scholarly journals Survey of occupational therapy students' attitudes towards sexual issues in clinical practice

2005 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mairwen K Jones ◽  
Patricia Weerakoon ◽  
Rosemary A Pynor
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Occupational Therapy Students ◽  
Students Attitudes

scholarly journals Attitudes toward rehabilitating inmates among occupational therapy students in the United States

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Catherine Tucker ◽  
Hon Keung Yuen
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Internal Consistency Reliability ◽  
The United States ◽  
Dimensional Structure ◽  
The Public ◽  
Occupational Therapy Students ◽  
Orientation Scale ◽  
Students Attitudes

Purpose: This study was to examine occupational therapy (OT) students’ attitudes toward rehabilitating inmates and validate an instrument used to measure their attitudes. Methods: OT students (n=128) from one university in Alabama, United States, completed an online survey exploring their attitudes toward rehabilitating inmates, which was assessed using the Rehabilitation Orientation Scale (ROS), a 7-point scale. Dimensional structure, internal consistency reliability, construct validity, and relations to other variables of the ROS was evaluated using factor analyses, Cronbach’s alpha, known-groups method, and univariable correlations, respectively. Results: Unidimensionality of the ROS was confirmed with an alpha coefficient of 0.90. The mean ROS score of the respondents was 5.1; a score toward 7 indicated a more supportive attitude. About 60% of the respondents reported supportive attitudes (i.e., an ROS score ≥5). Respondents’ ROS scores were significantly higher than those of the public and criminal justice professionals. Female students reported a more supportive attitude than males. Multiple regression analysis indicated that respondents’ consideration of working in prison settings after graduation and their perception that OT has a role in prison settings were significantly associated with support for rehabilitating inmates, after controlling for gender and an acquaintance with someone who has been incarcerated. Conclusion: Results indicated that the ROS demonstrated adequate psychometric properties as it applied to this population. The majority of respondents reported supportive attitudes toward rehabilitating inmates. Consideration of working in prison settings after graduation and the perception that OT has a role in prison settings were 2 independent factors associated with respondents’ attitudes toward rehabilitating inmates.

Australian Occupational Therapy Students: Attitudes towards and Knowledge about Psychiatry

1997 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julian Gilbert ◽  
Jenny Strong
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Personality Factor ◽  
Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire ◽  
Occupational Therapy Students ◽  
Sixteen Personality Factor ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Personality Factor Questionnaire ◽  
Students Attitudes

This study examined attitudes towards psychiatry, prior knowledge about psychiatry and trait anxiety in preclinical Australian occupational therapy students. At the time of the study, students were anticipating their first clinical placement in psychiatry. Instruments used in the study were the Attitudes Towards Psychiatry – 30 Scale (ATP-30), the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16 PF), and a demographic data sheet looking at background information on students which asked the question: ‘When you started the occupational therapy course, did you expect to have anything to do with psychiatry?’ The results showed that, while students reported positive attitudes towards psychiatry, a high percentage of students (In particular, the trait anxious student) had not been aware that psychiatry was part of the undergraduate education in occupational therapy. These findings suggest that the trait anxious student may not be able to assimilate knowledge in a new experience, and that the profile of the occupational therapist working in mental health needs to be enhanced.

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