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Psychometric Properties of a Measure of Social Acceptance of Students Towards their Peers with Mild Intellectual Disabilities in Integration Schools

. Asmaa Muhammad Radwan , Prof. Dr Ihab Abdel Aziz Al-Beblawy, Prof. Dr Abdul Hamid Muhammad Ali & Dr. Noha Mahmoud Arands


Abstract

The research aimed to build a scale that measures the social acceptance of students towards their peers with mild intellectual disabilities in integration schools and to verify its psychometric properties. The scale in its initial form consisted of four dimensions, containing (80) statements. The scale was applied to the study sample, which numbered (15) male and female students in the stage. Age range (11 - 12) years, and (21) items were deleted from the scale that did not meet the agreement of the arbitrators, and thus the final version consisted of (59) items, and the scale had a high degree of validity, as the significance level was 0.01 for the value (Z) for validity. One-sided comparison (discriminant validity), and the reliability coefficient values ​​were limited between (0.860 - 0.976) whether for the sub-dimensions or the total score on the form of the scale for students with intellectual disabilities. It was also shown that the value of the reliability coefficient was limited between (0.780 - 0.962) whether for the sub-dimensions or the total score on The picture of the scale for ordinary students shows acceptable and high reliability values, which confirms the stability of the test, which indicates the availability of psychometric properties to a high degree in the scale. The researcher recommended the use of the scale by teachers and specialists at the primary level.

Keywords: scale - social acceptance - mild intellectual disability - integration

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