Thank you to everyone who sent me information on measures of attitudes toward persons with disabilities. Here is a listing of the many sources people shared with me:
Antonak, R. F., & Livneh, H. (2000). Measurement of attitudes towards persons with disabilities. Disability & Rehabilitation, 22, 211-224.
Antonak, R. F., & Livneh, H. (1988). The measurement of attitudes toward people with disabilities: Methods, psychometrics and scales. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas.
Findler, L., Vilchinsky, N., & Werner, S. (2007). The Multidimensional Attitudes Scale toward persons with disabilities (MAS): Construction and validation. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 50, 166-176.
Iacono, T., Tracy, J., Keating, J., & Brown, T. (2009). The Interaction with Disabled Persons scale: Revisiting its internal consistency and factor structure, and examining item-level properties. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 30, 1490-1501.
Leasher, M. K. (N.D.). Disability and attribution in the personnel selection process. Unpublished Dissertation, Wright State University, Dayton, OH.
Loo, R. (2001). A psychometric re-analysis of the Interaction with Disabled Persons Scale. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science/Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement, 33, 245-250.
earlier version of the scale can be found here: http://eprints.usq.edu.au/951/1/Fogarty_Forlin-Fogarty_Valid._of_the_factor_struct_of_IDPS.pdf
Ponterotto, J. G., Burkard, A., Rieger, B. P., Grieger, I., D'Onofrio, A., Dubuisson, A., et al. (1995). Development and initial validation of the Quick Discrimination Index (QDI). Educational & Psychological Measurement, 55, 1016-1031. [This one is focused on gender and race]
Popovich, P. M., Scherbaum, C. A., Scherbaum, K. L., & Polinko, N. (2003). The assissment of attitudes toward individuals with disabilities in the workplace. Journal of Psychology, 137, 163-177.
Need full citation for Pruett and Lane
Pruett, S. R., & Chan, F. (2006). The development and psychometric validation of the disability attitude implicit association test. Rehabilitation Psychology, 51, 202-213.
Rao, D., Choi, S. W., Victorson, D., Bode, R., Peterman, A., Heinemann, A., et al. (2009). Measuring stigma across neurological conditions: The development of the stigma scale for chronic illness (SSCI). Quality of Life Research, 18, 585-595.
Thomas, A., Doyle, A., & Vaughn, D. (2007). Implementation of a computer based implicit association test as a measure of attitudes toward individuals with disabilities. Journal of Rehabilitation of the Deaf, 73, 3-14.
Wallymahmed, A. H., McKay-Moffat, S. F., & Cunningham, C. C. (2007). The Interaction with Disabled Persons Scale: A validation with UK midwives. Social Behavior & Personality, 35, 1049-1060.
Yuker, H. E., & Block, J. R. (1986). Research with the Attitude Toward Disabled Persons scales (ATDP): 1960-1985. Hempstead, NY: Hofstra University.
Yuker, H. E., Block, J. R., & Campbell, W. J. (1960). A scale to measure attitudes toward disabled persons (Human Resources Study No. 5). Human Resources Center.
Yuker, H. E., Block, J. R., & Campbell, W. J. (1962). Disability types and behavior (Human Resources Study No. 6). Human Resources Center.
Yuker, H. E. (1994). Variables that influence attitudes toward people with disabilities: Conclusions from the data. Journal of Social Behavior & Personality, 9, 3-22.
Alison M. Konrad
Alison M. Konrad, Ph.D.
Professor of Organizational Behavior
Corus Entertainment Chair in Women in Management
Richard Ivey School of Business
U. of Western Ontario
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