Disclosure of Disability by University Students: Development of a Study Protocol

Abstract

Within the life course of a person with disability, higher education represents an important step, and the disclosure of a disability is one of the first and most important choices that the person with disability has to take. Based on a review of the literature, it is described how a research pro-tocol for investigating the effects of Self Efficacy and Metacognition on the Disclosure of Disability by university students is developed. These data would provide information concerning the predic-tive effects of the metacognitive skills, social support and self-efficacy on the attitudes towards the disclosure of a disability