Young Children's Responses to a Physically Disabled Storybook Hero.

Mauer, Ruth A.

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ERIC Number: EJ198081

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Publication Date: 1979-Feb

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Young Children's Responses to a Physically Disabled Storybook Hero.

Mauer, Ruth A.

Exceptional Children, v45 n5 p326-30 Feb 1979

In order to determine if identification and affinity for a storybook hero are functions of physical status, 127 children (ages 4 to 7 years) in two groups (one disabled) were randomly assigned to one of two storybook treatments telling of two boys' friendship. (Author/PHR)

Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Attitudes, Empathy, Identification (Psychology), Peer Acceptance, Physical Disabilities, Sex Differences, Story Reading

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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