The influence of aetiology and blame on prejudice towards survivors of brain injury.


Autoria(s): Linden, Mark; Hanna, Donncha; Redpath, S.J.
Data(s)

01/04/2007

Resumo

The purpose of the present work was to investigate if a hierarchy of aetiology exists which would influence attitudes towards survivors of brain injury. An independent groups design utilised four independent variables; aetiology (measured at five levels: ‘Road Traffic Accident’ (RTA), ‘Alcohol’, ‘Drug Use’, ‘Aneurism’ and ‘Recreation’), blame (blame and no-blame), group (psychology students and members of the public) and gender to explore attitudes towards survivors of brain injury. The dependent variables were measured using the Prejudicial Evaluation Scale (PES) and Social Interaction Scale (SIS). Three hundred and twenty-five participants (173 students and 152 members of the public) were randomly allocated to one of ten possible conditions. Among individuals who contributed to receiving their injury greater prejudice was displayed towards those in the ‘Drugs’ condition followed by ‘Recreation’, ‘RTA’, ‘Alcohol’ and ‘Aneurism’. Findings suggest that a hierarchy of aetiology exists, which results in prejudicial attitudes, and is influenced by issues of blame. Key words: prejudice, blame, brain injury

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http://pure.qub.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/the-influence-of-aetiology-and-blame-on-prejudice-towards-survivors-of-brain-injury(f6250ac9-4b40-4a7b-940b-700271fbb6e3).html

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.acn.2007.04.009

http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34250359487&partnerID=8YFLogxK

Idioma(s)

eng

Direitos

info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess

Fonte

Linden , M , Hanna , D & Redpath , S J 2007 , ' The influence of aetiology and blame on prejudice towards survivors of brain injury. ' Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology , vol 22 , no. 5 , pp. 665-673 . DOI: 10.1016/j.acn.2007.04.009

Palavras-Chave #/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2700/2738 #Psychiatry and Mental health #/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3200/3203 #Clinical Psychology #/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3200/3206 #Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
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article