Questionnaires to Measure Teachers' and Students' Attitudes Toward Disability: A Systematic Literature Review (2012-2022)

Abstract

Negative attitudes towards people with disabilities (PWD) are among the most significant barriers to becoming an inclusive society. The academy is the ideal place to create interventions that raise awareness about disability and positively change attitudes. It is necessary to apply a reliable measurement instrument to measure such change. To meet this need, researchers have two options: (1) build an ad hoc instrument or (2) find an already designed instrument. This paper aims to assist in the second option by characterising the questionnaires published in high-impact journals indexed in Scopus and Web of Science. Besides, we provide insight into teachers' and students' attitudes towards PWD according to the articles studied. Through a literature review under the precepts of PRISMA 2020, we searched for scientific articles on the construction or use of questionnaires to measure the attitude of teachers or students towards PWD. Thirty-seven scientific articles were selected, deriving a total of twenty-four questionnaires. In conclusion, we find that the Scale of Attitudes towards Persons with Disabilities (EAPD) is the most used and that there is more research on students' attitudes towards their peers with disabilities. Generally, the attitude towards PWD of both students and teachers is positive.