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Chinese Graduate Students’ Attitudes toward Persons with Intellectual Disabilities: An Acculturation Approach

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2010, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, Cross-Cultural, International Education.
Attitudes towards persons with disabilities have been one of the foci in disabilities studies. However, the majority of studies have been conducted in western countries, and it is uncertain whether the findings of those studies can be generalized to non-western countries. This study focuses on a Chinese cultural context, attempting to provide insights into how different people of varying cultural backgrounds perceive disabilities. In order to determine the influence of living and studying in the U. S. on Chinese graduate students’ attitudes toward persons with intellectual disabilities, an empirical investigation was conducted through an attitude survey of two groups of graduate students: Chinese graduate students at Bowling Green State University (BGSU) in the U. S. and Chinese graduate students at Shandong University (SDU) in the mainland of China. The present study concludes that there was no significant difference in attitudes toward persons with intellectual disabilities between BGSU and SDU participants. This may be attributed to the low rate of Chinese international graduates’ acculturation, and the increasingly favorable attitudes of Chinese graduates in China along with some positive Chinese legislative policies concerning people with disabilities. This thesis provides foundation for further research on Chinese Americans' attitudes toward disabilities and contributes to rehabilitation literature in a cultural context.
Patricia Kubow, PhD (Committee Chair)
Christopher Frey, PhD (Committee Member)
Stefan Fritsch, PhD (Committee Member)
95 p.

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  • Bi, H. (2010). Chinese Graduate Students’ Attitudes toward Persons with Intellectual Disabilities: An Acculturation Approach [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1276878627

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Bi, Hui. Chinese Graduate Students’ Attitudes toward Persons with Intellectual Disabilities: An Acculturation Approach. 2010. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1276878627.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Bi, Hui. "Chinese Graduate Students’ Attitudes toward Persons with Intellectual Disabilities: An Acculturation Approach." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1276878627

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)