Lee T M, Paterson J G, Chan C C
Department of Educational Psychology, University of Alberta, Canada.
Am J Occup Ther. 1994 Jul;48(7):633-8. doi: 10.5014/ajot.48.7.633.
The effect of occupational therapy education on students' perceived attitudes toward persons with disabilities was studied.
The perceived attitudes of 144 occupational therapy students toward persons with disabilities were measured before (retrospective pretest) and after (posttest) the students attended formal professional education at the University of Alberta.
Posttest scores were significantly higher than the retrospective pretest scores, indicating that students' attitudes became more positive after they commenced formal professional education. The posttest scores of students at various levels of education, however, did not show any significant difference.
On the basis of these observations, a positive but nonlinear relationship between occupational therapy education and attitudes toward persons with disabilities was postulated.
研究职业治疗教育对学生对残疾人的认知态度的影响。
在144名职业治疗专业学生于阿尔伯塔大学接受正规专业教育之前（回顾性预测试）和之后（后测试），测量他们对残疾人的认知态度。
后测试分数显著高于回顾性预测试分数，表明学生在开始正规专业教育后态度变得更加积极。然而，不同教育水平学生的后测试分数没有显示出任何显著差异。
基于这些观察结果，推测职业治疗教育与对残疾人的态度之间存在积极但非线性的关系。
