A Theoretical Perspective on Coping with Stigma.

By Carol T. Miller, Cheryl R. Kaiser. 2001

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, Social Psychology

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Race as stigma: positioning the stigmatized as agents, not objects (2006, background): “While various studies of stigma do examine the coping strategies available to the stigmatised (Miller and Kaiser, 2001), we need to go further and ask: can a dominant regime of stigma be challenged, contested and changed? I would suggest that there has been an overemphasis on the perceptions of the ”
Muslim Americans’ Responses to Social Identity Threats: Effects of Media Representations and Experiences of Discrimination (2019, background): “Social identity threats can also influence stigmatized individuals to pursue avoidant behavioral strategies aimed at reducing encounters with future threats (Miller, 2006; Miller & Kaiser, 2001).”
STIGMA: BARRIER TO MENTAL HEALTH CARE AMONG ETHNIC MINORITIES (2005, background): “In this sense, they come to believe and act as if the stigma is a real and legitimate phenomenon (Corrigan, 2004b; Corrigan et al., 2003; Link et al., 2001; Miller & Kaiser, 2001; Okazaki, 2000; Snowden, 2001; Snowden & Cheung, 1990; Stevens & Hall, 1988).”
The Influence of Racial Identity Profiles on the Relationship Between Racial Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms (2007, background): “RACIAL IDENTITY, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, AND MENTAL HEALTH Previously, researchers have modeled the complex effects of racial discrimination on mental health and possible mitigating factors (Harrell, 2000; Lazarus, 1999; Miller & Kaiser, 2001).”
Gendered Racism, Coping, Identity Centrality, and African American College Women’s Psychological Distress (2016, background): “Because many gendered racist experiences can be ambiguous, it may leave an African American woman wondering if the action was due to prejudice or other factors; thereby increasing the likelihood that she blames herself for the event (Miller & Kaiser, 2001).”
The social psychology of stigma. (2005, background): “Coping in Response to Threats to the Self People cope with stigma-induced identity threat in a variety of ways (see, e.g., Allport 1954, Miller & Kaiser 2001, Miller & Major 2000, Swim & Thomas A nn u.”
The ironic effects of weight stigma (2014, neutral): “One possible reason for this could be that self-perceived overweight participants engaged in compensatory behavior to make a better impression, resulting in them appearing just as composed in talking about a weight-stigmatizing article as other participants (Miller & Kaiser, 2001).”
Self, social identity and psychological well-being (2010, background): “As suggested earlier, the research on different ethnic-immigrant minority groups documents that coping strategies (active, problem-focussed or passive emotion-focused) buffered or moderated the impacts of discrimination and acculturation on various indicators of psychological well-being (e.g., Edwar”
Employment, mental health, internalized stigma, and coping with transphobia among transgender individuals (2014, background): “Effective coping with stigma has been found to reduce stress, improve functioning, and reduce the impact of stigma on mental health and occupational functioning across a number of groups (Franke, 1999; Miller & Kaiser, 2001; Perlick et al., 2011).”
When a “worker” becomes an “older worker”: The effects of age‐related social identity on attitudes towards retirement and work (2008, background): “One advantage of putting stigma in the domain of stress and coping is that it draws attention both to the effects of stigma upon the stigmatized people and to the various responses that are possible (e.g. Miller and Kaiser, 2001).”