Appearance or Function: Factors Related to the Likeability of Handicapped Individuals

Descriptions of obesity, cerebral palsy, and scoliosis were rank-ordered (from one to twenty) and rated on a five-point scale by 75 college students. The descriptions were of two types: with the appearance of an individual on five levels of severity of a disorder and with the appearance and level of functioning of an individual on five levels of severity of a disorder. The ranking data indicated males rank-ordered descriptions of obese individuals different from cerebral palsy (p < 0.01) and scoliosis (p < 0.05) . The ratings of the descriptions were analyzed in two studies with 2 x 2 x 2 x 5 ANOVA's. Three-way interactions of the level of severity, complexity of description, and type of disorder rated were discussed in terms of likeability of handicapped individuals .

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc504307
Date05 1900
CreatorsDawson-Black, Patricia A. (Patricia Ann)
ContributorsDoster, Joseph A., 1943-, Terrell, Francis, Martin, Sander, 1939-
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatv, 80 leaves : ill., Text
RightsPublic, Dawson-Black, Patricia A. (Patricia Ann), Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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