Abstract
Background: The expressed attitude is a psychological component that represents a mental and emotionalentity that inherent or characterizes a person. The positive and negative attitude that we express representswho we are and how we are connected to ourselves and society. An attitude is usually formed based on theindividual’s past and present events in life. Also, social environment and lifestyle play a role in attitudeformation. Studies indicate that mental health professionals hold mixed attitude such as positive and negativetowards mental illness hence this study was carried out to find out the expressed attitude of mental healthprofessionals towards children with autism spectrum disorder.Method : Attitude Questionnaire by (Sethi et al., 1982) was modified for the study and the responses werecollected from 21 mental health professionals (5 psychologists, 5 psychiatric nurses, 4 psychiatrists, 4psychiatric social workers, 3 special educators). The collected data was computed with descriptive statistics,t-test and ANOVA by using SPSS version 20.Result : The outcome of the study indicate, the significant difference between the positive and negativeattitude of mental health professionals towards children with autism spectrum disorder and also it provides thesupporting data on positive emotionality of mental health professionals towards children with an autismspectrum disorder.
Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callDisclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
