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Adaptation and Psychometric Analysis of the Scale of Attitudes Towards People with Disabilities (EAPCD) in Work Contexts in Chile

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  • Yasna Chávez-Castillo

    (Departamento de Psicología, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción 4030000, Chile)

  • Claudia Pérez-Salas

    (Departamento de Psicología, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción 4030000, Chile)

  • Isidora Zañartu

    (Departamento de Psicología, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción 4030000, Chile)

  • Gabriela Nazar

    (Departamento de Psicología, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción 4030000, Chile)

  • Igor Cigarroa

    (Escuela de Kinesiología, Facultad de Salud, Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez, Santiago 8330225, Chile
    Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Arturo Prat, Victoria 4720000, Chile)

  • Rafael Zapata-Lamana

    (Escuela de Kinesiología, Facultad de Salud, Universidad Santo Tomás, Los Ángeles 4440000, Chile
    Escuela de Educación, Campus Los Ángeles, Universidad de Concepción, Los Ángeles 4440000, Chile)

Abstract

Workers’ attitudes towards people with disabilities can influence labor inclusion. Despite the relevance of learning about these attitudes, in Chile, there are no reliable and validated instruments to measure them in workers. An instrumental study was carried out to adapt and psychometrically analyze the Spanish version of the Scale of Attitudes towards People with Disabilities (EAPCD) in the Chilean population. By means of a non-probabilistic convenience sampling, 310 people between 19 and 76 years of age ( M = 39.4; SD = 11.2) from different regions of Chile participated in the study. The linguistic adaptation included the change in Spanish idioms and expressions to the Chilean context, whose relevance was validated with cognitive interviews. Descriptive analysis, internal consistency analysis, and CFA (confirmatory factor analysis) were performed. The CFA indicated an adequate fit to the three-factor model proposed in the original scale (χ 2 (431) = 808.070, p < 0.01; RMSEA = 0.053; CFI = 0.93; TLI = 0.93). The Social Relations and Normalization dimensions were reliable; however, it is recommended that the items of the Intervention Programs dimension be revised or eliminated, since they could be confusing in the local context. It is concluded that the scale is reliable and valid to evaluate attitudes towards the inclusion of people with disabilities in Chile in the work context.

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  • Yasna Chávez-Castillo & Claudia Pérez-Salas & Isidora Zañartu & Gabriela Nazar & Igor Cigarroa & Rafael Zapata-Lamana, 2024. "Adaptation and Psychometric Analysis of the Scale of Attitudes Towards People with Disabilities (EAPCD) in Work Contexts in Chile," Disabilities, MDPI, vol. 4(4), pages 1-16, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jdisab:v:4:y:2024:i:4:p:69-1120:d:1543296
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