Appearance or Function: Factors Related to the Likeability of Handicapped Individuals
Description:
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 sc…
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Date:
May 1983
Creator:
Dawson-Black, Patricia A. (Patricia Ann)