Institutional tour effects on attitudes related to mental retardation. Academic Article

abstract

• The effects of an institutional tour on college students' attitudes toward the mentally retarded child, mentally retarded adult, state school for mentally retarded persons, and ward attendant at a state school for mentally retarded persons were investigated. Four separate Semantic Differential Scales were administered to 179 subjects prior to being given the alternative of touring a state school for mentally retarded persons (72 subjects took the tour). Pretest responses were used to divide subjects into initially positive or negative attitude groups. Posttest scores for each concept were then analyzed by a two-way classification mixed-models analysis of variance for unequal Ns. Results indicated significant positive effects on attitudes toward mental retardation as a function of the institutional tour.

authors

• Leunes, Arnold

published proceedings

• Am J Ment Defic

author list (cited authors)

• LeUnes, A., Christensen, L., & Wilkerson, D.

citation count

• 14

complete list of authors

• LeUnes, A||Christensen, L||Wilkerson, D

publication date

• January 1975

published in

• American journal of mental deficiency  Journal

keywords

• Age Factors
• Analysis Of Variance
• Attitude
• Child, Institutionalized
• Education Of Intellectually Disabled
• Humans
• Intellectual Disability
• Semantic Differential
• Students

PubMed Central ID

• 1146868

start page

• 732

end page

• 735

volume

• 79

issue

• 6