Campaign Success: Goal of $300 Exceeded Due to the Extreme Generosity of My Project's Backers

Jan 23, 2017

Campaign Success: Goal of $300 Exceeded Due to the Extreme Generosity of My Project's BackersDue to the immense generosity of just over a dozen backers, my project to study how implicit bias by children's doctors affects their expectations that these children (and their parents) will have mental health problems has been fully funded (plus a bit more!).  
Thanks to each of you for joining me on this scientific journey.  I will continue to post lab notes to keep you in the loop; check out my recent lab note of the infant diagnosis portion of my vignettes.  Feel free to give your comments: I am taking any and all feedback at this stage of my study design.  

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About This Project

Does bias about medical diagnosis link to expectations of mental health problems for infants and their parents?

Fielding Graduate University

If doctors think infants will have lower skill (e.g., less able to look and to smile at parents), does that bias lead them to expect mental health problems for the infants and their parents? We want to know! We think doctors’ mindsets about a baby’s potential to do things can affect how parents feel about themselves and their baby. This idea is important to study since positive views of one’s infant with a disability are linked to better attachment and to mental health benefits for parents.