Attitudes toward rehabilitating inmates among occupational therapy students in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study was to examine occupational therapy (OT) students' attitudes toward rehabilitating inmates and validate an instrument used to measure their attitudes.

Methods

OT students (n=128) from one university in Alabama, United States, completed an online survey exploring their attitudes toward rehabilitating inmates, which was assessed using the Rehabilitation Orientation Scale (ROS), a 7-point scale. Dimensional structure, internal consistency reliability, construct validity, and relations to other variables of the ROS was evaluated using factor analyses, Cronbach's alpha, known-groups method, and univariable correlations, respectively.

Results

Unidimensionality of the ROS was confirmed with an alpha coefficient of .90. The mean ROS score of the respondents

SUBMITTER: Tucker SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6517324 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature