Effects of disability type, prior contact, and school setting on attitudes toward peers with disabilities among Saudi female students aged 7 to 12 years.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Inclusive educational practices enhance engagement among students with disabilities in school settings. This study aimed to investigate: (i) the general attitudes of non-disabled female Saudi Arabian students toward their peers with disabilities, with a particular focus on the general attitudes towards those with hearing disabilities (HD), intellectual disabilities (ID), and behavioral problems (BP), and (ii) the relationships between three selected student-related characteristics (type of school, in-school contact with peers with disabilities, and out-of-school contact with peers with disabilities).

Method

Using a sample of 678 participants aged 7-12 years old, we tested the impact of personal and contextual factors (age, type of peer disability, type of school,

SUBMITTER: Alhumaid MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10490877 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature