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   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="contributor" qualifier="advisor">Anderson, W.W.</dim:field>
   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="contributor" qualifier="advisor">Niemand, S.</dim:field>
   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="contributor" qualifier="author">Nursoo, Navin Mervyn</dim:field>
   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="date" qualifier="accessioned">2014-09-16T08:04:56Z</dim:field>
   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="date" qualifier="available">2014-09-16T08:04:56Z</dim:field>
   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="date" qualifier="issued">2004</dim:field>
   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="identifier" qualifier="uri">http://hdl.handle.net/10394/11349</dim:field>
   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="description" lang="en_US">M.Soc.Sc. (Clinical Psychology) North-West University, Mafikeng Campus, 2004</dim:field>
   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="description" qualifier="abstract" lang="en_US">This was a descriptive study focused on identifying attitudes of&#xd;
University staff towards the inclusion of students with disabilities at&#xd;
University within the context of a focus on psychological wellness.&#xd;
A probability sample of 93 staff members was selected through&#xd;
systematic random sampling from the-Mafikeng Campus of North West&#xd;
University. A questionnaire identifying attitudes of staff towards&#xd;
inclusion of students with disabilities and factors contributing to the&#xd;
development of attitudinal barriers was designed and administered by the&#xd;
researcher. The literature reviewed identified the following factors as&#xd;
barriers to the inclusion of students with disabilities at university:&#xd;
inadequate understanding of disability, negative attitudes, stereotyping,&#xd;
inadequate support services and insufficient knowledge and experience of&#xd;
students with disabilities. The central hypothesis was that the existence of&#xd;
negative attitudes amongst staff would inhibit the inclusion of students&#xd;
with disabilities at university. The results obtained correlated with the&#xd;
hypothesis and implicit in these findings is the threat to the healthy&#xd;
psychological development of students with disabilities.</dim:field>
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   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="language" qualifier="iso" lang="en_US">en</dim:field>
   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="subject" lang="en_US">Employees-Attitudes</dim:field>
   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="subject" lang="en_US">College students with disabilities</dim:field>
   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="title" lang="en">An investigation into the attitudes of staff at North West University (Mafikeng Campus) towards the inclusion of students with disabilities : deconstructing psychological barriers towards the inclusion of students with disabilities</dim:field>
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