Social Distance Towards Students with Disabilities in Inclusive Education
Abstract
Social distance is operationalized as the willingness of respondents of the general population to engage in direct, immediate, reciprocal social interactions with persons of another group and to achieve a degree of closeness through these interactions. The aim of this study was to examine the willingness of students with typical development to accept a certain type of social relations with peers with disabilities in inclusive education, as well as the association of gender and age differences in social distance with the type of disability. A modified Bogardus social distance scale was used for research purposes. The sample consisted of students with typical development sand their peers with disabilities (N-398), aged from 7 to 15 years of age who attend inclusive primary schools on the territory of the Republic of Serbia. The results of the study showed that students with typical development do not generally reject social contacts with their peers with disabilities, as shown by the ove...rall lower social distance, but social distance grew in areas of emotional and physical closeness. Students expressed the highest social distance toward peers with autism, while the lowest social distance was manifested towards peers with sensory impairments. Gender and age differences were confirmed. The girls expressed lower social distance, as did the students of higher school age (from 11 to 15 years of age).
Keywords:
social distance / students with disabilities / Bogardus scale / degree of closeness / discrimination / prejudiceSource:
International Journal of Disability Development and Education, 2021Publisher:
- Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, Abingdon
DOI: 10.1080/1034912X.2020.1856349
ISSN: 1034-912X
WoS: 000600750600001
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85097913539
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rFASPERTY - JOUR AU - Kovačević, Jasmina AU - Radovanović, Vesna PY - 2021 UR - http://rfasper.fasper.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1327 AB - Social distance is operationalized as the willingness of respondents of the general population to engage in direct, immediate, reciprocal social interactions with persons of another group and to achieve a degree of closeness through these interactions. The aim of this study was to examine the willingness of students with typical development to accept a certain type of social relations with peers with disabilities in inclusive education, as well as the association of gender and age differences in social distance with the type of disability. A modified Bogardus social distance scale was used for research purposes. The sample consisted of students with typical development sand their peers with disabilities (N-398), aged from 7 to 15 years of age who attend inclusive primary schools on the territory of the Republic of Serbia. The results of the study showed that students with typical development do not generally reject social contacts with their peers with disabilities, as shown by the overall lower social distance, but social distance grew in areas of emotional and physical closeness. Students expressed the highest social distance toward peers with autism, while the lowest social distance was manifested towards peers with sensory impairments. Gender and age differences were confirmed. The girls expressed lower social distance, as did the students of higher school age (from 11 to 15 years of age). PB - Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, Abingdon T2 - International Journal of Disability Development and Education T1 - Social Distance Towards Students with Disabilities in Inclusive Education DO - 10.1080/1034912X.2020.1856349 ER -
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Kovačević, J.,& Radovanović, V.. (2021). Social Distance Towards Students with Disabilities in Inclusive Education. in International Journal of Disability Development and Education Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, Abingdon.. https://doi.org/10.1080/1034912X.2020.1856349
Kovačević J, Radovanović V. Social Distance Towards Students with Disabilities in Inclusive Education. in International Journal of Disability Development and Education. 2021;. doi:10.1080/1034912X.2020.1856349 .
Kovačević, Jasmina, Radovanović, Vesna, "Social Distance Towards Students with Disabilities in Inclusive Education" in International Journal of Disability Development and Education (2021), https://doi.org/10.1080/1034912X.2020.1856349 . .