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The Effects of a Multi-Component Higher-Functioning Autism Anti-Stigma Program on Adolescent Boys.
- Source :
- Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders; Dec2013, Vol. 43 Issue 12, p2816-2829, 14p, 2 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- A six-session higher-functioning autism anti-stigma program incorporating descriptive, explanatory and directive information was delivered to adolescent boys and the impact upon knowledge, attitudes and behavioural intentions towards peers with autism was evaluated. Participants were seventh-, eighth- and ninth-grade students (N = 395) from regular classes in a mainstream school. Two-eighth-grade classes were randomly allocated to the intervention condition and all remaining students were either allocated to the no-intervention peer or no-intervention non-peer condition. The anti-stigma program improved the knowledge and attitudes, but not the behavioural intentions of participants towards their peers with autism. Knowledge and attitudinal changes were maintained at follow-up. There were no spill-over effects of the program to non-targeted students. These results provide some preliminary evidence for the effectiveness of multi-session anti-stigma programs incorporating combined information for adolescent students in inclusive educational environments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SOCIAL stigma
HYPOTHESIS
ANALYSIS of variance
ATTITUDE (Psychology)
AUTISM
INTELLECT
MAINSTREAMING in special education
RESEARCH methodology
MIDDLE school students
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH
STATISTICAL sampling
SELF-evaluation
T-test (Statistics)
EFFECT sizes (Statistics)
RANDOMIZED controlled trials
PRE-tests & post-tests
PREVENTION
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01623257
- Volume :
- 43
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 91897094
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-013-1829-4