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Autor/inn/en | Nestler, Steffen; Egloff, Boris |
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Titel | The stigma of being overweight. When do attributions to discrimination protect self-esteem? |
Quelle | In: Social psychology, 44 (2013) 1, S. 26-32Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 1864-9335; 2151-2590 |
DOI | 10.1027/1864-9335/a000098 |
Schlagwörter | Soziale Diskriminierung; Attribution; Selbstkonzept; Selbstwertgefühl; Frau; Übergewicht; Arbeitsbedingungen; Stigma |
Abstract | Investigated whether controllability of a stigma influences the self-protective effects of attributions to discrimination in a job context. 78 overweight females (mean BMI 28.8) read a vignette and imagined being rejected for a job because of their (1) personal abilities, (2) sex, (3) being overweight due to a disease, or (4) being overweight from personal causes. Results showed that when the rejection was gender-based, participants blamed themselves less and had higher performance self-esteem than when it was due to personal abilities. Importantly, when being overweight had a personal background - and was hence controllable - women blamed themselves more for the rejection and reported lower performance self-esteem than did participants in the overweight condition with a disease background. The results support the dependency of self-protective effects of discrimination attributions on controllability. (ZPID). |
Erfasst von | Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier |
Update | 2013/3 |