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- Title
Children's perception of, and attitude towards, unfamiliar peers with facial port-wine stains.
- Authors
Demellweek, Colin; Humphris, Gerry M.; Hare, Margaret; Brown, James; Demellweek, C; Humphris, G M; Hare, M; Brown, J
- Abstract
Evaluated children's perception of, and attitude towards, unfamiliar peers with facial port-wine stains (PWS). Participants (ages 8 to 11 years) from three grades were shown videoclips of the same 6 children, 3 of whom (2 girls and 1 boy) were seen with a (fake) PWS by participants from one grade. Participants from different grades saw a different 1 of these 3 children with a PWS. Participants thought PWS would attract staring and teasing; for the boy it would cause self-pity and, for one of the girls, it would make getting a boyfriend more difficult, but the stain did not significantly affect participants' assessment of the attractiveness and character or willingness to interact/become friendly with the children on the video. Possible reasons for this discrepancy are discussed.
- Subjects
ATTITUDE (Psychology); INTERPERSONAL relations; SEX distribution; SKIN abnormalities; AFFINITY groups
- Publication
Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 1997, Vol 22, Issue 4, p471
- ISSN
0146-8693
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1093/jpepsy/22.4.471