Stability of Tringo's hierarchy of preference toward disability groups: 30 years later.
The hierarchy of preference toward disability groups was measured for 171 subjects on 16 disabilities. Results indicated that the hierarchy of preference reported by Tringo (1970) exists today despite many efforts by society to remove such stereotypes. Further, the rank-order of the hierarchy appears to be quite stable in that only individuals with cancer show an appreciable change in relative position.
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Department of Psychology, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston 71272, USA.
D000328:Adult; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D006608:Hierarchy, Social; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology; D011287:Prejudice; D012929:Psychological Distance; D013240:Stereotyping