Perceptions of and Responses to Stigma

By Thomas P. Lebel. 2008

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Subfields: General Health Professions, Social Psychology

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Doing time after time: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of reformed ex-prisoners' experiences of self-change, identity and career opportunities (2010, background): “These strategies are commonly used by stigmatized cohorts to protect the self from threat (Major & Eccleston, 2005 ; McCoy & Major, 2003 ) and reinforces a recent review by LeBel ( 2008 ) which highlighted the universal applicability of these coping strategies, by a number of stigmatized cohorts i”
A Meta-Analysis of Public Attitudes Toward Ex-Offenders (2016, background): “Fourth, members of the public, on average, demonstrate more negative attitudes toward ex-offenders with mental illnesses compared with ex-offenders without mental illnesses (LeBel, 2008; Locke, 2010).”
An Examination of the Impact of Formerly Incarcerated Persons Helping others (2007, background): “…finding for remorse), and that perceptions of stigma are harmful to psychological well-being (see Markowitz, 1998, for persons with mental health disorders) and possibly exacerbate problems in the reintegration process for former prisoners as well (see LeBel, 2006 for a review; LeBel et al., 2008).”
Still blaming the victim of intimate partner violence? Women’s narratives of victim desistance and redemption when seeking support (2016, background): “Stigmatization has primarily been researched and conceptualized in relation to undesirable traits and characteristics, such as mental illnesses, disabilities, addictions, criminal behavior or sexual orientation (LeBel, 2008; Link and Phelan, 2001; Winnick and Bodkin, 2008).”
The `Chicken and Egg' of Subjective and Social Factors in Desistance from Crime (2008, background): “Importantly, stigma in this context is defined from the target’s perspective (see Harvey 2001: 187; LeBel 2006), making stigma a subjective rather than a social variable.”
Stigma Management Communication: A Theory and Agenda for Applied Research on How Individuals Manage Moments of Stigmatized Identity (2010, background): “LeBel (2008) noted how stigmatized individuals might engage in providing mentoring and peer support for others suffering from the stigma as a way of coping with their own stigma.”