Understanding attitudes toward people with Down syndrome

Pace, Jill; Shin, Mikyong; Rasmussen, Sonja A.

doi:10.1002/ajmg.a.33595

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“…Fro m a cultural perspective, respondents might prefer p lacing students with DS in special schools to protect them fro m vio lence and that those people are better in a special environ ment to facilitate their learning experience. An American study, found that only 30% supported special schooling for people with DS [8], and a fu ll 100% of children with DS were enro lled in the public school system in Ro me, Italy [13] co mpared to results of the present study that show far more support for separation. This finding is in light of the system in the Iraqi public schools where children with mental disabilit ies are not enrolled with other students.…”

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confidence: 65%

“…Other studies that included different groups of people has found that United States communities still hold negative opinions towards people with DS [8]. Another study found that European communit ies also still hold negative attitudes towards people with Down 's syndrome [9].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…These were fro m educational, co mmunity, and personal perspectives. Some questions were adapted from previous surveys [8,9].…”

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Community Attitudes Towards People with Down’s Syndrome: A Sample From Iraq

Al‐Kindi

Al-Juhaishi²,

Al‐Saffar³

2012

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Down syndrome (DS) is one of the most common congenital d isorders associated with intellectual d isability and social stigma. Co mmunity attitudes and knowledge of this condition are important for inclusion of people with DS into the community and improving their quality of lives. Results from surveys from the world showed that people still hold negative attitudes towards inclusion of people with DS. Studies in the Arab world are sparse and there are no data exp loring these attitudes in Iraq in the absence of formal awareness programs; hence, this study was done to report and analyse the Iraqi co mmun ity attitudes towards people with Down syndrome. A survey questionnaire of the attitudes from a samp le fro m the co mmunity was done. Results showed that Iraqis still hold negative thoughts towards inclusion of people with DS, however they are less negative than their counterparts in Europe and United States. Female gender was the most common factor associated with positive attitudes. The results of this study underscore the importance for organized campaigns and programs to increase awareness towards DS and inclusion in the co mmunity. Further research is required to exp lore the factors underlying these attitudes.

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Community Attitudes Towards People with Down’s Syndrome: A Sample From Iraq

Al‐Kindi

Al-Juhaishi²,

Al‐Saffar³

2012

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“…Even though students in the OT program, from Igbo tribe and 4 th year of study exhibited more positive attitude toward PWDs, this attitude statistically do not differ across nor is it associated with any of their sociodemographic characteristics (age, gender, tribe, program, and level of study). Most sociodemographic characteristic that has been studied over time with regards to attitude toward PWDs has been adduced to be relatively inconsequential [23][24][25]. More positive attitudes observed across rehabilitation specific program (such as OT, Nursing Science and physical therapy [PT]) might have resulted from their program curricula offering more courses that address disability.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Attitude towards, contact with people with disabilities and knowledge of disability among health science undergraduates in a Nigerian university

Olaoye¹,

Oduola²,

Alonge³

et al. 2017

J Behav Health

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Background: This study assessed health sciences undergraduates attitude toward and contact with people with disability (PWD), knowledge of disability (KD) as well as their association with each of gender, ethnicity, level and program of study. Methods: Using a stratified random sampling technique, 267 undergraduates of the College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, responded to this cross-sectional survey yielding a response rate of 89%. A structured self-administered questionnaire on attitude toward contact with PWDs and KD was used to assess attitude, contact, and knowledge of the respondents. Procedure was explained to respondents who consented for this study and data were subsequently obtained. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics at P < 0.05. Results: About 62.9% of the respondents had positive attitude toward PWDs with the majority being females (68.9%), students of Igbo ethnicity (89.7%), 4 th year students (86.1%) and nursing students (70.5%). Over 70% had good KD, however, the majority (91.4%) had little or no contact with PWDs. KD was significantly associated with respondents ethnicity (χ 2 = 8.57; P < 0.05) and year of study (χ 2 = 38.34; P < 0.05). Furthermore, there was a relationship between the attitude toward PWDs and KD of respondents (r = 0.24; P < 0.001). Conclusion: The authors, therefore, concluded that Nigerian health sciences undergraduates have positive attitude toward PWDs, good KD but low contact with PWDs.

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“…Negative attitudes are also reflected in a study done in the United States by Pace, Shin and Rasmussen (2010), in which they analysed the attitudes of a sample of adults and a sample of teenagers towards the integration of people with Down syndrome into education. The authors found that 25% of the adults disagreed with the educational inclusion of people with trisomy 21 (alleging, for example, that they would distract the attention of the other students).…”

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Intergroup trust and anxiety: the two sides of stigma towards people with Down syndrome

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Título: Confianza y ansiedad intergrupal: los dos lados del estigma hacia las personas con síndrome de Down Resumen: Las personas con síndrome de Down sufren un tipo de estigmatización ambivalente, que combina estereotipos, reacciones emocionales y actitudes positivas y negativas. El objetivo de este estudio es analizar la relación que existe entre las actitudes ambivalentes hacia las personas con síndrome de Down, y los niveles de confianza y ansiedad intergrupal que se mantienen hacia ellas. Un total de 144 estudiantes universitarios respondieron a un cuestionario sobre la percepción social que mantienen hacia este colectivo, e indicaron en qué medida anticipan una interacción con personas con síndrome de Down basada en la confianza o en ansiedad intergrupal. Los resultados indican que se producen respuestas ambivalentes hacia las personas con síndrome de Down. Además, mientras que la confianza intergrupal está relacionada con altos niveles de admiración y competencia, la ansiedad intergrupal está relacionada con niveles altos de aversión, compasión y baja admiración. Se discuten las implicaciones de estos resultados alcanzados de cara a mejorar la percepción social de las personas con síndrome de Down, así como el complejo papel que juega la compasión en la valoración de grupos estigmatizados. Palabras clave: Síndrome de Down; estigmatización; ansiedad intergrupal; compasión.Abstract: People with Down syndrome experience a type of ambivalent stigmatisation, which combines stereotypes, emotional reactions, and both positive and negative attitudes. The aim of this study is to analyse the relationship between ambivalent attitudes towards people with Down syndrome, and the levels of intergroup trust and anxiety felt towards them. A total of 144 university students completed a questionnaire on their social perception of people with Down syndrome, indicating the extent to which they anticipate an interaction with this group based on trust or anxiety. The results show that responses to people with Down syndrome are ambivalent. Moreover, while intergroup trust is associated with high levels of admiration and competence, intergroup anxiety is associated with high levels of aversion, compassion and low admiration. We discuss the implications of these results, taking into account how to enhance the social perception of people with Down syndrome, as well as the complex role of compassion in the assessment of stigmatised groups.

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Understanding attitudes toward people with Down syndrome

Cited by 54 publications

References 25 publications

Community Attitudes Towards People with Down’s Syndrome: A Sample From Iraq

Community Attitudes Towards People with Down’s Syndrome: A Sample From Iraq

Attitude towards, contact with people with disabilities and knowledge of disability among health science undergraduates in a Nigerian university

Intergroup trust and anxiety: the two sides of stigma towards people with Down syndrome

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