Children's perception of, and attitude towards, unfamiliar peers with facial port-wine stains.
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.
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Department of Clinical Psychology, Liverpool University, United Kingdom.
Humphris
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Hare
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Brown
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D001290:Attitude; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D019339:Port-Wine Stain; D012737:Sex Factors