知维度上表现出更积极的态度。在关于残疾问题的知识和对残疾人的态度之间发现了适度的积极联系。我们的研究得出的结论是，与残疾人的个人接触和残疾知识都与对这些人的积极态度有关。因此，建议为社区中心的管理人员和员工开展培训，以促进对残疾人的更有利的态度。