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Young adults’ stigmatizing perceptions about individuals with skin cancer: the influence of potential cancer cause, cancer metaphors, and gender
Psychology & Health ( IF 3.358 ) Pub Date : 2021-01-06 , DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2020.1869738
Jennifer M Bowers 1 , Sarah Nosek 2 , Anne Moyer 1
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Abstract

Objective: This study examined the influence of three potential predictors of stigmatising cancer perceptions: the controllability of the cancer cause, metaphors used to describe the cancer experience, and the target’s gender.

Method: 306 undergraduates (Mage = 20) were recruited via subject pool, balancing males and females. Participants read a fictitious post by a patient/blogger with skin cancer that described different potential causes for their cancer varying with respect to its controllability, used varying types of commonly invoked cancer metaphors, and indicated their gender with names.

Main outcome measures: Potential stigmatisation of the blogger in the form of negative affective responses, perceptions of flawed character, desired social distance and expectations for post-traumatic growth were assessed using mixed methods. The perceived age of the blogger and expectations for their survival were also explored.

Results: More blame, less sympathy, and less favourable perceptions of character were ascribed to the hypothetical blogger when their cancer was described as due to their lifestyle rather than genetics and thus potentially construed as more controllable. Females using a war metaphor resulted in more positive responses compared to a female using no metaphorical language.

Conclusion: Stigmatisation of individuals with skin cancer may depend on the potential cause of cancer, and to some extent, metaphors and gender.



中文翻译:

年轻人对皮肤癌患者的污名化看法:潜在癌症原因、癌症隐喻和性别的影响

摘要

目的:本研究检验了三种可能对癌症的污名化认知的影响:癌症病因的可控性、用于描述癌症经历的隐喻以及目标的性别。

方法:通过学科库招募306名本科生(M年龄=20),男女比例均衡。参与者阅读了一位皮肤癌患者/博主的虚构帖子,该帖子描述了其癌症的不同潜在原因,在可控性方面有所不同,使用了不同类型的常用癌症隐喻,并用名字表明了他们的性别。

主要结果测量:使用混合方法评估博客作者以负面情感反应、对有缺陷的性格的看法、期望的社会距离和对创伤后成长的期望形式的潜在污名化。还探讨了博主的感知年龄和对他们生存的期望。

结果:当他们的癌症被描述为由于他们的生活方式而不是遗传,因此可能被解释为更可控时,更多的责备、更少的同情和对性格的不太好的看法被归咎于假设的博主。与不使用隐喻语言的女性相比,使用战争隐喻的女性会产生更积极的反应。

结论:皮肤癌患者的污名化可能取决于癌症的潜在原因,在一定程度上取决于隐喻和性别。

更新日期:2021-01-06
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