FEATURE FILMS AND DISABILITY - A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY Academic Article

abstract

• The purpose of this study was to expand an earlier study (Byrd & Pipes, 1981) on feature films. Films reviewed in volumes 43 through 50 of the Monthly Film Bulletin were selected as the sample to be studied. A total of 1,051 films were reviewed. Of that total, 11.4% (n=120) depicted a disability. The largest disability category was 'psychiatric disorder' (n=67). Men (n=104) played the roles of disabled persons significantly more frequently than women (n=44). Significantly larger numbers of films were judged to be negative (n=98) than positive (n=22), based on the researcher's judgments of the critics' reviews.

authors

• Elliott, Timothy

published proceedings

• REHABILITATION PSYCHOLOGY

author list (cited authors)

• BYRD, E. K., & ELLIOTT, T. R.

citation count

• 16

complete list of authors

• BYRD, EK||ELLIOTT, TR

publication date

• January 1985

publisher

• American Psychological Association (APA)  Publisher

published in

• Rehabilitation Psychology  Journal

keywords

• Brain Disorders

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1037/h0091014

start page

• 47

end page

• 51

volume

• 30

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/h0091014