Adaptation and Validation of PATCH (Parental Attitudes toward Children with Handicapped) Scale in the Indonesian Parents

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10.2991/indoeduc-18.2018.45How to use a DOI?

Keywords

parental attitude scale; reliability; scale validation; adaptation; disabilities

Abstract

PATCH scale is an instrument to measure parents’ attitude toward students with disabilities. It consists of three dimensions of attitude: cognitive, affective and behavioral intent or psychomotor dimension. In this study, PATCH scale was adapted into Bahasa version scale. Several stages were conducted to adaptation and validation PATCH scale process. 310 Indonesian parents in the inclusive primary school were involved in this study. The results indicated that the PATCH Bahasa version scale has a high level of reliability and adequate items to measure parents’ attitude toward students with disabilities. The PATCH Bahasa version scale consists of 26 items. The confirmatory analysis describes an instrument model is fit. It can be used as an instrument to evaluate Indonesian parents’ attitude toward students with disabilities in an inclusive education setting. Furthermore, the result of scale could be useful to design appropriate intervention to increase parents’ positive attitude toward children with disabilities.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Farida Aini
AU  - Farida Kurniawati
PY  - 2018/11
DA  - 2018/11
TI  - Adaptation and Validation of PATCH (Parental Attitudes toward Children with Handicapped) Scale in the Indonesian Parents
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd INDOEDUC4ALL - Indonesian Education for All (INDOEDUC 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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EP  - 183
SN  - 2352-5398
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