Biological Explanations and Stigmatizing Attitudes: Using Essentialism and Perceived Dangerousness to Predict Antistigma Intervention Effectiveness
Biological Explanations and Stigmatizing Attitudes: Using Essentialism and Perceived Dangerousness to Predict Antistigma Intervention Effectiveness
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DOI：
10.1080/00224545.2010.481689
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发表时间：
2011-01-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Boysen, Guy A.
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作者：
Boysen, Guy A.
本质主义理论表明，对被污名化行为的生物学解释可能不能有效地减少污名化的态度。生物学解释对污名化态度的影响是两个实验的主题。在第一个实验中，参与者（N = 243）认为生物学解释对于精神疾病的危险性和保持社会距离的态度不如对同性恋的态度有效。第二个实验（N = 113）比较了生物学解释和自由选择解释对不正常性行为和饮食行为污名化态度的影响。结果表明，生物学解释增加了对本质主义的信念，对愤怒和责备相关的态度最有效。这些结果表明，生物学解释作为一种反污名化工具的有效性因态度和污名化群体而异。
The theory of essentialism suggests that biological explanations of stigmatized behavior may not be effective at decreasing stigmatizing attitudes. The effects of biological explanations on stigmatizing attitudes were the topic of two experiments. In the first experiment, participants (N = 243) perceived a biological explanation as a less effective in relation to dangerousness and social distancing attitudes about mental illness than about homosexuality. The second experiment (N = 113) compared the effect of biological and free choice explanations on stigmatizing attitudes about abnormal sexual and eating behaviors. The results indicated that a biological explanation increased belief in essentialism and was most effective for attitudes related to anger and blame. These results suggest that the effectiveness of biological explanations as an antistigma tool varies according to the attitude and stigmatized group.