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Attitudes towards mild and severe mental handicap in Israel
Author(s) -
Weller Leonard,
Aminadav Chaya
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
british journal of medical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.102
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 2044-8341
pISSN - 0007-1129
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8341.1989.tb02836.x
Subject(s) - mental handicap , religiosity , psychology , scale (ratio) , clinical psychology , psychiatry , social psychology , physics , quantum mechanics
Attitudes towards mild and severe mental handicap were examined, as well as whether these attitudes are influenced by social class, sex, religiosity, and order of questionnaire presentation. A second concern was the effect on these attitudes of country of origin, namely Israeli Jews of Western, Yemenite, and Iraqi origin. A random sample of 360 adults completed the Jordan six‐dimensional attitude scale on mental handicap. There was a more positive attitude to mild than to severe mental handicap. None of the remaining variables ‐ including country of origin ‐ affected the attitudes.