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Medical Students' Perceptions, Awareness, Societal Attitudes and Knowledge of Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Exploratory Study in Malaysia
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Low, Hui Min; Zailan, Farhana – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2018
Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the perception, awareness, societal attitude, and knowledge about Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in Malaysian medical students. Methods: An exploratory survey was conducted with 83 medical students in Malaysia. In the survey, the medical students were required to rate their perception, awareness,…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Foreign Countries, Social Attitudes
Autism Spectrum Disorder Etiology: Lay Beliefs and the Role of Cultural Values and Social Axioms
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Qi, Xin; Zaroff, Charles M.; Bernardo, Allan B. I. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2016
Recent research examining the explanations given by the public (i.e. lay beliefs) for autism spectrum disorder often reveals a reasonably accurate understanding of the biogenetic basis of the disorder. However, lay beliefs often manifest aspects of culture, and much of this work has been conducted in western cultures. In this study, 215…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Etiology, Public Opinion