TY - JOUR
T1 - Measuring Young Children's Attitudes Toward Peers With Disabilities
T2 - Highlights From the Research
AU - yu, Seonyeong
AU - Ostrosky, Michaelene M.
AU - Fowler, Susan A.
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This manuscript was made possible by Grant R324A080071 from the Institute of Educational Sciences, U.S. Department of Education.
PY - 2012/11
Y1 - 2012/11
N2 - Young children with disabilities are increasingly attending inclusive early childhood programs with their typically developing peers. Within these programs, research efforts and practice have supported young children's understanding and acceptance of peers with disabilities. However, there is limited information about the measures used to assess young children's attitudes toward peers with disabilities. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to critically review the literature on young children's attitudes toward peers with disabilities with an emphasis on measurement issues. Assessment instruments and the type of information that these assessments provide about the dimensions of attitudes toward peers with disabilities based on a conceptual model of attitude formation suggested by Triandis are highlighted. Implications for future research are addressed following the literature review.
AB - Young children with disabilities are increasingly attending inclusive early childhood programs with their typically developing peers. Within these programs, research efforts and practice have supported young children's understanding and acceptance of peers with disabilities. However, there is limited information about the measures used to assess young children's attitudes toward peers with disabilities. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to critically review the literature on young children's attitudes toward peers with disabilities with an emphasis on measurement issues. Assessment instruments and the type of information that these assessments provide about the dimensions of attitudes toward peers with disabilities based on a conceptual model of attitude formation suggested by Triandis are highlighted. Implications for future research are addressed following the literature review.
KW - focus on measurement/instrument/test design
KW - friendship
KW - inclusion
KW - research methodologies
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U2 - 10.1177/0271121412453175
DO - 10.1177/0271121412453175
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84866863957
SN - 0271-1214
VL - 32
SP - 132
EP - 142
JO - Topics in Early Childhood Special education
JF - Topics in Early Childhood Special education
IS - 3
ER -