Stigma and Group Inequality : Social Psychological Perspectives

by Levin, Shana; Van Laar, Colette; Peitrzak, Janina; Crocker, Jennifer

• ISBN13: 9780805844153
• ISBN10: 0805844155
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-11-11
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

Today people still suffer from stigma based on many different group memberships: African Americans and Latinos are negatively stereotyped in the intellectual domain, women are negatively stereotyped in the math domain, and those who are mentally ill suffer from more global devaluation. The book provides a snapshot of the latest theoretical and empirical work on social psychological approaches to stigma and group inequality. It focuses on the perspective of the stigmatized groups and discusses the effects of the stigma on the individual, the interacting partners, the groups to which they belong, and the relations between the groups. Broken into three major sections, Stigma and Group Inequality: *discusses the tradeoffs that stigmatized individuals must contend with as they weigh the benefits derived from a particular response to stigma against the costs associated with it; *explores the ways in which environments can threaten one's intellectual performance, sense of belonging, and self concept; and *argues that the experience of possessing a stigmatized identity is shaped by social interactions with others in the stigmatized group as well as members of other groups. Stigma and Group Inequality is a valuable resource for students and scholars in the fields of psychology, sociology, social work, anthropology, communication, public policy, and political science, particularly for courses on stigma, prejudice, and intergroup relations. The book is also accessible to teachers, administrators, community leaders, and concerned citizens who are trying to understand and improve the plight of stigmatized individuals in school, at work, at home, in the community, and in society at large.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
1 The Experience of Stigma: Individual, Interpersonal, and Situational Influences	1
Colette van Laar Shana Levin
PART I CONFRONTING, CONCEALING AND COPING RESPONSES. TO STIGMA
2 Social Psychological Perspectives on Coping With Stressors Related to Stigma	21	(24)
Carol T. Miller
3 Dominant Ideology Threat and the Interpersonal consequences of Attributions to Discrimination	45	(20)
Cheryl R. Kaiser
4 Silence is Not Golden: The Intrapersonal Consequences of Not Confronting Prejudice	65	(18)
J. Nichole Shelton, Jennifer A. Richeson, Jessica Salvatore, and Diana M. Hill
5 Concealable Versus Conspicuous Stigmatized Identities	83	(22)
Diane M. Quinn
6 Responding to Everyday Discrimination: A Synthesis of Research on Goal-Directed, Self-Regulatory Coping Behaviors	105	(24)
Janet K. Swim and Margaret A. Thomas
PART II: STIGMA IN THE SOCIAL CONTEXT: COPING WITH THREATENING ENVIRONMENTS
7 How Environments Can Threaten Academic Performance, Self-Knowledge, and Sense of Belonging	129	(22)
Michael Inzlicht and Catherine Good
8 Mechanisms for Coping With Status-Based Rejection Expectations	151	(20)
Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton, Elizabeth Page-Gould, and Janina Pietrzak
9 Stigma and Intergroup Contact Among Members of Minority and Majority Status Groups	171	(22)
Linda R. Tropp
10 New Perspectives on Stigma and Psychological Well-Being	193	(20)
Brenda Major
PART III: STIGMA AND THE SOCIAL BASIS OF THE SELF
11 Understanding Stigma From the Perspective of the Self-Expansion Model	213	(22)
Tracy McLaughlin-Volpe
12 The Interpersonal Basis of Self-Stereotyping	235	(26)
Stacey Sinclair and Jeff Huntsinger
13 Stigma and Shame: Emotional Responses to the Stereotypic Actions of One's Ethnic Ingroup	261	(26)
Toni Schmader and Brian Lickel
14 Stigma and the Social Basis of the Self: A Synthesis	287	(22)
Jennifer Crocker and Julie A. Garcia
About the Authors	309	(6)
Author Index	315	(10)
Subject Index	325