Prejudices towards people with intellectual disabilities: reliability and validity of the Italian Modern and Classical Prejudices Scale.

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    • Subject Terms:
      EDUCATION of people with intellectual disabilities; AGE distribution; ANALYSIS of variance; FACTOR analysis; PEOPLE with intellectual disabilities; MULTIVARIATE analysis; PSYCHOLOGY of People with disabilities; PREJUDICES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH evaluation; SEX distribution; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; RESEARCH methodology evaluation; ATTITUDES toward illness
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      Background: Prejudices and negative attitudes towards intellectual disabilities (IDs) may hinder social inclusion of ID individuals, limiting their well‐being. This study investigated the psychometric characteristics of the Italian Modern and Classical Prejudices Scale (MCPS‐IT) towards people with ID and the effects of gender, age and socio‐economic status (SES) on prejudices. Method: The MCPS‐IT was administered to 474 adults (69% women, age range 18–70 years, M = 33.13) in conjunction with a questionnaire evaluating socio‐demographic information (SES), the contact and the education about ID people and the social dominance orientation. Results: Results confirmed that Italian MCPS has a two‐factor structure that measures in a reliable and valid way prejudice towards people with ID. Multivariate analyses of variance confirmed a weak gender difference in both scales and age differences in modern scale. No SES differences were found. Conclusion: The Italian MCPS represents a valid scale that can be used to monitor the social context of people with ID. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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