A cross-sectional study on the attitudes of undergraduate and master students in educational sciences towards people with disabilities

Abstract

The objective of the study is to explore the attitudes toward people with disabilities of students of Degree of qualifications related to primary and secondary education, at the Complutense University of Madrid. The measuring instrument used was the Scale of Attitudes towards Persons with Disabilities -EAPD- (MA Verdugo, Arias, B., and Jenaro, C., (1995), with reliability level, in the application of Alpha de Cronbach = 0.92 This scale measures the Factors: Assessment of Capacities and Limitations, Recognition / Negotiation, Personal Involvement, Generic Qualification and Assumption of Roles. From the results, with a sample of 314 students, it is highlighted that the students have positive attitudes, although significant differences have been found between the different subgroups of the scale and degrees.