Can contact affect Greek children’s understanding of and attitudes towards peers with physical disabilities?

Kalyva, Efrosini; Agaliotis, Ioannis

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“…Seo and Chen (2009) found that adults who reported favorable attitudes toward individuals with disabilities also reported having greater contact with these individuals. Similar results were found for adolescents (McDougall et al, 2004) and children (Kalyva and Agaliotis, 2009).…”

Section: Teacher Contact With Students With Disabilitiessupporting

confidence: 77%

“…Previous research supports the notion that increased contact with individuals with disabilities promotes more favorable attitudes toward such individuals in the general population, (Hunt and Hunt, 2000;McDougall et al, 2004;Kalyva and Agaliotis, 2009;Seo and Chen, 2009) as well as with teachers, (Harvey and Green, 1984;Tait and Purdie, 2000). The current study generally supports this notion however; the current results demonstrate that quantity of contact is not the only variable associated with positive attitudes.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 36%

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Student-Teachers’ Attitudes toward Students with Disabilities: Associations with Contact and Empathy

Barr

2013

International Journal of Education and Practice

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Section: Teacher Contact With Students With Disabilitiessupporting

confidence: 77%

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Student-Teachers’ Attitudes toward Students with Disabilities: Associations with Contact and Empathy

Barr

2013

International Journal of Education and Practice

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“…Furthermore, none of the studies reported confidence intervals. Effect sizes were reported in only four studies; 16,17,46,47 we have, therefore, calculated effect sizes when possible. Additionally, different effect sizes were used for correlational data and for comparing means; therefore, all available effect sizes were transformed into effect size (Cohen's d) to allow comparisons to be made between individual studies.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Sample sizes ranged from 60 16 to 5837 17 with a total of 22 477 participants across the 35 studies. The number of schools sampled was not reported in four studies, but ranged from 1 18 to 68 17 in the other studies.…”

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The association between children's contact with people with disabilities and their attitudes towards disability: a systematic review

MacMillan

Tarrant

Abraham

et al. 2013

Develop Med Child Neuro

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ABBREVIATIONS CATCHChedoke-McMaster Attitudes Towards Children with Handicaps STROBE Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology AIM The aim of this review was to systematically review and synthesize observational evidence of associations between children's naturally varying contact with people with disabilities and their attitudes towards disability.METHOD A comprehensive search was conducted across multiple databases. Studies were included if they measured children's contact with people with disabilities and their attitudes towards disability. Qualitative research and studies that experimentally varied the amount of contact children had were excluded. Data were synthesized in a narrative review.RESULTS There were 35 studies that met the inclusion criteria: 22 of these reported a statistically significant association between contact with people with disabilities and more positive attitudes towards disability; two studies reported a negative association between contact and attitudes; and 11 studies reported no association. Incomplete reporting of the methods and results across studies limited the conclusions that could be drawn. INTERPRETATION Studies identified in this review generally indicate that children's contactwith people with disabilities is associated with more positive attitudes towards disability. There is a need for more rigorous research to examine the effect of children's contact with people with disabilities on their attitudes towards disability.Children with disabilities are often the targets of negative attitudes. Parents of children with disabilities have described how negative attitudes are more disabling than their child's impairments. 1 A meta-analysis of studies published between 1990 and 2000 found that, generally, children have better attitudes towards children without disabilities than they do towards those with physical or intellectual impairments.2 Furthermore, in a cohort study conducted over 3 years, between 21% and 30% of children with disabilities experienced peer victimization, as reported by their parents.3 Experiencing negative attitudes and being victimized by peers is associated with self-blame, loneliness, anxiety, and low self-worth. 4 Therefore, it is important to understand negative attitudes towards disability and the factors associated with those attitudes.A series of psychological interventions derived from the 'contact hypothesis' 5 have been designed to promote positive attitudes towards a range of social groups. By creating positive interactions (contact) between members of different social groups, negative attitudes may be reduced. 6 Positive contact can break down psychological group boundaries, reduce anxiety, and elicit emotions such as empathy directed towards outgroup members who are otherwise often inhibited in intergroup contexts.7 A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies involving a range of intergroup contexts suggested that contact is nearly always successful in improving attitudes and reducing prejudice. 6 However, the re...

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“…Σε άιιε έξεπλα (Kalyva & Agaliotis, 2009) κειεηήζεθαλ νη ζηάζεηο 30 καζεηώλ ηεο ΣΤ" ηάμεο ηνπ δεκνηηθνύ πνπ είραλ επαθή κ" έλα παηδί ηεο Δ" ζε αλαπεξηθό θαξνηζάθη ζπγθξηηηθά κε 30 καζεηέο πνπ δελ είραλ απηή ηελ επαθή. Βξέζεθε ινηπόλ όηη ηα παηδηά πνπ είραλ ηελ επαθή κε ηελ ζπγθεθξηκέλε ζπκκαζήηξηά ηνπο εθδήισζαλ πεξηζζόηεξε θαηαλόεζε θαη επίγλσζε σο πξνο ηα ζπλαηζζεκαηηθά θαη θνηλσληθά πξνβιήκαηα πνπ ζρεηίδνληαλ κε ηελ ύπαξμε ηεο θηλεηηθήο αλαπεξίαο, ελώ ηαπηόρξνλα εμέθξαζαλ ζεηηθόηεξεο ζηάζεηο σο πξνο όινπο ηνπο ηνκείο ηεο έληαμεο.…”

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Σταυρακάκη¹,

Antoniou²

2016

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as_antoniou@primedu.uoa.gr ΠεπίλητηΈλα από ηα πιένλ ζεκαληηθά δεηήκαηα πνπ απαζρνιεί ζήκεξα ηελ εθπαηδεπηηθή δηαδηθαζία είλαη ε έληαμε ησλ παηδηώλ κε αλαπεξία ζηε ζρνιηθή θνηλόηεηα. Σηα κάηηα ησλ παηδηώλ ηεο ηππηθήο αλάπηπμεο αθόκε θαη ην ζηνηρεησδώο δηαθνξεηηθό, πξνβάιιεηαη σο λέα ελλνηνινγηθή νληόηεηα. Από ηε ζθνπηά απηή, είλαη αλακελόκελν ίζσο λα εγείξνληαη ηδηαίηεξα παζεηηθέο-«ακπλνγελείο» ζηάζεηο απέλαληη ζηελ άγλσζηε πξννπηηθή πνπ ζέηεη ε ακήραλε εηθόλα ηεο αλαπεξίαο. Πξνο ηελ θαηεύζπλζε απηή, ε «νπηηθή» ησλ καζεηώλ ηππηθήο αλάπηπμεο εκθαλίδεηαη ηδηαίηεξα θαζνξηζηηθή γηα ηελ επηηπρία ηεο ζπλεθπαίδεπζεο θαη πνιύ πεξηζζόηεξν γηα ηελ νηθνδόκεζε κηαο θνπιηνύξαο αιιειναπνδνρήο. Η δηεξεύλεζε θαη θπξίσο ε θαηαλόεζε ησλ ζηάζεσλ θαη ησλ αληηιήςεσλ ησλ καζεηώλ ηεο ζρνιηθήο ειηθίαο σο πξνο ηνπο ζπλνκειίθνπο ηνπο κε αλαπεξία απνβιέπεη ζην λα ππεξβεί ην πθηζηάκελν επηθνηλσληαθό θελό γεθπξώλνληαο ηελ όπνηα θνηλσληθή απόζηαζε. Υπό ην πξίζκα απηό, ε παξνύζα εηζήγεζε επηρεηξεί λα ζθηαγξαθήζεη ηηο ζρέζεηο κεηαμύ ησλ καζεηώλ κε θαη ρσξίο αλαπεξία εζηηάδνληαο ζηελ επίδξαζε δηακεζνιαβεηηθώλ παξαγόλησλ γηα ηε δόκεζε θαη πηνζέηεζε ζεηηθόηεξσλ ζηάζεσλ. Απώηεξν ζθνπό σζηόζν απνηειεί ε δηαηύπσζε θαη αλάδεημε πξνηάζεσλ θαη εθπαηδεπηηθώλ πξαθηηθώλ, νη νπνίεο ζηνρεύνληαο ζηελ εδξαίσζε ηεο απζόξκεηεο δηάζεζεο γηα ζπλαλαζηξνθή, ζα νδεγήζνπλ ελ ζπλερεία ζηελ αλάπηπμε κηαο πεξηζζόηεξν «θπζηνινγηθήο» ζρέζεο θαη αιιειεπίδξαζεο κεηαμύ ησλ παηδηώλ. Λέξειρ-Κλειδιά: καζεηέο ηππηθήο αλάπηπμεο, αλαπεξία, ζπλεθπαίδεπζε, ζηάζεηο, αληηιήςεηο Abstract http://epublishing.ekt.gr | e-Publisher: EKT |

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Can contact affect Greek children’s understanding of and attitudes towards peers with physical disabilities?

Cited by 60 publications

References 20 publications

Student-Teachers’ Attitudes toward Students with Disabilities: Associations with Contact and Empathy

Student-Teachers’ Attitudes toward Students with Disabilities: Associations with Contact and Empathy

The association between children's contact with people with disabilities and their attitudes towards disability: a systematic review

Οι Στάσεις Των Μαθητών Δημοτικού Έναντι Των Συνομηλίκων Τους Με Αναπηρία

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