隐藏的偏见:社会服务专业人员对身体残疾的态度
1Aleksa Owen, PhD, LMSW, is assistant professor, School of Social Work, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 North Virginia Street, Building AB, Room 523A, Reno, NV 89557, USA.
Social work
|February 28, 2026
概括
社会服务专业人员经常表现出对身体残疾人的隐含偏见,尽管报告没有明确的偏好. 这项研究强调了需要采取干预措施,在社会工作实践中解决这些无意识的态度.
科学领域:
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 关于残疾人的研究.
- 社会工作研究 社会工作研究
背景情况:
- 隐含的社会认知,或隐含的偏见,可以影响社会工作实践.
- 了解社会服务专业人员对身体残疾的态度至关重要,因为他们与这群人一起工作.
研究的目的:
- 量化分析社会服务专业人员对身体残疾的明确和隐含态度.
- 确定与这些态度相关的因素.
- 讨论减少残疾相关隐性偏见的干预措施.
主要方法:
- 对来自5,167名社会服务专业人员 (社会工作者,辅导员) 的2023年二级数据进行定量分析.
- 使用了描述性和推断性的统计测试.
- 对身体残疾的明确和隐含态度的评估.
主要成果:
- 70.3%的人表示没有明确的偏好,23.7%的人更喜欢没有残疾的人,6.0%的人更喜欢有残疾的人.
- 77.8%的人暗暗地偏爱没有残疾的人,13.7%的人没有暗暗地偏爱,8.5%的人暗暗地偏爱有残疾的人.
- 观察到明确和隐性态度之间存在显著的不一致,通常具有较低的明确偏差和较高的隐性偏差. 年龄,性别,残疾状况,与残疾的个人联系,教育和政治取向与态度相关.
结论:
- 很大一部分社会服务专业人员对身体残疾人持有隐含的偏见,与他们的明确态度形成鲜明对比.
- 人口和个人因素与明确和隐含的残疾态度有关.
- 建议采取教育干预措施,以减轻社会工作中与残疾相关的隐性偏见.
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