APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Disability Model Partially Mediates the Relationship Between Contact and Attitudes
- Taylor Locke
Oregon State University - Jennifer Kim
Oregon State University - Emily Reed
Oregon State University - Jackie Yates
Oregon State University - Nicholas Zike
Oregon State University - Mariah Estill
Oregon State University - Bridgette Graham
Oregon State University - Erika Frandrup
Oregon State University - Kathleen Bogart
Oregon State University - Sam Logan
Oregon State University - Christina Hospodar
Oregon State University
Abstract
The social and medical models of disability explain people's’ beliefs about the causes and implications of disability, and may relate to contact and attitudes about disability. 1,506 undergraduate students completed surveys assessing this relationship. Results showed that disability models partially mediated the relationship between contact and attitudes.
Disabilities