Mentally retarded individuals as informants for the AAMD adaptive behavior scale.
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Adaptation, Psychological↗
Biomedical subjects
J Millham
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Attitudinal homophobia and support of traditional sex roles.
The present study investigated the relationships among various attitudes toward homosexuality and the maintenance of traditional male/female gender distinctions. The results supported both the importance of separate attitude dimensions describing reactions to homosexuality and the meaningfulness of an overall pattern of homophobia. Components of homophobic style were evaluated and related to components of support for traditional male/female roles. An individual's own congruence with traditional gender expectations and his/her attitudes toward sex-role incongruence were evaluated within the context of social psychological research on deviance.
Attitude↗
Comparability of naturalistic and controlled observation assessment of adaptive behavior.
The comparability of retrospective naturalistic and controlled observation assessment of adaptive behavior was evaluated. The number, degree, and direction of discrepancies were evaluated with respect to level of retardation of the client, rater differences, behavior domain sampled, and prior observational base for the ratings. Generally poor comparability between the procedures was found and questions were raised concerning the types of generalizability that can be made from adaptive behavior assessment obtained under the two procedures.
Activities of Daily Living↗
A factor-analytic conceptualization of attitudes toward male and female homosexuals.
A wide spectrum of opinions and beliefs concerning homosexuals was sampled, compiled into a questionnaire format, and administered to a large group of heterosexual subjects. Factor analysis yielded six independent sets of attitudes that describe the variance in heterosexual reactions to homosexuals. The relationship of sex differences and familiarity with homosexuals to variations in response style is discussed.
Anxiety↗
The role of cognitive and situational variables in aggression toward homosexuals.
The relationship of several antecedents of aggression toward homosexuals was investigated. Attitudes toward homosexuality, perceived similarity to the target homosexual, and type of prior contact with the target homosexual were found to interact in influencing such aggressiveness. The implication of these findings to the "personal threat" and "scapegoating" hypotheses of aggression toward homosexuals is discussed.
Aggression↗
A multi-dimensional, multiple method analysis of attitudes toward the elderly.
An attitude questionnaire was employed to assess youths' attitudes toward a "representative" 25-year-old and a "representative" 70-year-old along various dimensions, which resulted in their rating the elderly in a more negative fashion. A sample of these subjects judged specific target persons on the basis of autobiographical sketches which were equated for social desirability value but differed with respect to age of target (either 25 or 70 years old). On this measure college students judged the 70-year-old more favorably than the 25-year-old. A comparison of prejudicial responding among the various attitude dimensions and across differing measurement methods was made.
Adaptation, Psychological↗