Peer Acceptance and Friendships of Students with Disabilities in General Education: The Role of Child, Peer, and Classroom Variables

• DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2012.00670.x
• Publication Date: 2012-10-12T11:22:07Z
• Authors: Anke de Boer; Sip Jan Pijl; Wendy Post; Alexander Minnaert
• Keywords: Peer acceptance; General education; Social Acceptance

Abstract To understand the difficulties students with disabilities experience in their social participation general education, this study examined which child, peer, and class variables relate to peer acceptance friendships. In a cross‐sectional study, sociometric data were gathered for without ( N = 985) 65), together personal related of disabilities, attitudes peers towards classroom information. Using separate networks both boys girls, findings logistic multilevel regression analyses showed different outcomes girls disabilities. The implications are discussed light possible interventions improve friendships primary education.