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Bissland, James H.; Munger, Richard – 1983
Efforts to foster mental health care in society have always been hampered by the stigma attached to mental illness. To identify differential patterns of attitude hierarchies among people who live in or provide mental health services in a typical urban area, 54 adults participated in a Q methodology study of their attitudes toward mental illness.…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Attitudes, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Mental Disorders
Peer reviewedCalvez, Marcel – Mental Retardation, 1993
Community integration of individuals with mental retardation in Treguier, Brittany (France) was examined. A grid-group typology of cultural regimes was employed to measure change in social status as reflected in social interactions. Each regime linked the presence of individuals with mental retardation to shared values in a community and produced…
Descriptors: Adults, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Community Attitudes, Cultural Context
Peer reviewedGalbraith, Peter L.; Chant, D. – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1990
Reported are community perceptions of school mathematics with respect to four areas of content, individual values, attitudinal aspects, and folklore. The results are discussed in relation to their implications for the effective implementation of recommendations for changes in mathematics education. (Author/CW)
Descriptors: Adults, Community Attitudes, Community Cooperation, Educational Change
