Scale name: Attitudes to Disability Scale (ADS)
Scale overview: The Attitudes to Disability Scale (ADS) is a 16-item rating scale designed to measure attitudes toward disability. The ADS was translated into multiple languages.
Scale
items = 16
Scale subscales = 4
Using factor analysis, the authors identified four factors in the 16-item Attitudes to Disability Scale: Inclusion, Discrimination, Gains, and Prospects.
Inclusion
People with
a disability find it harder than others to make new friends
Discrimination
People
often make fun of disabilities
Gains
Having a
disability can make someone a stronger person
Prospects
People with
a disability have less to look forward to than
others
Validity: The authors examined the structure
of the scale using Confirmatory Factor Analysis. They also reported the results
of IRT analyses.
Availability:
At the time of this post, I found two links to the article in addition to the journal reference.
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Reference
for the ADS scale
Power, M. J., Green, A. M., van Heck, G. L., de Vries, J.,
& den Oudsten, B. L. (2010). The Attitudes to Disability Scale (ADS):
Development and psychometric properties. Journal of Intellectual Disability
Research, 54(9), 860-874. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2788.2010.01317.x
Reference for a study using the ADS
Zheng, Q., Tian, Q., Hao, C. et al. Comparison
of attitudes toward disability and people with disability among caregivers, the
public, and people with disability: findings from a cross-sectional
survey. BMC Public Health 16, 1024 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3670-0
Contact possibility
Author Mick Power provided information about the scale on ResearchGate.net
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