隐藏的污名化身份发展的社会环境约束 预测心理痛苦
Andrew C Cortopassi1, Gandalf Nicolas1
1Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Piscataway, NJ, USA.
Personality & social psychology bulletin
|March 12, 2025
概括
对于隐藏的污名化身份的人来说,缺乏可见的类似的其他人会增加心理痛苦. 当人们在积极的意义创造和身份探索方面扎时,这尤其如此.
科学领域:
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 耻辱的心理学的心理学
- 发展身份 发展身份
背景情况:
- 基于隐藏的特征,如不良的童年经历的耻辱化,可能会对自我概念产生负面影响,并导致心理痛苦.
- 发展一个耻辱化的身份可以是一个保护因素,但这些特征的隐藏性可能会阻碍这一过程.
- 个人可能会寻求其他具有相似污名化身份的人的指导,但如果这些人保持隐蔽 ('不露面'),他们就不会被视为榜样.
研究的目的:
- 调查类似的污名化他人和心理痛苦的可见性之间的关系.
- 检查积极的意义创造和身份探索如何调节这种关系.
- 了解社会环境在污名化人口中身份发展中的作用.
主要方法:
- 进行了两项研究,共有845名参与者.
- 参与者报告了他们对污名化的经历,他们社交环境中同样被污名化的其他人的"外表",以及他们在创造意义和探索方面的进展.
- 统计分析检查了"外在"对困境的预测能力,考虑了缓和因素.
主要成果:
- 同样被污名化的其他人更低的可见性 (更少的"外表") 预测了心理痛苦的增加.
- 这种影响仅对报告在积极意义和探索方面进展较低的个人而言是显著的.
- 即使控制了非污名化个体所持的污名化观点之后,这些发现仍然很重要.
结论:
- 在一个人的社会环境中,同样被污名化的人的可见性和可访问性至关重要.
- 低群体知名度可以独特地导致痛苦,特别是对于那些处于发展积极和明确的污名化身份的早期阶段的人来说.
- 旨在促进身份发展的干预措施应考虑提高支持性同行团体的知名度.
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