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- Title
Exploring Stereotypes of Athletes With a Disability: A Behaviors From Intergroup Affect and Stereotypes Map Comparison.
- Authors
Stone, Rachael C.; Sweet, Shane N.; Perrier, Marie-Josée; MacDonald, Tara; Martin Ginis, Kathleen A.; Latimer-Cheung, Amy E.
- Abstract
Identifying as a regular exerciser has been found to effectively alter stereotypes related to warmth and competence for adults with a physical disability; however, it remains unclear how sport participation can influence this trend. Therefore, this study aimed to examine warmth and competence perceptions of adults with a physical disability portrayed as elite and nonelite athletes relative to other athletic and nonathletic subgroups of adults with and without a physical disability in the context of the stereotype content model. Using survey data from able-bodied participants (N = 302), cluster analyses were applied to a behaviors from intergroup affect and stereotypes map for displaying the intersection of warmth and competence perceptions. The results demonstrated that adults with a physical disability who are described as elite athletes (i.e., Paralympians) are clustered with high warmth and high competence, similar to their able-bodied athletic counterparts (i.e., Olympians). The findings suggest that perceiving athletic and elite sport statuses for adults with a physical disability may counter the stereotypes commonly applied to this group.
- Subjects
CANADA; ATHLETIC ability &; psychology; CLUSTER analysis (Statistics); INTERPERSONAL relations; ATHLETES with disabilities; SELF-perception; SPORTS for people with disabilities; STEREOTYPES; SURVEYS; GROUP process; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors; SPORTS participation; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, 2019, Vol 36, Issue 3, p339
- ISSN
0736-5829
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1123/apaq.2018-0066