scholarly journals Social Class Bias: A Phenomenological Study

Author(s):  
Jennifer M. Cook
1980 ◽  
Vol 137 (5) ◽  
pp. 410-417 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorna Wing

SummaryChildren with typical autism, other early childhood psychoses and severe mental retardation without autistic behaviour were identified in an epidemiological study in an area of South East London. The social class distribution of their fathers was examined and no significant differences were found between the groups, nor in a comparison with the general population of the area. Fathers of children with autism and related conditions referred to an out-patient clinic with a special interest in autism, mostly at their own request, and fathers joining the National Society for Autistic Children, were of higher social class than both the average for England and Wales and the fathers of the study children. Joining the NSAC during its early years, and keeping up membership were also linked with higher social class. The findings supported the view that reports of a social class bias in autism may be explained by factors affecting referral and diagnosis.


1978 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph D. Norman ◽  
Ricardo Martinez

To resolve conflict between earlier studies finding contradictory recommendations on need for professional help of middle- vs lower-class persons given normal, neurotic, and psychotic behavior descriptions, and to explore ethnicity effects, 92 students (70 Anglo, 22 Chicano) rated fictitious biographical vignettes. A pro-middle-class bias was found consistent with Routh and King's study but inconsistent with that by Schofield and Oakes. Also contrary to the latter, treatment recommendations agreed with ratings. Ethnicity bias appeared, since Anglos recommended Chicanos more often for involuntary hospitalization. Inconsistency between the two earlier studies results from a methodological variation, discussed in this study.


1975 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leon J. Schofield ◽  
James D. Oakes

An autobiographical vignette technique was used with 14 mental hospital attendants and 14 college students rating the severity of emotional problems and recommending various forms of treatment for fictitious individuals. A social-class bias was observed; the lower-class individuals were seen as having a greater need for help than the middle-class individuals, particularly when both were given descriptions of psychotic behavior. However, the recommendation of treatment was not affected by the social class of the individuals. The results are not consistent with those of a recent study by Routh and King which showed middle-class individuals were rated as having a greater need for help than lower-class individuals using a similar vignette technique.


JAMA ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 306 (22) ◽  
pp. 2454-2454 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Yang ◽  
P. Huang ◽  
X. Zhu

JAMA ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 306 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adil H. Haider ◽  
Janel Sexton ◽  
N. Sriram ◽  
Lisa A. Cooper ◽  
David T. Efron ◽  
...  

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 61-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan

Prior studies usually "guesstimated" the extent of the Vietnamese population's involvement in the armed forces during the Vietnamese War. Using a sociodemographic approach, this study analyzes innovative and regionally representative data from the Vietnam Longitudinal Survey to examine the prevalence of military experience among successive cohorts of men in the Red River Delta, and to assess how their military experiences varied across the periods of war, peace, and social change. In addition, it also addresses whether social class bias in military selection existed in northern Vietnam with respect to who was called to serve in the military.


2004 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil Dorans

In this section, Neil Dorans, from the Educational Testing Service, responds to Roy O. Freedle's article, "Correcting the SAT's Ethnic and Social-Class Bias: A Method of Reestimating SAT Scores," published in the Spring 2003 issue of this journal.


1968 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard M. Kurtz ◽  
Nancy C. Kurtz
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1989 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
F Alexander ◽  
M M Roberts ◽  
W Lutz ◽  
W Hepburn
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