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Journal of Pediatric Psychology 5(1) pp. 43-55, 1980
© 1980 Society of Pediatric Psychology

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Stigmatizing Effects of a Child's Wheelchair in Successive and Simultaneous Interactions1

Judy Lynne Perlman2 and Donald K. Routh

University of Iowa

2All correspondence should be sent to Judy L. Perlman, Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242.

In Experiment I, each of 28 boys age 7 to 9 years was observed in two successive 15-minute playroom sessions. In each session a second boy (a confederate) was already in the room. This confederate was either in a wheelchair (simulating handicap) or seated in an ordinary chair. The boys engaged in significantly more cooperative play in the session with the "nonhandicapped" peer and in a postexperimental interview significantly preferred this child. In the second session only, they spent significantly more time looking at the "handicapped" peer. In Experiment 2, each of 20 boys was observed in a single playroom session in the simultaneous presence of the two confederates, one of whom was in the wheelchair. In this study boys spent significantly more time in cooperative play with the "nonhandicapped" child and significantly more often preferred this child. They spent significantly more time looking at the "nonhandicapped" child, more time talking to him, and made more movements toward this child. The results of both studies were interpreted in terms of Coffman 's concept of stigma.


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