Stigma salience increases loneliness among ethnic minorities

IF 3.2 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

British Journal of Social Psychology Pub Date : 2024-04-01 DOI:10.1111/bjso.12742

David Matthew Doyle, Manuela Barreto

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Research shows that ethnic minorities are at increased risk of loneliness compared to the general population of the United Kingdom. We hypothesized that stigma salience increases loneliness among ethnic minorities, conducting two experimental studies with ethnic minorities (Study 1: N = 134, Study 2: N = 267) in which participants were randomly assigned to a stigma salience (recalling a personal experience of discrimination based on ethnicity) or control condition (recalling a past meal in Study 1 and the experience of reading a book in Study 2). Across these two studies, we demonstrated that stigma salience consistently increased self-reported loneliness relative to the control conditions. Study 1 additionally showed evidence for an indirect effect of stigma salience on loneliness through feelings of anxiety. Study 2 replicated the effect of self-relevant (but not non-self-relevant) stigma salience on loneliness and provided suggestive evidence for a more specific indirect effect through identity-related social anxiety.

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污名化突出会增加少数族裔的孤独感。

研究表明，与英国普通人群相比，少数族裔的孤独风险更高。我们假设成见突出会增加少数族裔的孤独感，并对少数族裔进行了两项实验研究（研究 1：134 人；研究 2：267 人），将参与者随机分配到成见突出（回忆个人遭受族裔歧视的经历）或对照条件（研究 1 中回忆过去的一顿饭，研究 2 中回忆阅读一本书的经历）中。在这两项研究中，我们发现相对于对照条件，污名化突出会持续增加自我报告的孤独感。此外，研究 1 还显示了成见显著性通过焦虑感对孤独感产生间接影响的证据。研究 2 复制了与自我相关（而非与自我无关）的成见显著性对孤独感的影响，并提供了通过与身份相关的社交焦虑产生更具体的间接影响的提示性证据。

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British Journal of Social Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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