Predictors of Adolescents' Attitudes towards the Inclusion of Peers with Special Educational Needs

Autor/inn/en	Dias, Paulo; Mamas, Christoforos; Cadime, Irene
Titel	Predictors of Adolescents' Attitudes towards the Inclusion of Peers with Special Educational Needs
Quelle	In: International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 69 (2022) 5, S.1658-1667 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Dias, Paulo) ORCID (Mamas, Christoforos) ORCID (Cadime, Irene)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1034-912X
DOI	10.1080/1034912X.2020.1822517
Schlagwörter	Adolescent Attitudes; Peer Acceptance; Special Education; Foreign Countries; Social Support Groups; Middle School Students; Interpersonal Relationship; Early Intervention; Inclusion; Portugal + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Ausland; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Inklusion
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to examine the factors associated with adolescents' attitudes towards peers identified as having special educational needs (SEN) in Portuguese mainstream schools. A sample of 813 students (5th to 9th grades) participated in this study. Data were collected using the Chedoke-McMaster Attitudes towards Children with Special Needs Scale, the KIDSCREEN 10 Quality of Life Scale, and the Social Support Appraisal Scale as well as a brief sociodemographic questionnaire. The results indicate that perceiving social support from family and teachers and having a friend or a family member with SEN is associated with more positive affective and behavioural attitudes towards peers with designated SEN. Perceiving social support from the family and having a classmate or a family member with SEN was associated with more positive cognitive attitudes. After the remaining variables were controlled, the perceived quality of life was not uniquely related to attitudes towards SEN. The importance of these findings for research and practice is discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01