Generalizability of the Scale of Teachers’ Attitudes Towards Inclusive Classrooms (STATIC) to School Psychologists

<p>The purpose of this study was to extend Sugita and Busse’s (2015, 2016) work on the <em>Scale of Teachers’ Attitudes towards Inclusive Classrooms</em> (STATIC) to school psychologists. This study sought to answer the following research questions: (1) What is the potential factor structure of the STAITC with a sample of school psychologists?; (2) What is the internal consistency of the STATIC when used with school psychologists?; and (3) Are there differences between school psychologists and teachers in relation to attitudes toward inclusive education?</p> <p>An expert panel was utilized to create an adapted version of the STATIC for school psychologists. Responses from California-based school psychologists (<em>N</em> = 76) were analyzed through an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) with varimax rotation. The EFA resulted in a 4-factor structure accounting for 53.22% of the variance. The newly adapted scale was deemed the <em>Scale of School Psychologists’ Attitudes Towards Inclusive Classrooms</em> (SSPATIC) and revealed good internal consistency, for both alpha (<em>α</em> = .81) and omega (<em>ω</em> = .81) coefficients. The measure also demonstrated good test-retest reliability (<em>r</em> = .86) and a dependent t-test was non-significant, indicating mean group temporal stability (<em>t </em>= -.599, <em>p </em>= .557). Implications for practice, strengths and limitations of the study, along with future directions were discussed.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Year

2023

Author dc:creator

• Aryadad, Abraham

Contributors dc:contributor

• Randy T. Busse, Ph.D.
• Michael Hass, Ph.D.
• Pedro Olvera, Psy.D.

• inclusive education
• inclusion
• school psychology
• attitude measurement
• scale development
• Educational Psychology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/education_dissertations/67

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.chapman.edu:education_dissertations-1066