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The study is to investigate the nonhandicapped children's attitudes toward mentally retarded children under different contexts of contact in school life. The elementary school children in grade 5, partly in integrated education (as experienced group, n=70) and partly in normal school (as control group, n=78), participated in this attitude survey what was administered to measure : (1)in different contexts of contact with mentally retarded children, the nonhandicapped children's attitudes and the motivation of attitude formation and their presumption of parents' expectation. (2)the nonhandicapped children's perceptions of images about mentally retarded children. As a result of analysis, the followings were obtained. The nonhandicapped children's attitudes toward mentally retarded children were significantly different depend on the contexts of contact. The nonhandicapped children expressed greater willingness to contact with mentally retarded children in the context of help but the reverse in the context of sitting next to them. The nonhandicapped children's perception of images about mentally retarded children were significantly different due to integrated experiences. Whether the children were in integrated education or not, the nonhandicapped children's attitudes toward mentally retarded children were not significantly different. However, the nonhandicapped children's attitudes toward mentally retarded children were significantly related to their images and presumption of parents' expectation. It's also discussed that the children's attitude formation was structural different depend on the children were in integrated education or not.
