Measuring comfort in interacting with people with intellectual disabilities

Beckwith, Joan B.; Matthews, J. M.

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“…Education students at the University of Sydney, for example, demonstrated decreasing levels of discomfort over a three year period of pre-service study (Gething, 1992). Similar findings were reported by Beckwith and Matthews (1994) between first-and lateryear undergraduate students.…”

Section: Validation Of the Factor Structure Of The Interactions With supporting

confidence: 89%

“…Gething (1991a) found significant differences for a) age, with younger people recording more negative attitudes; b) level of education, with those having lower levels of education in the normative sample showing greater discomfort in their interactions with people with a disability; and c) occupational groupings, with managers showing more discomfort than professionals. Trainee professionals have indicated less discomfort than tertiary students (Beckwith & Matthews, 1994). Gender differences were reported by MacLean and Gannon (1995) with male undergraduate students displaying more discomfort in their interactions with people with disabilities.…”

Section: Validation Of the Factor Structure Of The Interactions With mentioning

confidence: 88%

“…Most are normed on American data, such as the Scale of Attitudes Towards Disabled Persons and the Mental Retardation Misconceptions Scale (Antonak, 1982;Antonak & Livney 1988). Both of these scales have been found to be unsuitable for tracking attitudes over an extended period and have poor internal consistency (Beckwith & Matthews, 1994). To fill the void, Gething (1986) developed the Attitudes Towards Disabled Persons Scale (ATDP-O) to measure the attitudes of nondisabled members of the workforce in Australia.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Fogarty

Carroll

1999

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Validation of the factor structure of the interactions with disabled persons scale

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1999

Australian Journal of Psychology

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“…Respondents with high levels of prior contact with people who have a mental illness were more comfortable in interacting with people who have a mental illness. Prior research has consistently reported that contact with people with mental illness influences positive attitudes, as well as increases the level of comfort in interacting with people with mental illness (e.g., Arens, 1993;Beckwith & Mathews, 1994;Gething & Wheeler, 1992). The majority of the present sample (98%) reported prior contact with a person with a mental illness.…”

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“…The words 'intellectual disability' were replaced with 'mental illness' where applicable. The CI produces internal reliability coefficients r = .88, and test-retest reliability r = .91 (Beckwith & Mathews, 1994).…”

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Public Attitudes Toward People With Mental Illness in New Zealand, 1995–1996

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Wakefield

Deane

et al. 2009

The Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling

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Archival data from a cross-sectional survey of two cohorts of community-residing New Zealand adults (n = 157; n = 141) was analysed to examine social attitudes towards people with mental illness in a historical period associated with the establishment of a community mental health facility. Participants completed the Opinions about Mental Illness (OMI; Cohen & Struening, 1959), and the Comfort in Interaction Scale (CI, Beckwith & Mathews, 1994); the latter a measure of level of prior contact with people with mental illness. Across cohorts, the OMI Mental Hygiene subscale and the CI scale had significant variability. Older participants endorsed more Authoritarian, Social Restrictiveness and Interpersonal Ideology attitudes in their perception of people with mental illness than younger participants. Data supported the hypothesis that attitudes towards people with mental illness were influenced by social attitudes, and by opportunities to interact with people with mental illness in work settings.

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Attitudes of therapists towards people with learning disabilities

Besika

Collard

Coogan

2017

Couns and Psychother Res

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Introduction: Learning disabilities (LDs) 1 can be an invisible condition, and therapists 2 may come across clients that remain undiagnosed. Unless therapists are equipped to work with this client group, the therapeutic process could lead to damaging results. Aim: This study investigates attitudes 3 of private therapists towards working with clients with LDs in the field of counselling and psychotherapy. The overall aim was to raise awareness on the issue. Methodology: Primary research was conducted applying the Q-Methodology. Existing views were gathered from the literature and were used to study the range of subjective views on the topic. POETQ, an online application, enabled 23 private therapists across the United Kingdom to participate in the study. Data were analysed electronically using a computer application, specifically designed for the Q-Method. Results: Four Q-factors were defined that reflect the current attitudes amongst therapists: Factor 1: Therapists are responsible for the effectiveness of their service; Factor 2: LDs are a type of diversity; Factor 3: Lack of knowledge impacts on level of confidence and Factor 4: There is a need for therapists to undertake relevant training. Conclusions: These results show that participants in this study belong to a population that holds positive attitudes towards people with LDs and believe that a therapeutic relationship can be established with such clients. However, the nonresponse bias can potentially indicate that the majority of the population is unwilling to engage with clients with LDs. This study suggests that training, professional experience and direct personal contact and familiarity with LDs contribute towards positive attitudes. A further investigation of the factors that influence attitudes of therapists, could contribute towards improving the quality of psychotherapeutic services available to people with LDs.

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Measuring comfort in interacting with people with intellectual disabilities

Cited by 21 publications

References 13 publications

Validation of the factor structure of the interactions with disabled persons scale

Validation of the factor structure of the interactions with disabled persons scale

Public Attitudes Toward People With Mental Illness in New Zealand, 1995–1996

Attitudes of therapists towards people with learning disabilities

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