Attitudes toward Disability among Preservice Special Education Teachers: The Role of Attachment Style and Empathy

Autor/inn/en	Buzzai, Caterina; Passanisi, Alessia; Romano, Alessandro; Pastena, Nicolina; Muscarà, Marinella; Pace, Ugo
Titel	Attitudes toward Disability among Preservice Special Education Teachers: The Role of Attachment Style and Empathy
Quelle	In: European Journal of Special Needs Education, 38 (2023) 6, S.803-817 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Pace, Ugo)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0885-6257
DOI	10.1080/08856257.2023.2177943
Schlagwörter	Preservice Teachers; Special Education Teachers; Attachment Behavior; Empathy; Student Attitudes; Attitudes toward Disabilities; Correlation; Foreign Countries; Emotional Response; Anxiety; Psychological Patterns; Italy; Interpersonal Reactivity Index + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Special education; Teacher; Teachers; Sonderpädagoge; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Empathie; Schülerverhalten; Korrelation; Ausland; Emotionales Verhalten; Angst; Italien
Abstract	The present study was aimed at contributing to the understanding of the role of pre-service special education teachers' attachment styles and empathy dimensions in sentiments, attitudes, and concerns towards disability. Participants were 536 pre-service special education teachers (78.4% females and 21.6% males), Results of the path analysis showed that some empathy dimensions (fantasy and personal distress) played a mediating role in the association between preoccupied and fearful attachment styles and teachers' sentiments and concerns towards disability. Moreover, a direct positive association was reported from preoccupied attachment style to sentiments and concerns towards disability, from fantasy and personal distress (both dimensions of empathy) to sentiments towards disability, from personal distress to concerns towards disability, and from empathic concerns to attitudes towards disability, whereas negative relationships were found from perspective-taking to concerns and sentiments towards disability, as well as from empathic concern to sentiments towards disability. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01