The social psychology of stigma.

By B. Major, Laurie T. O’Brien. Annual Review of Psychology, 2005

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Subfields: Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Citations in the corpus

• Language Matters: Status Loss and Achieved Status Distinctions in Global Organizations (2013, background): “Major and O’Brien (2005) find that overweight women may develop advanced social skills to compensate for their discrediting weight.”
• The Tyranny of Data? The Bright and Dark Sides of Data-Driven Decision-Making for Social Good (2016, methodology): “We refer the interested reader to the review provided by Major and O’Brian [51]. previously explained.”
• Invisible Stripes? Formerly Incarcerated Persons' Perceptions of Stigma (2012, background): “Unsurprisingly, prisoner reentry has become a major concern for states and the federal government (Re-Entry Policy Council 2005 ), as well as a topic of great academic interest to criminal justice researchers (eg, Petersilia 2003 ; Travis 2005 ).”
• Predicting Self-Esteem and Intentions to Seek Counseling (2015, background): “Because stigmas associated with having a mental health concern and seeking psychological help may threaten identity (Major & O’Brien, 2005), counselors may benefit their clients by considering how both types of stigma influence self-evaluative processes relevant to maintaining self-worth and…”
• Community identity as resource and context: A mixed method investigation of coping and collective action in a disadvantaged community (2013, background): “This is thought to be mediated by a range of cognitive, affective and interpersonal processes which perpetuate underachievement and poor relations with others (Major & O’Brien, 2005).”
• Speaking With a Nonnative Accent: Perceptions of Bias, Communication Difficulties, and Belonging in the United States (2010, background): “…experiences of bias and communicative problems may lead speakers to feel as if they do not fully belong to the United States (Inzlicht & Good, 2006; Major & O’Brien, 2005), which can have negative consequences on psychological and physical well-being (Baumeister & Leary, 1995; Gardner, Pickett, &…”