title: Attitudes towards mild and severe mental handicap in Israel.
abstract: Attitudes towards mild and severe mental handicap were examined, as well as whether these attitudes are influenced by social class, sex, religiosity, and order of questionnaire presentation. A second concern was the effect on these attitudes of country of origin, namely Israeli Jews of Western, Yemenite, and Iraqi origin. A random sample of 360 adults completed the Jordan six-dimensional attitude scale on mental handicap. There was a more positive attitude to mild than to severe mental handicap. None of the remaining variables - including country of origin - affected the attitudes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Weller
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aminadav
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D002648:Child; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology*; D007360:Intelligence; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D012923:Social Class