ISSN : 2233-6710(Print)
ISSN : 2384-2121(Online)
ISSN : 2384-2121(Online)
Journal of Asia Pacific Counseling Vol.5 No.1 pp.23-37
DOI : https://doi.org/10.18401/2015.5.1.2.
DOI : https://doi.org/10.18401/2015.5.1.2.
Attitudes Toward People With Disabilities: The Tripartite Model, Social Desirability, and Other Controversial Variables
December 3, 2014
January 24, 2015
January 30, 2015
Abstract
In this study, 213 South Korean undergraduate participants completed an online survey including demographic information (gender, religious beliefs, and past contact with people with disabilities) and a Korean version of the Multidimensional Attitudes Scale toward Persons with Disabilities (MAS-K) and the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale (M-C II). The results indicate that participants varied across the three attitudinal domains in the MASK (cognition, behavior, and affect). No significant results were found connecting MAS-K scores to participants’ demographic variables. However, social desirability was related to participants’ responses on the MAS-K. Implications for these findings are discussed.