ABSTRACT

The attitudes developed towards disabled children by their peers at an early age play an important role in shaping disabled children’s lives. By taking these cases into consideration, this study was conducted with the aim of ‘examining the variables affecting peer attitudes towards children with disabilities’. The study conducted as cross-sectional and descriptive type. The data were collected from schools attended by inclusive or special education students, using a child descriptive information form and the ‘Chedoke-McMaster Attitudes towards Children with Handicaps (CATCH)’ Scale. For the statistical analysis of the data, percentage, t-test and ANOVA test were performed using the SPSS 23 software programme. Among the children included in the scope of the study, attitude scores were found to be significantly higher in girls, older children, children in interaction with a disabled individual or friend, and children studying at a school in an area with a low socioeconomic level. Economic level did not make a significant difference to attitudes. Considering that peer attitudes towards disabled children were affected by the gender, age, interaction with the disabled, and socioeconomic variables, important results were obtained for developing positive attitudes.

摘要

同龄人从小对残疾儿童形成的态度对塑造残疾儿童的生活起着重要作用。考虑到这些案例，本研究旨在“检查影响同伴对残疾儿童态度的变量”。该研究以横断面和描述性类型进行。这些数据是从全纳或特殊教育学生就读的学校收集的，使用儿童描述信息表和“Chedoke-McMaster 对残障儿童的态度 (CATCH)”量表。对于数据的统计分析，使用 SPSS 23 软件程序进行百分比、t 检验和 ANOVA 检验。在研究范围内的儿童中，女孩、年龄较大的儿童、与残疾人或朋友互动的儿童，以及在社会经济水平较低地区的学校学习的儿童。经济水平对态度没有显着影响。考虑到同伴对残疾儿童的态度受性别、年龄、与残疾人的互动和社会经济变量的影响，在培养积极态度方面取得了重要成果。