Student Attitudes Toward Integration of People with Disabilities in Activity Settings: A European Comparison
in Adapted Physical Activity QuarterlyClick name to view affiliation
This study examines, in a comparative context, the attitudes of undergraduate students toward the integration of people with disabilities in activity settings. The Physical Educators’ Attitudes Toward Teaching the Handicapped instrument was used to test preservice physical education undergraduates (N = 371) from universities in England, Denmark, Belgium, and Portugal on attitude variables previously found significant in North American research. Mann-Whitney U analysis revealed significant attitudinal differences between the variables of gender, previous experience with disability, and disability classification (physical or learning disability); between cross-cultural influences of the Belgian sample and the English, Danish, and Portuguese samples; and between the English and the Danish samples.
Peter Downs and Trevor Williams are with the Department of Physical Education, Sports Science and Recreation Management, Loughborough University, Loughborough, LE11 3TU England.
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