Rodgers C
Department of Psychology, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland.
J Ment Defic Res. 1987 Sep;31 ( Pt 3):271-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.1987.tb01370.x.
Maternal agreement with the Down's syndrome stereotype (as outlined in the literature) was investigated as a function of direct experience of the condition. Using an adjective checklist devised for this project, mothers of children aged between 3 and 9 years were asked to describe Down's children. Statistical analysis of the data collected revealed that familiarity with the condition resulted in a broader general stereotype (represented by the number of adjectives endorsed). Specifically, mothers of Down's Syndrome children attributed more personality traits to the Down's child than mothers without direct experience of the condition. Mothers of such children also claimed a wider range of personality characteristics for their own child than for Down's children in general. Implications for future research were discussed, as was the value of 'normalization' and increased contact with normal peers in the education and integration into the community of Down's children.
研究了母亲对唐氏综合征刻板印象（如文献中所述）与对该病症直接体验之间的关系。通过为该项目设计的形容词清单，要求3至9岁孩子的母亲描述唐氏儿童。对收集到的数据进行统计分析后发现，对该病症的熟悉程度导致了更宽泛的总体刻板印象（以认可的形容词数量为代表）。具体而言，与没有直接接触过该病症的母亲相比，唐氏综合征患儿的母亲将更多的性格特征归因于唐氏儿童。这类孩子的母亲还声称，自己孩子的性格特征范围比一般唐氏儿童更广。文中讨论了对未来研究的启示，以及“正常化”的价值和增加唐氏儿童与正常同龄人接触在其教育及融入社区方面的意义。
