Naslov
Attitudes of Croatian citizens on approaches to children with disabilities – Are there differences with regard to sociodemographic characteristics?

Autori
Vidaković, Marina ; Slišković, Ana ; Tokić, Andrea ; Ombla, Jelena ; Nikolić Ivanišević, Matilda

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
8.Croatian Neuroscience Congress / - , 2021, 80-80

Skup
8th Croatian Neuroscience Congress

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 24.09.2021. - 25.09.2021

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
attitudes, approaches, children with disabilities

Sažetak
Considering that attitudes towards different approaches to the inclusion of children with disabilities are an important prerequisite for social change in terms of their equality, this study focused on capturing Croatian citizens' ; agreement with three predominant approaches to this group: the medical model, the charity model and the social model of human rights. The main objective of the study was to examine whether citizens of the Republic of Croatia differ in their attitudes towards these models in relation to basic socio-demographic characteristics. The research was conducted on a representative sample of the adult population of the Republic of Croatia (N = 600) via telephone survey. Participants indicated the extent to which they agreed with the three statements describing the three theoretical approaches under study. The results showed that the citizens of the Republic of Croatia do not differ in their attitudes towards the three approaches, neither in terms of the six residential regions nor in terms of the settlement type (village vs. city). Moreover, agreement with the social model of human rights does not depend on gender, age, level of education and having own children. However, the results show that women and participants who have their own children are on average more likely to agree with the charity model and the medical model. The level of agreement with the charity model and the medical model also depends on age and education level. The level of agreement with the above two approaches is higher among older citizens and middle-aged citizens than among younger citizens, and higher among citizens with a lower level of education than among citizens with a higher level of education. The conducted research has shown that the social model of human rights is widely accepted, which indicates that the citizens of the Republic of Croatia are very aware of the rights and needs of children with disabilities.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija

POVEZANOST RADA