Attitudes toward Individuals with Disabilities: Does Empathy Explain the Difference in Scores between Men and Women?

Miller, Sonya R.

doi:10.1007/bf03355110

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“…This is a problem because ablebodied individuals often function as gatekeepers in settings that directly influence the quality of life, for instance, in education, employment, and leisure [24].…”

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The effects of embodied persuasive games on player attitudes toward people using wheelchairs

Gerling

Mandryk

Birk

et al. 2014

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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People using wheelchairs face barriers in their daily lives, many of which are created by people who surround them. Promoting positive attitudes towards persons with disabilities is an integral step in removing these barriers and improving their quality of life. In this context, persuasive games offer an opportunity of encouraging attitude change. We created a wheelchair-controlled persuasive game to study how embodied interaction can be applied to influence player attitudes over time. Our results show that the game intervention successfully raised awareness for challenges that people using wheelchairs face, and that embodied interaction is a more effective approach than traditional input in terms of retaining attitude change over time. Based on these findings, we provide design strategies for embodied interaction in persuasive games, and outline how our findings can be leveraged to help designers create effective persuasive experiences beyond games.

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confidence: 99%

The effects of embodied persuasive games on player attitudes toward people using wheelchairs

Gerling

Mandryk

Birk

et al. 2014

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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“…This may reflect the observation that empathy seems to be predicted by femininity -indeed, this has been suggested not only by empirical studies demonstrating this, but also by sociological and psychological writers on the topic of gender roles (e.g. Miller, 2010). Chodorow (1974), posited that in any society, the feminine personality identifies itself ''in relation and connection to other people.''…”

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Gender role and empathy within different orientations of counselling psychology

Ivtzan

Redman

Gardner

2012

Counselling Psychology Quarterly

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Person-centred and cognitive-behavioural therapies are two divergent theoretical orientations and students of each may offer systematically different personality traits. In this study, potential variations in empathy and gender roles between postgraduate student groups (person-centred, cognitive-behavioural and social sciences) were examined. Seventy participants from UK educational institutions completed the Bem Sex-Role Inventory and two subscales of Davis’ Interpersonal Reactivity Index. Results revealed that the person-centred group had higher empathic concern, and more individuals classified as androgynous, while the cognitive-behavioural group scored higher on perspective taking. Empathy was strongly associated with femininity, regardless of the group or gender. Knowledge of how trainee therapists differ across orientations could potentially be of use in improving the working alliance, as clients could be better matched to therapists according to their personal need

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“…Rather it is important for people to have empathetic attitudes and to try to understand the needs of disabled people better. Miller [17] points out that empathy allows people to view those who are different from themselves more positively. Similarly, Baston et al [18] maintain that inducing positive empathy for a member of a stigmatized group leads to improved attitudes toward the individual and the group as a whole.…”

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Perception of Rural People About Persons with Physical Disability: The Case of Yorogo-Yipala Community

Doris

Theresa²

2015

AJHR

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Disability is often perceived negatively perhaps due to ignorance and some prevailing socio-cultural beliefs as well as economic factors. The challenges facing people with disabilities (PWDs), therefore, are varied and could be in the form of violation of human rights, poverty, stigma, discrimination and exclusion. Disability is closely associated with poverty and is also a barrier to education, employment, access to public services and social protection. In most cases, disability has been addressed through charitable approaches without the recognition of the rights and participation of persons with disabilities, like other citizens. The study used a mixed method where both qualitative and quantitative techniques were employed. Focus group discussions, semi-structured interviews and observation were employed to collect data. The study participants also demonstrated positive perceptions about disability. This is encouraging, even though the positive perceptions appear not to have been translated into attitudinal change. Most participants appear to have positive attitudes toward disability, and this could reduce stigmatization and discrimination against people with physical disabilities (PWPDs). This is also an indication that stigma and discrimination against the disabled were not widespread among the respondents.

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Attitudes toward Individuals with Disabilities: Does Empathy Explain the Difference in Scores between Men and Women?

Cited by 18 publications

References 15 publications

The effects of embodied persuasive games on player attitudes toward people using wheelchairs

The effects of embodied persuasive games on player attitudes toward people using wheelchairs

Gender role and empathy within different orientations of counselling psychology

Perception of Rural People About Persons with Physical Disability: The Case of Yorogo-Yipala Community

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