Beyond sight: Exploring the impact of a multifaceted intervention on knowledge, attitudes and behaviors towards persons with visual impairment

IF 1.5 3区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics Pub Date : 2026-07-01 Epub Date: 2026-06-20 DOI:10.1016/j.socec.2026.102604

Sergiu Burlacu, Davide Azzolini, Federico Podestà

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Abstract

We evaluate a multi-faceted intervention aimed at improving social inclusion and reducing prejudice against individuals with visual impairment. The intervention, randomly assigned to upper-secondary school students, consists of an awareness-raising activity and a simulation-based inter-group contact activity. While we find positive effects on knowledge of visual impairment, perspective-taking and empathic concerns, and general societal attitudes towards persons with visual impairment, no improvements are observed in terms of implicit attitudes or multidimensional attitudes. Moreover, the intervention does not improve outcomes measured through incentivized choices, such as the willingness to pay for social interaction with persons with visual impairment, beliefs regarding their performance and outcomes in various domains, and altruism towards them. The evidence suggests that assessing impacts only on knowledge and general attitudes, as is commonly done in the literature, may not suffice to determine the extent to which such interventions are successful at improving social inclusion for persons with visual or other forms of impairment.

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超越视力：探索多方面干预对对视力障碍者的认识、态度和行为的影响

我们评估了一项多方面的干预措施，旨在改善社会包容和减少对视力障碍个体的偏见。该干预措施随机分配给高中学生，包括提高认识活动和基于模拟的小组间接触活动。虽然我们发现对视力障碍的认识、换位思考和共情关注以及对视力障碍人士的一般社会态度有积极的影响，但在内隐态度或多维态度方面没有观察到改善。此外，干预并没有改善通过激励选择来衡量的结果，如与视障人士进行社交互动的付费意愿，对视障人士在各个领域的表现和结果的信念，以及对视障人士的利他主义。证据表明，像文献中通常做的那样，仅评估对知识和一般态度的影响，可能不足以确定此类干预措施在多大程度上成功地改善了视力或其他形式的残疾人的社会包容。

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Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics ECONOMICS-

CiteScore

2.60

自引率

12.50%

发文量

113

审稿时长

83 days

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