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The effects of experience on attribution of a stereotyped personality to children with Down's syndrome
Author(s) -
WISHART J. G.,
JOHNSTON F. H.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of intellectual disability research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.941
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1365-2788
pISSN - 0964-2633
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2788.1990.tb01551.x
Subject(s) - psychology , personality , attribution , stereotype (uml) , developmental psychology , rating scale , clinical psychology , social psychology
. A questionnaire in the form of a bipolar rating scale was constructed using 26 personality attributes drawn from the literature on personality of children with Down's syndrome (DS). This was administered to nine groups of adults with differing levels of experience and contact with children with DS. Adults who had frequent contact proved to be significantly less likely to rate the personality of children with DS as stereotypical than those with little contact. The implications of acceptance of the stereotype are discussed in relation to integration and to development of the mother‐child relationship.