SPATIAL PARALOGIC ATTITUDE INVENTORY (SPAI) AS A MEASURE OF ATTITUDE TOWARD PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

The article discusses the study on the application of spatial paralogic attitude inventory (SPAI) as a measure of attitude or self esteem of people with disabilities. The study constitutes three investigations including the test for the construct validity of the SPAI using a known group procedure, using college students who volunteered to work in a program with disabled individuals and the relation of the SPAI to other variables that are relevant to attitudes toward disabled people. The study indicated that people with multiple sclerosis rated significant disability on the SPAI. SPAI had a low positive correlation with measure of attitudes toward the disabled (ATDP).