Abstract
This study investigates the impact of seriousness of impairment, personal responsibility for the onset of the handicap, and openness about the impairment on perceivers' emotional and behavioral reactions towards people with a visual impairment. Students (N = 176; response 100%) read a vignette in which seriousness, personal responsibility and openness were manipulated. After reading they had to answer questions about their emotions and behaviour. Results revealed that blindness is related to stronger feelings of pity and fear, stronger stigmatizing reactions and less social support than partially sightedness. High personal responsibility was related to stronger feelings of anger, less pity, more stigmatization and less social support than low personal responsibility. Openness about the visual impairment had an effect on perceivers' pity and leads to more supportive and less stigmatizing reactions.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 23-31 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Psychologie & Gezondheid |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Mar 2008 |
Keywords
- ADOLESCENTS
- RESPONSES
- EMOTION
- STIGMAS
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If you can't see - see if I care ... An experimental study on the effects of seriousness, personal responsibility and openness on stigmatization of visually impaired persons. / Fiesler, Wilma; Lechner, Lilian; Bos, Arjan.
In: Psychologie & Gezondheid, Vol. 36, No. 1, 03.2008, p. 23-31.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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T1 - If you can't see - see if I care ... An experimental study on the effects of seriousness, personal responsibility and openness on stigmatization of visually impaired persons
AU - Fiesler, Wilma
AU - Lechner, Lilian
AU - Bos, Arjan
PY - 2008/3
Y1 - 2008/3
N2 - This study investigates the impact of seriousness of impairment, personal responsibility for the onset of the handicap, and openness about the impairment on perceivers' emotional and behavioral reactions towards people with a visual impairment. Students (N = 176; response 100%) read a vignette in which seriousness, personal responsibility and openness were manipulated. After reading they had to answer questions about their emotions and behaviour. Results revealed that blindness is related to stronger feelings of pity and fear, stronger stigmatizing reactions and less social support than partially sightedness. High personal responsibility was related to stronger feelings of anger, less pity, more stigmatization and less social support than low personal responsibility. Openness about the visual impairment had an effect on perceivers' pity and leads to more supportive and less stigmatizing reactions.
AB - This study investigates the impact of seriousness of impairment, personal responsibility for the onset of the handicap, and openness about the impairment on perceivers' emotional and behavioral reactions towards people with a visual impairment. Students (N = 176; response 100%) read a vignette in which seriousness, personal responsibility and openness were manipulated. After reading they had to answer questions about their emotions and behaviour. Results revealed that blindness is related to stronger feelings of pity and fear, stronger stigmatizing reactions and less social support than partially sightedness. High personal responsibility was related to stronger feelings of anger, less pity, more stigmatization and less social support than low personal responsibility. Openness about the visual impairment had an effect on perceivers' pity and leads to more supportive and less stigmatizing reactions.
KW - ADOLESCENTS
KW - RESPONSES
KW - EMOTION
KW - STIGMAS
U2 - 10.1007/BF03077463
DO - 10.1007/BF03077463
M3 - Article
VL - 36
SP - 23
EP - 31
JO - Psychologie & Gezondheid
JF - Psychologie & Gezondheid
SN - 1873-1791
IS - 1
ER -