Public Attitudes Toward People With Intellectual Disabilities: A Cross-Cultural Study

2010 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 278-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrina Scior ◽  
Ka-ying Kan ◽  
Anna McLoughlin ◽  
Joel Sheridan
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Hong Kong Chinese ◽  
Cross Cultural Study ◽  
People With Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
British Sample ◽  
Chinese Public

Abstract This study investigated attitudes toward people with intellectual disabilities among the general Hong Kong Chinese population and compared these to a White British sample, using the Community Living Attitudes Scale—Mental Retardation form (CLAS-MR; D. Henry, C. Keys, F. Balcazar, & D. Jopp, 1996). As predicted, attitudes among the Hong Kong Chinese public (n  =  149) were less favorable than the British sample (n  =  135). The former were less opposed to the exclusion of people with intellectual disabilities, less likely to view them as similar to themselves and more in favor of sheltering such individuals. Of all demographic variables examined, ethnicity was the strongest predictor of attitudes, although it only accounted for a small part of the variance in attitudes. The results are discussed in terms of policy implementation and additional research.

Carotenoid skin colouration enhances face and body attractiveness: A cross-cultural study

2019 ◽  
Vol 72 (11) ◽  
pp. 2565-2573 ◽  
Author(s):  
Flora WL Ip ◽  
Gary J Lewis ◽  
Carmen E Lefevre
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Cultural Study ◽  
Study Protocol ◽  
Body Part ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Hong Kong Chinese ◽  
Body Parts ◽  
Body Attractiveness ◽  
Cross Cultural Study ◽  
Face Stimuli

Previous research has indicated that faces with higher levels of skin carotenoid colouration are perceived as healthier and more attractive. However, it is not known whether this preference is specific to faces or reflects a more generalised preference in biological stimuli: for example, non-face body parts. Moreover, it is not yet well established whether the preference for carotenoid colouration extends beyond Caucasian populations. Three studies were conducted to address these issues. In Studies 1 and 2, Caucasian and Hong Kong Chinese participants, respectively, selected the more attractive image in pairs of high and low carotenoid colouration versions of images of Caucasian faces and body parts, and also for non-face/body-part control stimuli (scrambled faces). In Study 3, a similar study protocol was used with an independent sample of Hong Kong Chinese participants using stimuli generated from Chinese individuals. The results showed that high carotenoid colouration was preferred across all the three studies in faces and body parts, but not in the control stimuli. In addition, there was a stronger preference for high carotenoid colouration in faces compared with body parts in Studies 1 and 2—although this preference was not observed in Study 3. Overall, these findings demonstrate that higher levels of skin carotenoid colouration are preferred both in face and body parts, but not in non-face stimuli, and that these preferences are evident in Caucasian and Hong Kong Chinese individuals.

Mindfulness Based Flourishing Program: A Cross-Cultural Study of Hong Kong Chinese and British Participants

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (8) ◽  
pp. 2205-2223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Itai Ivtzan ◽  
Tarli Young ◽  
Hoi Ching Lee ◽  
Tim Lomas ◽  
Daiva Daukantaitė ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Cultural Study ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Hong Kong Chinese ◽  
Cross Cultural Study

scholarly journals Public Attitudes Toward People With Intellectual Disabilities After Viewing Olympic or Paralympic Performance

2015 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate Ferrara ◽  
Jan Burns ◽  
Hayley Mills
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Term Effect ◽  
Attitudes Toward Disability ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Positive Direction ◽  
People With Intellectual Disabilities

Despite some changes to the way that people with intellectual disabilities (ID) are viewed in society, negative attitudes prevail. One of the aspirations of the 2012 Paralympic games was to influence the public’s attitudes toward people with disabilities. The aim of this study was to investigate whether stimuli depicting people with ID performing at Paralympic level of competition change attitudes toward ID. A mixed randomized comparison design was employed comparing 2 groups: those who viewed Paralympic-level ID sport footage and information and those who viewed Olympic footage and information. One hundred fourteen students, mean age 25 yr, were administered measures of implicit (subconscious) attitudes toward disability and explicit (belief-based) attitudes toward ID. Implicit attitudes significantly changed in a positive direction for both groups. The findings provide evidence that both Paralympic (ID) and Olympic media coverage may have at least a short-term effect on attitudes toward people with disabilities.

Negative Symptoms, Neurological Signs and Neuropsychological Impairments in 204 Hong Kong Chinese Patients with Schizophrenia

1996 ◽  
Vol 168 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Y. H. Chen ◽  
L. C. W. Lam ◽  
R. Y. L. Chen ◽  
D. G. H. Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Negative Symptoms ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Wisconsin Card Sorting Test ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Hong Kong Chinese ◽  
Chinese Patients ◽  
Neurological Signs ◽  
Neuropsychological Impairments ◽  
The Relationship

BackgroundStudies of the relationship between negative symptoms, neuropsychological impairments and neurological signs in schizophrenia have yielded inconsistent results. In addition, little attention has been directed to address the extent of cultural modulation of negative symptoms.MethodWe carried out cross-cultural validation of the High Royds Evaluation of Negativity Scale (HEN) in 50 Hong Kong Chinese patients with schizophrenia. We then investigated the relationship between negative symptoms, neurological signs and neuropsychological impairment in 204 patients.ResultsGood interrater reliability, internal reliability, convergent and discriminant validity were found with the HEN. The HEN contained four factors corresponding to ‘behaviour‘, ‘functioning‘, ‘thought’ and ‘appearance’. Negative symptoms were correlated with semantic fluency but not with Wisconsin Card Sorting Test performance or sustained attention. Negative symptoms were also correlated with tardive dyskinesia and catatonia but not with soft neurological signs.ConclusionsCross-cultural robustness of the negative symptoms construct is supported. Association of negative symptoms with a specific profile of neurocognitive impairment suggests diversity within deficit domains in schizophrenia.

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