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Changing Attitudes Toward Physically Disabled Persons Using A Videotape Sport Intervention, Allan Bett
Changing Attitudes Toward Physically Disabled Persons Using A Videotape Sport Intervention, Allan Bett
Kinesiology, Sport Studies, and Physical Education Master’s Theses
The study investigated the effect of a videotape intervention on the attitudes toward physically disabled persons. The subjects were 86 elementary and secondary students from the same school district. Utilizing a stratified random sampling technique, subjects were assigned to control and experimental groups for each age range (11 to 13 and 16 to 19z0. All subjects completed the Attitude Toward Disabled Persons Scale, Form 0, on three occasions with two-week intervals.
The experimental group witnessed a 17-minute videotape of a wheelchair basketball game before the second administration. Results of the study indicated that the experimental group experienced a positive gain ...