Introduction Despite the continued movement toward inclusive practices in Australia, recent studies overseas have found that many teachers have less than positive attitudes towards students with disabilities and their inclusion in general education classrooms (D’Alonzo, Giordano, & Cross, 1996; Vaughn, Schumm, Jallad, Slusher, & Saumell, 1996). Teachers set the tone of classrooms, and as such, ...

Marriage and Other Risky Assets: A Portfolio Approach We study the joint impact of gender and marital status on financial decisions. First, we test the hypothesis that marriage represents in a portfolio framework a sort of safe asset, and that this effect is stronger for women. Controlling for a number of observable characteristics, we show that single women have a lower propensity to invest in...

Body image is a multifaceted construct developed from perceived experiences and personal and cultural attitudes towards the body. Women are more vulnerable than men to internal and external influences regarding negative body image. A qualitative comparative case study design was utilized to explore how 10 lifelong, middle-aged LDS women, either married (n=5) with children or single, never marri...

A survey of 40 randomly selected general practitioners was carried out to find out their attitudes towards psychiatric disorders and psychiatric patients by administering a specially designed proforma which recorded sociodemographic characteristics as well as attitudes. Majority of GPs were of the opinion that psychiatric disorders are inherited, can occur in any normal person living under stre...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study is to assess attitudes toward premarital dating and sexual encounters in individuals aged 15-49 years in Tehran. METHODS Utilizing the attitudes section of an original cross-sectional study (n = 755) aimed at assessing sexual health needs of adults, this paper examined personal attitudes towards premarital dating, non-sexual relationships and sexual encoun...

This article examines a half-century of trends in family attitudes and beliefs the United States, including toward gender, marriage, childbearing, cohabitation, sex outside divorce, same-sex relations. These are viewed through lens developmental idealism. We also describe how idealism framework applies to Western contexts generally States specifically. trace from 1960s 2018 using four data sour...

BACKGROUND Advancements within assisted reproduction technologies (ART) raise ethical questions; however, research on health care professionals' attitudes towards their application is limited. This study aimed at assessing certified (CMs) and Student (SMs) midwives' attitudes towards various aspects of ART as well as comparing them with public opinion. METHODS The final sample included 567 fe...

results of the 120 distributed questionnaires, 94 questionnaires were completed and returned (78.3%). about 56.6% of participants used the internet to answer the questions about their patients. there was a significant relationship between patient-related barriers and manager-related barriers (r = 0.237, p = 0.023). post hoc tests showed that there is a significant difference between the attitud...

The aim of this study was to discover the attitudes and behaviors of Greek Physical Education students towards the subject of computers, and the changes that might have occurred in these attitudes and behaviors, as influenced by general information provided in their classrooms. The sample consisted of 244 freshmen students, 119 males and 125 females. They completed a planned behavior questionna...