Nivo nelagodnosti studenata specijalne edukacije i rehabilitacije u interakcijama s osobama s ometenošću

Abstract

Discomfort in contacts with people with disabilities is central when it comes to negative attitudes towards them. The aim of this paper is to determine the level of discomfort in interactions with persons with disabilities in students of the study program Special Education and Rehabilitation of Persons with Mental Disabilities. The study included 30 students of the final year. The age of the respondents ranged from 22 to 29 years (AS = 22.69, SD = 1.47). The level of discomfort was assessed using the Interaction with Disabled People Scale. The average value on the scale as a whole (M = 2.76, SD = 0.44) suggesting that the students feel somewhat comfortable in the interaction with people with disabilities. The results obtained on the subscale Discomfort and Fear (M = 1.61, SD = 0.44) indicate a low level of discomfort, while the results on the subscale Empathy (M = 4.27, SD = 0.78) indicate the existence of a somewhat high level empathy in the respondents. The results of the study are encouraging when it comes to attitudes regarding interaction with people with disabilities. This finding is important not only because of the future work with these people, but also because of the potential impact that future professionals in the field of special education will have on the social environment of people with disabilities.

Nelagodnost u kontaktima s osobama s ometenošću zauzima centralno mesto kada su u pitanju negativni stavovi prema njima. Cilj ovog rada je da se utvrdi nivo nelagodnosti u interakcijama s osoba- ma s ometenošću kod studenata studijskog programa Specijalna edukacija i rehabilitacija osoba sa teškoćama u mentalnom razvoju. Istraživanjem je obuhvaćeno 30 studenata završne godine. Starost ispita- nika je bila u opsegu od 22 do 29 godina (AS = 22,69, SD = 1,47). Nivo nelagodnosti procenjen je primenom Skale interakcije s osobama s ometenošću. Dobijena prosečna vrednost na Skali u celini (AS = 2,76, SD = 0,44) sugeriše da se studenti osećaju donekle prijatno u interakciji s osobama s ometenošću. Rezultati dobijeni na podskali Nelagodnost i strah (AS = 1,61, SD = 0,44) ukazuju na nizak nivo nelagodnosti, dok rezultati na podskali Empatija (AS = 4,27, SD = 0,78) upućuju na postojanje donekle visokog nivoa empatije kod ispitanika. Rezultati sprovedene studije su ohrabrujući kada su u pitanju stavovi u pogle- du interakcije s osobama s ometenošću. Ovakav nalaz je značajan ne samo zbog budućeg rada s ovim osobama, već i zbog potencijalnog uticaja koji će budući pro- fesionalci u oblasti specijalne edukacije imati na socijalno okruženje osoba s ometenošću.