Tracking subtle stereotypes of children with trisomy 21: from facial-feature-based to implicit stereotyping.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Stigmatization is one of the greatest obstacles to the successful integration of people with Trisomy 21 (T21 or Down syndrome), the most frequent genetic disorder associated with intellectual disability. Research on attitudes and stereotypes toward these people still focuses on explicit measures subjected to social-desirability biases, and neglects how variability in facial stigmata influences attitudes and stereotyping.

Methodology/principal findings

The participants were 165 adults including 55 young adult students, 55 non-student adults, and 55 professional caregivers working with intellectually disabled persons. They were faced with implicit association tests (IAT), a well-known technique whereby response latency is used to capture the relative strength with w

SUBMITTER: Enea-Drapeau C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3319569 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature