The main hypothesis of this work is that the disability selfrepresentation could be related to individual coping strategies and to assistive technology predisposition. The WHODASII, Endler and Parker’s CISS, and Scherer’s MPT-SOTU were administered to two samples of 100 University students with disability in Italy and U.S.A., in order to allow a cross-cultural comparison. The WHODAS II is a psychometric tool that let the selfevaluation of disability to be scored: both the English and the Italian version of the instrument were supplied by the WHO. The Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations was administered according to the current English and Italian versions. As regards the individual’s predisposition of technology use, we administered the SOTU, Survey of Technology Use. By data analysis the first step was the verification of the Italian adaptation of the English tests versions by comparing the factorial structures of the 2 versions through the Everett test. Afterward the relationships between the three measures were computed on the 2 samples and differences in correlation amplitudes were also evaluated. Results generally confirm the hypothesis notwithstanding interesting cross-cultural differences, supplying suggestions for training professional counselors (enabling managers) for university students with disability.
A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Relationships between Disability Self-Evaluation and Individual Predisposition to Use Assistive Technology
FEDERICI, Stefano;
2003
Abstract
The main hypothesis of this work is that the disability selfrepresentation could be related to individual coping strategies and to assistive technology predisposition. The WHODASII, Endler and Parker’s CISS, and Scherer’s MPT-SOTU were administered to two samples of 100 University students with disability in Italy and U.S.A., in order to allow a cross-cultural comparison. The WHODAS II is a psychometric tool that let the selfevaluation of disability to be scored: both the English and the Italian version of the instrument were supplied by the WHO. The Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations was administered according to the current English and Italian versions. As regards the individual’s predisposition of technology use, we administered the SOTU, Survey of Technology Use. By data analysis the first step was the verification of the Italian adaptation of the English tests versions by comparing the factorial structures of the 2 versions through the Everett test. Afterward the relationships between the three measures were computed on the 2 samples and differences in correlation amplitudes were also evaluated. Results generally confirm the hypothesis notwithstanding interesting cross-cultural differences, supplying suggestions for training professional counselors (enabling managers) for university students with disability.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
