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The Interaction with Disabled Persons Scale: evidencing construct validity with factor analysis and measurement invariance in Greek-speaking healthcare students.

Theofani A BaniaMaria GiannikiSofia GiannakoudiGaryfalia CharitakiCharalambos MatzaroglouEvdokia Billis
Published in: Disability and rehabilitation (2020)
The Greek IDPS provided sufficient validity and reliability evidence for evaluating healthcare students' perceptions and attitudes towards people with disabilities.IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATIONThe Greek IDPS demonstrated sufficient validity and reliability evidence to assess the Greek-speaking healthcare students' perceptions and attitudes towards people with disabilitiesCompleting a clinical module working with people with disabilities is not enough to produce adequately positive attitudes in Greek-speaking undergraduate healthcare students. Therefore, faculties need to organize further actions, such as lectures by people with disabilities, students' role play, and discussions or events in co-operation with people with disabilities.
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