The effect of diagnostic labels on the affective responses of college students towards peers with "Asperger's Syndrome' and "Autism Spectrum Disorder'
The effect of diagnostic labels on the affective responses of college students towards peers with "Asperger's Syndrome' and "Autism Spectrum Disorder'
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10.1177/1362361315586721
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2016-05-01
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5.2
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Mills, Elizabeth
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Brosnan, Mark;Mills, Elizabeth
鉴于《精神障碍诊断与统计手册-第五版》中阿斯伯格综合症标签的删除，探讨临床标签对大学生情感反应的影响。共有120名大学生阅读了两篇描述自闭症谱系障碍患者典型社交互动的小短文。在一个小插图中，他们被告知角色是一个典型的大学生，而在另一个小插图中，角色患有临床疾病（自闭症谱系障碍、阿斯伯格综合症或精神分裂症）。采用积极情绪量表和消极情绪量表测量被试的情绪反应。阳性和阴性情感反应在临床标签之间无显著差异。然而，与典型的大学生相比，对临床组相关行为的情感反应明显更积极，更少消极。讨论了学生在大学披露其诊断的意义。
Given the removal of Asperger's Syndrome label in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Fifth Edition, the impact of clinical labels upon the affective responses of college students was explored. A total of 120 college students read two vignettes depicting social interactions typical of a person with autism spectrum disorder. In one vignette, they were informed that the character was a typical college student and in the other, the character had a clinical disorder (either autism spectrum disorder, Asperger's Syndrome or Schizophrenia). Participants' affective responses were measured on the Positive and Negative Affect Scale. No significant differences in positive and negative affective responses were found between the clinical labels. However, affective responses were significantly more positive and less negative towards behaviours associated with clinical groups compared to the typical college student. The implications for students disclosing their diagnosis at university are discussed.