The impact of disability representation on disability stigma in a general population.

IF 1.7 4区医学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL Rehabilitation Psychology Pub Date : 2025-11-01 Epub Date: 2025-01-06 DOI:10.1037/rep0000601

Sarah Todd Hammer, Lauren A Stutts

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Purpose/objective: People often view individuals with disabilities as incapable of working, contributing to society, and forming relationships. Therefore, it is important to develop interventions to reduce those negative stereotypes. Increasing accurate disability representation is one way to counteract those stereotypes. The present study's aim was to examine the impact of disability representation on disability stigma.

Research method/design: Participants consisted of 246 people from the U.S. general population who were randomized into one of three vignette groups: counterstereotypical representation (read about individuals with disabilities who were thriving), stereotypical representation (read about individuals with disabilities who were struggling), and a control group (read about able-bodied individuals who were thriving). Visual analog scales assessing disability stigma were completed pre- and postexposure to the vignettes.

Results: Disability stigma significantly decreased in the counterstereotypical group, significantly increased in the stereotypical group, and did not change in the control group from pre- to postexposure. At postexposure, the counterstereotypical group had significantly lower disability stigma than the stereotypical group, and the stereotypical group had significantly higher disability stigma than the control group.

Conclusion/implications: It would be valuable for the media to increase counterstereotypical representations and decrease stereotypical representations of individuals with disabilities. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

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在一般人群中，残疾代表对残疾污名的影响。

目的/目标：人们通常认为残疾人不能工作，不能为社会做贡献，不能建立人际关系。因此，制定干预措施以减少这些负面刻板印象是很重要的。增加准确的残疾代表是消除这些刻板印象的一种方法。本研究的目的是探讨残疾代表对残疾污名的影响。研究方法/设计：参与者由246名来自美国普通人群的人组成，他们被随机分为三个小插图组：反刻板印象组（阅读关于残疾人茁壮成长的文章），刻板印象组（阅读关于残疾人挣扎的文章）和对照组（阅读关于健全的人茁壮成长的文章）。评估残疾耻辱感的视觉模拟量表在接触小插图之前和之后完成。结果：反刻板印象组的残疾污名显著减少，刻板印象组的残疾污名显著增加，而对照组的残疾污名在接触前后没有变化。在接触后，反刻板印象组的残疾耻辱感显著低于刻板印象组，而刻板印象组的残疾耻辱感显著高于对照组。结论/启示：媒体增加对残疾人的反刻板印象，减少对残疾人的刻板印象是有价值的。（PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA，版权所有）。

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Rehabilitation Psychology Multiple-

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4.80

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期刊介绍： Rehabilitation Psychology is a quarterly peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles in furtherance of the mission of Division 22 (Rehabilitation Psychology) of the American Psychological Association and to advance the science and practice of rehabilitation psychology. Rehabilitation psychologists consider the entire network of biological, psychological, social, environmental, and political factors that affect the functioning of persons with disabilities or chronic illness. Given the breadth of rehabilitation psychology, the journal"s scope is broadly defined.