title: Factors Associated with Primary School Teachers' Attitudes Towards the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Teachers' attitudes toward inclusion are often based on the practical implementation of inclusive education rather than a specific ideology and understanding of inclusiveness. This study aimed to identify the factors associated with primary school teachers' attitudes towards inclusion of students with all disabilities in regular schools.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seventy four primary school teachers participated in a cross-sectional survey conducted in Western Australia. Teachers' attitudes and efficacy toward integration of students with disabilities were measured using the Opinions Relative to Integration of Students with Disabilities scale and Bandura's Teacher Efficacy scale respectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Four teacher attributes-age, gender, teaching self-efficacy and training collectively explained 42% of the variability in teachers' attitude toward including students with disabilities.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The current study further contributes to the accumulation of knowledge that can unpack the complex pattern of factors that should be considered to promote positive attitudes towards inclusive schools.
authors: School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
authors: Sharmila
authors: S
authors: Vaz
authors: School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors: Nathan
authors: N
authors: Wilson
authors: School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia; School of Education and Communication, CHILD programme, Institution of Disability Research Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden.
authors: Marita
authors: M
authors: Falkmer
authors: School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
authors: Angela
authors: A
authors: Sim
authors: School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
authors: Melissa
authors: M
authors: Scott
authors: School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
authors: Reinie
authors: R
authors: Cordier
authors: School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia; Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Medicine and Health Sciences (IMH), Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University & Pain and Rehabilitation Centre, UHL, County Council, Linköping, Sweden.
authors: Torbjörn
authors: T
authors: Falkmer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D005178:Faculty; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D057766:Policy; D012574:Schools; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires