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11-08-2020 | Original Paper

Public Stigma of Autism Spectrum Disorder at School: Implicit Attitudes Matter

Auteurs: Benoite Aubé, Alice Follenfant, Sébastien Goudeau, Cyrielle Derguy

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 5/2021

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Abstract

This study examines the public stigma of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by their school-aged peers, focusing on both explicit and implicit attitudes. The twofold aims were to provide a broader picture of public stigma and to explore age-related changes in attitudes. Students completed an explicit measure of the public stigma and an implicit measure of attitudes after watching a video displaying children with ASD vs. typically developing (TD) children. Both measures showed more negative perceptions towards children with ASD compared to TD children. However, while explicit attitudes improved with age, implicit attitudes remained constantly negative. This finding suggests that both explicit and implicit attitudes should be considered when promoting an inclusive climate at school.
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We provide results on simple effects of movement for each category in the Appendix. We did not describe them in the core text because it is very common to observe a main effect of movement in approach-avoidance tasks (i.e., a faster approach than avoidance reactions; e.g., Krieglmeyer & Deutsch, 2013; Rinck & Becker, 2007) rendering the interpretation of these simple effects irrelevant. Although the main effect of movement is not significant in our study, we still recommend caution when interpreting the results.
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
Public Stigma of Autism Spectrum Disorder at School: Implicit Attitudes Matter
Auteurs
Benoite Aubé
Alice Follenfant
Sébastien Goudeau
Cyrielle Derguy
Publicatiedatum
11-08-2020
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 5/2021
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-020-04635-9

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