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Stigma of Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Stigma of Autism Spectrum Disorder
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cost of a spoiled identity
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Shcherbakov
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Anton
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1989-
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Anton Shcherbakov
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James
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James Walkup
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Advisory Committee
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chair
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Harris
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Sandra
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Sandra Harris
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology
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theses
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2016
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2016-10
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2016
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Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurological developmental disorder that is characterized by impairments in communication, social interaction, and repetitive or restricted patterns of behavior. Stigma is a social process that involves identifying human variations and associating these variations with negative attributes. As a result of this process, individuals who are stigmatized can experience discrimination from others. Previous studies have shown that individuals with ASD experience stigma throughout their lifespan. Additionally, they experience particularly poor employment outcomes, even among individuals with disabilities. The current study examined the role of stigma in the workplace by testing a willingness-to-accept (WTA) behavioral economics measure that modeled stigma as a “cost” of working with someone with ASD. Participants were 256 individuals that read a vignette describing a potential coworker with social deficits characteristic of ASD, with mild social deficits, or with diabetes. Vignettes, with the exception of the individual with diabetes, did not include diagnostic labels. Participants were then asked to rate their attitudes towards the coworker described and to request a salary increase from a hypothetical employer that would offset the “cost” of working with the individual that had those difficulties. The results indicate that while participants reported more negative attitudes towards an individual with characteristics of ASD, they did not request any additional compensation for working with them compared to an individual with diabetes or with mild social deficits. Additionally, participants believed that other participants would request less additional money for working with an individual with ASD than for working with an individual with diabetes. These results provided mixed support for the study hypotheses. Overall, participants appeared to be influenced by the belief that the hypothetical transaction (WTA measure) was a taboo trade-off, or a morally unacceptable transaction. Implications for utilizing a WTA measure for studying stigma and directions for future research are discussed.
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Clinical Psychology
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1 online resource (viii, 37 p. : ill.)
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Psy.D.
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Includes bibliographical references
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Autism spectrum disorders
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Stigma (Social psychology)
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Autistic people--Employment
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by Anton Shcherbakov
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doi:10.7282/T3542QW4
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ETD doctoral
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The author owns the copyright to this work.
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Shcherbakov
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Anton
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2016-04-20 08:29:44
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Anton Shcherbakov
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Rutgers University. Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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