Assessment of Sesame Street Online Autism Resources: Impacts on Parental Implicit and Explicit Attitudes toward Children with Autism

Autor/inn/en	Dickter, Cheryl L.; Burk, Joshua A.; Anthony, Laura Gutermuth; Robertson, Hillary A.; Verbalis, Alyssa; Seese, Sydney; Myrick, Yetta; Anthony, Bruno J.
Titel	Assessment of Sesame Street Online Autism Resources: Impacts on Parental Implicit and Explicit Attitudes toward Children with Autism
Quelle	In: Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 25 (2021) 1, S.114-124 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Dickter, Cheryl L.) ORCID (Anthony, Bruno J.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1362-3613
DOI	10.1177/1362361320949346
Schlagwörter	Program Evaluation; Educational Television; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Parent Attitudes; Bias; Attitude Change; Attitudes toward Disabilities; Pretests Posttests; Internet; Resource Materials + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Bildungsfernsehen; Schulfernsehen; Autismus; Elternverhalten; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Quellenmaterial
Abstract	The current study sought to characterize implicit bias toward children with autism and examine whether viewing educational materials about autism would change attitudes toward children with autism. A website developed by Sesame Street containing information about autism and resources for families was distributed to parents of children with autism (n = 473) and parents of children without autism (n = 707). Pre- and post-test measures of implicit bias toward children with autism; explicit attitudes and knowledge about autism; and parenting confidence, strain, and stigma were completed before and after the website was presented. Results indicated that parents of children with autism showed less implicit bias compared with those of non-autistic children during the pre-test, but the groups did not differ at the post-test. Parents without autistic children and those with more negative explicit attitudes showed a greater reduction in implicit bias from the pre- to the post-test. In addition, for parents of children with autism, a more positive change in explicit attitudes and increased knowledge from the pre- to the post-test was associated with more empowerment at the post-test. Together, our findings suggest that the online educational resources can reduce implicit bias against children with autism and help mitigate some of the psychological issues associated with parenting children with autism. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01