SOCIAL STIGMAS AND ATTRIBUTIONS OF DISCRIMINATION

这项拟议的研究的目标是调查个体 用两种社会耻辱来感知和应对人际关系 歧视。这项拟议的研究考察了黑人女性的归因 关于双方白人参与的社交互动的结果 性别和黑人男性。这项研究的具体目的之一是 确定黑人和女性的中心地位 影响黑人女性对她们的社会结果的解释 互动。另一个具体目标是检查是否有 黑人女性将心理健康结果归因于 白人男性对种族歧视的行为及其归因 白人女性对种族歧视的行为。类似地， 拟议的研究将检查是否存在差异 黑人女性归因于白人行为的心理健康后果 男性归因于性别歧视，当他们将 黑人男性受到性别歧视。利益问题是解决问题的途径 黑人女性的心理幸福感在她们感知到 来自与他们共享社会地位的群体成员的歧视 耻辱。拟议的研究结果应该有几个 对心理健康研究的影响，包括理解 歧视知觉影响被污名化者的自尊 并评估将负面因素归因于 歧视的结果可能是一种应对污名的策略 个人。

The goal of the proposed research is to investigate the way individuals with two social stigmas perceive and cope with interpersonal discrimination. The proposed studies examine the attributions Black women make regarding outcomes of social interactions involving Whites of both genders and Black males. One of the specific aims of this research is to identify the way in which the centrality of being Black and female influences Black women's explanation of the outcomes of their social interactions. Another specific aim is to examine whether or not there are differences in mental health outcomes when Black women attribute the behaviors of White males to racial discrimination and when they attribute the behavior of White females to racial discrimination. Similarly, the proposed research will examine whether or not there are differences in mental health outcomes when Black women attribute the behaviors of White males to gender discrimination and when they attribute the behavior of Black males to gender discrimination. The issue of interest is the way Black women's psychological well-being is effected when they perceive discrimination from members of a group with whom they share a social stigma. The findings of the proposed research should have several implications for mental health research, including understanding the way perceptions of discrimination affect the self-esteem of stigmatized individuals and assessing the possibility that attributing negative outcomes to discrimination may be a coping strategy for stigmatized individuals.