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Lu, Minghui; Wang, Rong; Zou, Yuqing; Pang, Feifan – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
This study investigated whether negative stereotypes are responsible for the effect of ASD knowledge on social distance from individuals with ASD among college students. A sample of 869 neurotypical Chinese college students completed a cross-sectional survey to assess social distance, ASD knowledge, and negative stereotypes. Pearson correlation…
Descriptors: Stereotypes, Negative Attitudes, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Dickter, Cheryl L.; Burk, Joshua A. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
Typically developing young adults perceive their peers with autism more negatively than those without autism, but less so when they have experience with individuals with autism. Study 1 examined whether typically developing university students' (n = 70) judgments of their peers would differ as a function of interpersonal contact and being labeled…
Descriptors: Labeling (of Persons), Attitudes toward Disabilities, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders