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Explicit and implicit attitudes towards people with intellectual disabilities: The role of contact and participant demographics

Murch, AJ; Choudhury, T; Wilson, M; Collerton, E; Patel, M; Scior, K; (2018) Explicit and implicit attitudes towards people with intellectual disabilities: The role of contact and participant demographics. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities , 31 (5) pp. 778-784. 10.1111/jar.12429. Green open access

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Intellectual disability research has concentrated on self-reported explicit attitudes with little focus on implicit attitudes. Such attitudes are evaluations which occur with or without conscious awareness, respectively. This investigation examined participants' (N = 234) attitudes towards individuals with intellectual disabilities with reference to participants' gender, age, level of education, frequency of contact and closeness. METHOD: UK adults completed explicit (ATTID) and implicit attitude (ST-IAT) measures, and provided demographics via an online survey. RESULTS: Participant demographics predicted explicit attitudes-with differing cognitive, affective and behavioural associations. Contact frequency was most significant. Implicit attitudes were not predicted, evidencing implicit-explicit attitude differences. CONCLUSIONS: The results encourage more implicit-explicit attitude relationship research regarding disability. The associations between demographics, contact and implicit attitudes should be explored further. Research should question whether implicit attitudes reflect participants' true beliefs-denoting less importance to demographics-or whether they reflect wider societal values rather than individuals' attitudes.

Type: Article
Title: Explicit and implicit attitudes towards people with intellectual disabilities: The role of contact and participant demographics
Location: England
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1111/jar.12429
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jar.12429
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: attitudes, contact, demographics, frequency, intellectual disability
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Clinical, Edu and Hlth Psychology
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10044638
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