Hastorf A H, Wildfogel J, Cassman T
J Pers Soc Psychol. 1979 Oct;37(10):1790-7. doi: 10.1037//0022-3514.37.10.1790.
Nonhandicapped people often report discomfort and uncertainty when interacting with handicapped individuals. The three studies reported here investigated a possible tactic that handicapped people could use to reduce a fellow interactant's discomfort and uncertainty. Nonhandicapped subjects watched two videotapes of handicapped individuals being interviewed. Each subject then chose the handicapped person with whom he would prefer to work on a cooperative task. Results of all three studies supported the hypothesis that a handicapped person acknowledging his handicap will be preferred to a handicapped person who does not acknowledge his handicap. In Study 1, subjects significantly preferred a handicapped person who acknowledged his handicap to a handicapped person who did not disclose anything personal. In Study 2, subjects significantly preferred an acknowledging person over one who made a personal disclosure other than about his handicap. In Study 3, subjects preferred the individual acknowledging a handicap over one who disclosed something else personal even when the acknowledging individual was clearly nervous about doing so. These results suggest that acknowledging the handicap may be a promising tactic.
非残障人士在与残障人士互动时，常常会感到不适和不确定。这里报告的三项研究探讨了一种残障人士可以用来减少互动伙伴的不适和不确定感的可能策略。非残障受试者观看了两段残障人士接受采访的录像带。然后，每个受试者选择他更愿意与之合作完成一项任务的残障人士。所有三项研究的结果都支持了这样一个假设，即承认自己残障的残障人士会比不承认自己残障的残障人士更受青睐。在研究1中，受试者明显更喜欢承认自己残障的残障人士，而不是不透露任何个人信息的残障人士。在研究2中，受试者明显更喜欢承认自己残障的人，而不是除了残障之外还透露个人信息的人。在研究3中，受试者更喜欢承认自己残障的人，而不是透露其他个人信息的人，即使承认残障的人明显对此感到紧张。这些结果表明，承认残障可能是一种很有前景的策略。
