2017年の研究を紹介します。ASD(自閉症スペクトラム)の被験者を定型発達の被験者に評価してもらったとき、事前に「この人はASDですよ」と知らされた場合の方が好意的に解釈されることを発見しました。
First impressions were less favorable for ASD participants compared to typically developing controls across a range of judgments, but were significantly more positive when accurately labeled as ASD compared to when no label was provided, when mislabeled as typically developing, or when mislabeled as having schizophrenia.
First impressions of adults with autism improve with diagnostic disclosure and increased autism knowledge of peers
この結果ASDに対する啓蒙活動が当事者の生きづらさを緩和することを示唆した一方で、当事者の性別が女性であればより好意的に解釈されることを発見しました。
Greater autistic traits for the ASD and typically developing participants were associated with less favorable first impressions, and females were rated more favorably than males.
First impressions of adults with autism improve with diagnostic disclosure and increased autism knowledge of peers
