Nwuga V C
Int J Rehabil Res. 1985;8(1):61-7. doi: 10.1097/00004356-198503000-00005.
A study was conducted to examine the nature of the relationship between the self and attitude toward disability groups and normal subjects. The collection of data was from persons of various disability groups including emotionally disturbed, multiply-handicapped, stroke patients, paraplegics, amputees and old polio patients and normal individuals. Attitude was measured by the semantic differential scale and the social distance scale. The results showed that each disabled group with the exception of the emotionally disturbed rated its own group more favourably than any other group. Attitudes of the various disability groups were compared to those of the normal subjects making use of a series of analyses of variance. On both measuring scales there were significant differences (P less than or equal to 0.05) for all the disability groups except the emotionally disturbed group. Correlation between self-evaluation of persons with similar disability were statistically significant. Again the exception was the emotionally disturbed. Support groups are being advocated. They may be an effective strategy in dealing with stigma, prejudice, social rejection and social network problems among subjects with visible disability.
一项研究旨在探讨自我与对残疾群体及正常受试者态度之间关系的本质。数据收集自包括情绪障碍者、多重残疾者、中风患者、截瘫患者、截肢者和老年小儿麻痹症患者等不同残疾群体的人员以及正常个体。态度通过语义差异量表和社会距离量表进行测量。结果显示，除情绪障碍者外，每个残疾群体对自身群体的评价都比对其他任何群体更为有利。利用一系列方差分析将不同残疾群体的态度与正常受试者的态度进行了比较。在两个测量量表上，除情绪障碍群体外，所有残疾群体均存在显著差异（P小于或等于0.05）。残疾情况相似者的自我评估之间的相关性具有统计学意义。同样，情绪障碍者是个例外。目前正在倡导支持小组。它们可能是应对明显残疾受试者中耻辱感、偏见、社会排斥和社交网络问题的有效策略。
