StopAbleism: Reduksi stigma kepada penyandang disabilitas melalui intervensi bias implisit

Abstract

Two levels of stigma towards persons with disabilities have been identified, namely explicit and implicit stigma. This experiment aimed to explore whether these two levels of stigma were related to each other, and whether implicit bias intervention could be used as means to reduce explicit stigma. Participants (N = 98) were divided into three groups of those who initially completed measures of (1) explicit stigma (control group), (2) implicit stigma, followed by immediate feedback, and (3) implicit stigma, followed by explicit stigma and delayed feedback. Implicit stigma and implicit bias feedback were assessed through a computer-based response-latency task known as Single-Category Implicit Association Test (SC-IAT), explicit stigma was rated through self-report questionnaires. As predicted, no correlation was found between implicit and explicit stigma, and reductions in explicit stigma were shown amongst delayed feedback participants. These findings highlight the short-term benefits of implicit bias intervention on ableism.