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Adaptation, validity, and reliability of the Interaction with Disabled Persons Scale in Spanish population.

Roberto M LobatoMarie Carmen ValenzaAraceli Ortiz-Rubio
Published in: Disability and rehabilitation (2021)
Our findings provide evidence of the psychometric properties of the IDP as a brief measure of attitude toward individual with special needs in Spanish population.Implications for rehabilitationThe Interaction with Disabled Persons Scale (IDP) was successfully translated into Spanish language.The Spanish version of IDP Scale has a good acceptability, acceptable internal consistency, and high test-retest reliability.The Spanish version of IDP can been used to assist the clinicians, educators, and researchers in identifying the attitudes of the Spanish population toward persons with functional diversity in Spanish.Identifying the attitudes will permit to improve the inclusion polity and to design social programs toward greater inclusion.
Keyphrases
  • psychometric properties
  • mental health
  • healthcare
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