AUCD: Welcome Reception and Poster Session: The Fit of the Interaction with Disabled Persons Scale (IDP) on Professionals in the Disability Community

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Presenter

Jacqueline Stone, PhD, PT, Director, Information Dissemination
Maryland Center for Developmental Disabilities at Kennedy Krieger Institute

Other Presenter(s)

Waylon Howard, PhD, Baltimore, MD, United States, MD - Kennedy Krieger Institute, UCEDD/LEND;
Michelle L. D'Abundo, PhD, MSH, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC, United States;

Description

The purpose of this study was to bring together several lines of research that focus on self-report scales of attitudes regarding personal discomfort at the prospect of interacting with someone with a disability, exploring whether many observed attitudinal variables (indicators) relate to common themes (factors) described in previous research. We used confirmatory factor analysis to test a theoretical factor structure among a novel population of experienced health professionals.

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