Mothers of transgender youth experience stigma‐by‐association

IF 2.2 3区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Journal of Applied Social Psychology Pub Date : 2024-02-14 DOI:10.1111/jasp.13024

C. Moss‐Racusin, Jojanneke Van der Toorn, Grace Beneke, Kristina R. Olson

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Abstract

The current research investigated whether mothers of transgender youth experience stigma‐by‐association. Mturk participants (N = 489) were randomly assigned to read a vignette about a family in which the social identity (transgender, gay/lesbian, cisgender/heterosexual control) and gender (girl, boy) of a child was manipulated, while all other information was held constant. Results revealed stigma targeting mothers as a function of children's social identity (but not gender), such that mothers of transgender girls and boys were viewed substantially more negatively than identical mothers of cisgender/heterosexual youth. Moreover, this stigma was particularly robust among politically conservative participants. In contrast, mothers of gay/lesbian youth did not encounter systematic stigma, though they were sometimes perceived more negatively than mothers of cisgender/heterosexual youth. Results provide novel experimental evidence of stigma‐by‐association targeting mothers of transgender youth and raise serious concerns about the treatment of parents who seek to affirm their transgender children.

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变性青年的母亲因与变性人有牵连而蒙受耻辱

目前的研究调查了变性青少年的母亲是否会因连带关系而蒙受耻辱。Mturk 参与者（N = 489）被随机分配阅读一个家庭的小故事，在这个故事中，孩子的社会身份（变性人、同性恋/双性恋、顺性别/异性恋控制）和性别（女孩、男孩）被操纵，而所有其他信息保持不变。结果显示，针对母亲的成见是儿童社会身份（而非性别）的函数，因此，变性女孩和男孩的母亲受到的负面评价远远高于同性/异性青少年的母亲。此外，这种成见在政治保守的参与者中尤为明显。与此相反，同性恋青少年的母亲虽然有时会比顺性/异性恋青少年的母亲受到更负面的看待，但她们并没有遇到系统性的成见。研究结果提供了针对变性青少年母亲的连带成见的新实验证据，并引起了人们对那些寻求肯定其变性子女的父母所受待遇的严重关注。

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Journal of Applied Social Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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4.30

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期刊介绍： Published since 1971, Journal of Applied Social Psychology is a monthly publication devoted to applications of experimental behavioral science research to problems of society (e.g., organizational and leadership psychology, safety, health, and gender issues; perceptions of war and natural hazards; jury deliberation; performance, AIDS, cancer, heart disease, exercise, and sports).