Stereotypes of Individuals With Learning Disabilities: Views of College Students With and Without Learning Disabilities
| Autor: | Alison L. May, C. Addison Stone |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Adult
Male Health (social science) Adolescent Universities Psychometrics media_common.quotation_subject Intelligence Self-concept Self-advocacy Stereotype Education Developmental psychology Young Adult medicine Humans Students media_common Stereotyping Intelligence quotient Learning Disabilities Cognition Self Concept Case-Control Studies General Health Professions Learning disability Trait Female medicine.symptom Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Learning Disabilities. 43:483-499 |
| ISSN: | 1538-4780 0022-2194 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0022219409355483 |
| Popis: | To explore possible reasons for low self-identification rates among undergraduates with learning disabilities (LD), we asked students (38 with LD, 100 without LD) attending two large, public, research-intensive universities to respond to a questionnaire designed to assess stereotypes about individuals with LD and conceptions of ability. Responses were coded into six categories of stereotypes about LD (low intelligence, compensation possible, process deficit, nonspecific insurmountable condition, working the system, and other), and into three categories of conceptions of intelligence (entity, incremental, neither). Consistent with past findings, the most frequent metastereotype reported by individuals in both groups related to generally low ability. In addition, students with LD were more likely to espouse views of intelligence as a fixed trait. As a whole, the study’s findings have implications for our understanding of factors that influence self-identification and self-advocacy at the postsecondary level. |
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