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Disability Models Affect Disability Policy Support through Awareness of Structural Discrimination
Author(s) -
Dirth Thomas P.,
Branscombe Nyla R.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.618
H-Index - 122
eISSN - 1540-4560
pISSN - 0022-4537
DOI - 10.1111/josi.12224
Subject(s) - status quo , affect (linguistics) , psychology , structural equation modeling , social psychology , social support , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , political science , communication , law , statistics , mathematics
In three studies ( N = 340) we examined the effects of medical versus social model representations of physical disability on awareness of structural discrimination and prodisability policy support among nondisabled persons. In all three studies, we found either an indirect (Studies 1 and 2) or full mediational effect of awareness of structural discrimination on the relationship between social model representations and policy support. Study 1 provided correlational evidence using individual social model endorsement as the predictor variable, while in Studies 2 and 3 experimentally manipulated model of disability. Finally, Study 3 provided evidence that medical model representations reduce prodisability policy support by encouraging the legitimization of the status quo.