The Differences in the Attitudes of Students With and Without Learning Disabilities Towards Including Students With Mild Intellectual Disability in Elementary Regular Schools in Bahrain

• 作者: Mansour Sayyah Nadia Tazi
• 来源期刊: 心理学研究：英文版
• 学科: 哲学
• 关键词: ATTITUDES inclusion LEARNING DISABILITIES MILD INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
• 年，卷（期）: psyresearch_2018,（10）
• 页码范围: 494-504
• 页数: 11页
• 分类号: B

摘要

The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences in the attitudes of the students with and without learning disabilities(LD)towards including the learners with mild intellectual disability in regular elementary schools.Participants were 120 elementary boys and girls in Bahraini elementary schools.A survey was used here to identify the students’attitudes towards the inclusion of the children with mild intellectual disability in regular schools.The results indicated that:(1)There was a positive attitude among elementary students towards including the children with mild intellectual disability in regular schools;(2)there were statistically significant differences among the students with and without learning disabilities in their attitudes towards including the children with mild intellectual disability in regular elementary schools in favour of the typically developing group;and(3)there were statistically significant differences among the male and female students with and without learning disabilities in their attitudes towards including the children with mild intellectual disability in regular schools in favour of females.