APS

29th APS Annual Convention · 2017

Disability Model Partially Mediates the Relationship Between Contact and Attitudes

Boston, MA · May 2017

Poster Session · Social

  • 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

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