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Can Cartoons Which Depict Autistic Characters Improve Attitudes Towards Autistic Peers?
This study aimed to assess the efficacy of two cartoons which depict autistic characters in improving attitudes towards autistic peers in two separate studies. Forty-six children participated in study 1 (4–7 years), and 47 children participated in study 2 (8–11 years). Both the conative (behavioural...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7010631/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31828558 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-019-04318-0 |
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author | Engel, Carla Simone Sheppard, Elizabeth |
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description | This study aimed to assess the efficacy of two cartoons which depict autistic characters in improving attitudes towards autistic peers in two separate studies. Forty-six children participated in study 1 (4–7 years), and 47 children participated in study 2 (8–11 years). Both the conative (behavioural) component of attitudes and knowledge about autism were measured before and after the cartoon interventions. Knowledge of autism increased after watching the cartoons in both studies but attitudes to autism only improved in study 1. Knowledge was shown to correlate with change in some but not all attitude measures. The findings suggest that cartoons can improve attitudes to autism, but this may depend on how information is presented. |
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spelling | pubmed-70106312020-02-24 Can Cartoons Which Depict Autistic Characters Improve Attitudes Towards Autistic Peers? Engel, Carla Simone Sheppard, Elizabeth J Autism Dev Disord Original Paper This study aimed to assess the efficacy of two cartoons which depict autistic characters in improving attitudes towards autistic peers in two separate studies. Forty-six children participated in study 1 (4–7 years), and 47 children participated in study 2 (8–11 years). Both the conative (behavioural) component of attitudes and knowledge about autism were measured before and after the cartoon interventions. Knowledge of autism increased after watching the cartoons in both studies but attitudes to autism only improved in study 1. Knowledge was shown to correlate with change in some but not all attitude measures. The findings suggest that cartoons can improve attitudes to autism, but this may depend on how information is presented. Springer US 2019-12-11 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7010631/ /pubmed/31828558 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-019-04318-0 Text en © The Author(s) 2019 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
spellingShingle | Original Paper Engel, Carla Simone Sheppard, Elizabeth Can Cartoons Which Depict Autistic Characters Improve Attitudes Towards Autistic Peers? |
title | Can Cartoons Which Depict Autistic Characters Improve Attitudes Towards Autistic Peers? |
title_full | Can Cartoons Which Depict Autistic Characters Improve Attitudes Towards Autistic Peers? |
title_fullStr | Can Cartoons Which Depict Autistic Characters Improve Attitudes Towards Autistic Peers? |
title_full_unstemmed | Can Cartoons Which Depict Autistic Characters Improve Attitudes Towards Autistic Peers? |
title_short | Can Cartoons Which Depict Autistic Characters Improve Attitudes Towards Autistic Peers? |
title_sort | can cartoons which depict autistic characters improve attitudes towards autistic peers? |
topic | Original Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7010631/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31828558 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-019-04318-0 |
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