Validation of The Multidimensional Attitudes Scale Toward Persons With Disabilities (MAS) among Upper Secondary School Students in Italy

Last registered on February 07, 2022
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Trial Information

General Information

Title
Validation of The Multidimensional Attitudes Scale Toward Persons With Disabilities (MAS) among Upper Secondary School Students in Italy
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0008944
Initial registration date
February 06, 2022

Initial registration date is when the trial was registered.

It corresponds to when the registration was submitted to the Registry to be reviewed for publication.

First published
February 07, 2022, 2:01 PM EST

First published corresponds to when the trial was first made public on the Registry after being reviewed.

Locations

Country
Italy
Region
Trentino-Alto Adige

Primary Investigator

Name
Sergiu Constantin Burlacu
Affiliation
FBK-IRVAPP
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2022-02-07
End date
2022-03-01
Keywords
Behavior, Other
Additional Keywords
visual disability, social inclusion
JEL code(s)
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
The aim of the study is to validate the Multidimensional Attitudes Scale Toward Persons With Disabilities (MAS), applied to visual disabilities, in a sample of about 300 upper-secondary school students from 18 classes in 3 schools in the province of Trento Italy. An additional treatment group will be added to the original scale; a randomly chosen group of students will be asked to image the vignette in the study from their own perspective. Several covariates will be used: the Implicit Association Test applied to visual disability (Greenwald, Nosek and Banaji, 2003), the Attitudes Toward Disabled Persons scales 15 items shortened scale, applied to visual disability (Yuker 1970), and several demographics variables (gender, parental education, language spoken at home, age, indicators of contact with persons with visual disability).

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Registration Citation

Citation
Burlacu, Sergiu Constantin. 2022. "Validation of The Multidimensional Attitudes Scale Toward Persons With Disabilities (MAS) among Upper Secondary School Students in Italy." AEA RCT Registry. February 07. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.8944-1.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
The study will implement the MAS scale in Findler, Vilchinsky and Werner (2007). Students are asked to imagine a given social situation (vignette) from the perspective of another person (the gender is randomized).
This person is placed in an unexpected social situation which implies interacting with a person with a visual disability.

In contrast to Findler, Vilchinsky and Werner (2007), we do not randomize the gender of the person with a visual disability and instead use generic terms. In addition, we add another treatment group that requires students to imagine the situation from their own perspective.
Intervention Start Date
2022-02-07
Intervention End Date
2022-03-01

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Scores on each dimension of the MAS scale
Primary Outcomes (explanation)
The outcomes will be computed following Findler, Vilchinsky and Werner (2007). However, if the 3 factors detected in Findler, Vilchinsky and Werner (2007) are not confirmed in our study, we will compute the primary outcomes based on the detected factor structure.

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
Students will be randomly assigned to 3 groups:
- group 1: asked to imagine and fill the MAS scale from the perspective of a fictitious girl
- group 2: asked to imagine and fill the MAS scale from the perspective of a fictitious boy
- group 3: asked to imagine and fill the MAS scale from their own perspective
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
by a computer
Randomization Unit
student
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
300 students
Sample size: planned number of observations
300 students. The number may vary due to the ongoing sanitary situation
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
group 1: 75 students
group 2: 75 students
group 3: 150 students
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
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Analysis Plan

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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
No
Data Collection Complete
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
No

Program Files

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