Adaptation and Validation of PATCH (Parental Attitudes toward Children with Handicapped) Scale in the Indonesian Parents

摘要

PATCH scale is an instrument to measure parents' attitude toward students with disabilities. It consists of three dimensions of attitude: cognitive, affective and behavioral intent or psychomotor dimension. In this study, PATCH scale was adapted into Bahasa version scale. Several stages were conducted to adaptation and validation PATCH scale process. 310 Indonesian parents in the inclusive primary school were involved in this study. The results indicated that the PATCH Bahasa version scale has a high level of reliability and adequate items to measure parents' attitude toward students with disabilities. The PATCH Bahasa version scale consists of 26 items. The confirmatory analysis describes an instrument model is fit. It can be used as an instrument to evaluate Indonesian parents' attitude toward students with disabilities in an inclusive education setting. Furthermore, the result of scale could be useful to design appropriate intervention to increase parents' positive attitude toward children with disabilities.