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The Influence of Prior Contact on Determining Preferencestoward Attributes of Individuals with Disabilities:A Conjoint Analysis

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篇　　名	The Influence of Prior Contact on Determining Preferencestoward Attributes of Individuals with Disabilities:A Conjoint Analysis
作者/編譯者	Wang Ming-Hung
刊　　名	Bulletin Of Special Education
出版年/月	2007-3
卷　　數	1678
期　　數	26794
頁　　次	15
出版單位	DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION‚ NTNU
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摘　　要	The present study investigated the impact of prior contact on determining preferences toward attributes of individuals with disabilities. The method of conjoint analysis was used to develop an instrument for measuring attitude - a card set consisting of 16 cards. The 293 participants‚ members of an introductory class on special education at a National Normal University in southern Taiwan‚ were asked to sort this card set based on their personal preferences for working with persons with disabilities in a hypothetical companion program. The participants’ degree of prior contact experiences with persons with disabilities was also investigated using a Chinese Contact with Disabled Persons Scale. Results of the conjoint analysis showed that: (1) the participant group with no prior personal contact and the participant group with prior contact showed very similar orders of preference with regard to attributes of persons with disabilities; (2) the relative importance scores for disability-related attributes were found to be significantly higher than those for disability-unrelated attributes for both participant groups; however‚ the age attribute was seen as being more important than the severity of disability attribute for the group with prior contact; (3) Six attributes of individuals with disabilities were found to be more equally weighted in their preference determination for participants who had more contact with various disabilities. Key Words: Degree of Contact‚ Preference for Individuals with Disabilities‚ Indirect Methods‚ Conjoint Analysis‚ Part-worth Score‚ Relative Importance Score