College students' perceptions of peers with autism spectrum disorder
| Autor: | Wendy A. Goldberg, Nicole L. Matthews, Agnes R. Ly |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Universities education behavioral disciplines and activities Peer Group Developmental psychology Young Adult mental disorders Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Humans Students Social perception Peer group Cognition medicine.disease High-functioning autism Vignette Attitude Social Perception Autism spectrum disorder Child Development Disorders Pervasive Autism Attitude change Female Psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of autism and developmental disorders. 45(1) |
| ISSN: | 1573-3432 |
| Popis: | Little is known about peer attitudes toward college students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Affective, behavioral, and cognitive attitudes toward vignette characters displaying behaviors characteristic of ASD were examined among 224 four-year university students who were randomly assigned to one of three labeling conditions for the primary vignette characters: high functioning autism (HFA), typical college student, or no label. Students in the HFA label condition reported more positive behavioral and cognitive attitudes toward the vignette characters than students in the no label condition. Male students and students with lower scores on the Broad Autism Phenotype Questionnaire reported more positive attitudes across study conditions. These experimental results suggest that knowledge of a diagnosis might improve attitudes toward college students with ASD. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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