Albinism has the potential to affect young people both emotionally and psychologically. Their condition is unique and is surrounded by myths and stereotypes. The unusual appearance of children with oculocutaneous albinism draws attention to them and their vision impairment can impact on their development of social skills and peer relationships. In…

The present study provides a more direct test of the role of competence motivation in the relationship between interpersonal attraction and agreement-disagreement. In particular, the possibility that attitude disagreements elicit decrements in one's sence of personal competence and self-esteem is examined. (Author)

It was predicted that high self-esteem subjects would have higher attraction scores than low self-esteem subjects to similar strangers or to strangers who gave positive personal evaluations. It was also predicted that high self-esteem subjects would have lower attraction scores than low self-esteem subjects to dissimilar strangers or to subjects…