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Objective: It was aimed to examine the attitudes of university students towards disabled people in a multidimensional way and to investigate how students’ attitudes towards disabled people are affected according to whether they have received education in the field of health or not. Material and Method: 528 university students without any health problems were included in the study. Participants filled out the Multidimensional Attitude Scale towards Disabled Persons, which consists of emotion, thought, and behavior sub-dimensions, via Google Form. All sub-dimensions of the scale were compared according to gender, education in the field of health, undergraduate or associate degree education status. Results: Of the participants, 37.1% (n=196) were male and 62.9% (n=332) were female students. While 53.4% (n=282) of the students stated that they received education in a field other than health, 46.6% (n=246) of the students stated that they received education in the field of health; 22% (n=116) declared that they had an associate degree and 78% (n=412) had an undergraduate education. It was observed that the attitudes towards disabled individuals in men and women were different in some parameters (p<0.05), and those who were educated at the associate degree level had more positive attitudes (p<0.05). In addition, it was determined that the students studying in the health field showed more positive attitudes towards the disabled individuals in the comfort sub-dimension (p=0.038) than those outside the health field. Conclusion: The study results showed that the positive attitudes of university students towards people with disabilities were due to being a woman, studying in the field of health, and being educated in associate degree departments.

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