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“My mother did not have civil rights under the law”: Family derived race categories in negotiating positions on Critical Race Theory Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Rahul Sambaraju
How do persons negotiate the relevance of historic racial injustice for contemporary concerns? In this paper, I show that persons could develop and use racial categorizations in association with family relations to make salient (or not) the relevance of past racial injustice for contemporary concerns. I examined how people construct and orient to racial group membership as implying historical oppression
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Whiteness hurts society: How whiteness shapes mental, physical, and social health outcomes Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Caroline R. Efird, Clara L. Wilkins, H. Shellae Versey
Confronting whiteness could complement and amplify the study of Critical Race Theory and enhance psychologists’ capacity to effectively study and address health and social issues. Whiteness is a racialized social system and a set of beliefs that uphold White American social supremacy and the oppression of populations of color. We discuss how prior scholarship has addressed whiteness and we illustrate
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Testimonios on participatory action research as a critical race approach to studying Southeast Asian american Refugee subjects Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Angela‐MinhTu D. Nguyen, Que‐Lam Huynh, Richard Chang, Nathan Lieng
Instead of being agents of inquiry and change, Southeast Asian American (SEAA; Viet, Hmong, Lao, Cambodian) refugee subjects are often objectified and essentialized by researchers in the social sciences. In this article, we document our collaborative journeys to unlearn colonial and racist ways of thinking about and conducting research on marginalized communities, including our own SEAA communities
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Resistance from below among racialized peoples: Exploring Kurdish understandings of power Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Canan Coşkan, Ercan Şen
Understanding power and resistance dynamics from below requires focusing on the micropolitics of oppressed group existence. This involves exploring the ways members of the oppressed and resisting groups make sense of power in terms of identity, community, culture, and politics. As Kurdish researchers living in Turkey and Bakurê Kurdistan, we conducted in‐depth interviews with 16 Kurds in Van and Istanbul
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Critical cognitive science: A systematic review towards a critical science Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Iván Carbajal, Everrett Moore, Lianelys Cabrera Martinez, Kiara Hunt
Many leading scholars have highlighted the use of Critical Race Theory (CRT) in approaching research and practice in psychology. Critical Race Theory allows for cognitive science to take a more intersectional perspective rather than perpetuate the exclusionary and universal limitations associated with traditional cognitive science. This review and commentary apply CRT to cognitive science to address
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Colorblind racial ideology as an alibi for inaction: Examining the relationship among colorblind racial ideology, awareness of White privilege, and antiracist practices among White people Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Charles R. Collins, Camille Walsh
This study examines the relationship among White antiracism, colorblind racial ideology (CBRI), and White privilege awareness. We use Critical Race Theory (CRT) to frame the historical context of racism in the U.S. and the emergence of racist ideologies. We examine the extent to which White privilege awareness mediates the relationship between CBRI and antiracist practices among White people. We found
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Motivations for violent extremism: Evidence from lone offenders’ manifestos Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2023-10-08 Lusine Grigoryan, Vladimir Ponizovskiy, Shalom Schwartz
This study explores the motivational drivers of violent extremism by examining references to motivational goals—values—in texts written by lone offenders. We present a new database of manifestos written by lone offenders (N = 103), the Extremist Manifesto Database (EMD). We apply a dictionary approach to examine references to values in this corpus. For comparison, we use texts from a matched quota
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Women disproportionately shoulder burdens imposed by the global COVID-19 pandemic Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2023-08-12 Lisa M. Dinella, Kiameesha Evans, Jordan A. Levinson, Samantha Gagnon
The current study focused on how the sudden onset of the pandemic magnified existing inequalities for women in the United States. A total of 2115 participants responded to an online survey regarding pandemic-related changes to household and childcare responsibilities, employment, mental and physical health and safety, housing, worries and stress, and coping strategies. We employ an intersectionality
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Understanding women's work, children and families during the COVID-19 global pandemic: Using science to support women around the globe Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2023-08-09 Lisa M. Dinella, Megan Fulcher, Erica S. Weisgram
Times of disaster disproportionately impact women, children, and vulnerable populations. Thus, concern about women's welfare became paramount as the intensity of the COVID-19 global pandemic increased. Due to these concerns and the need to examine them from a scientific perspective, we announced a call for empirical and theoretical investigations into how women around the world were experiencing this
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Families in quarantine: COVID-19 pandemic effects on the work and home lives of women and their daughters Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2023-07-21 Emily F. Coyle, Megan Fulcher, Konner Baker, Craig N. Fredrickson
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 disrupted the lives of millions of US families, with rising unemployment and initial lockdowns forcing nationwide school and daycare closures. These abrupt changes impacted women in particular, shifting how families navigated roles. Even pre-pandemic, US women were responsible for the majority of household labor and childcare, and daughters bore greater
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How the COVID-19 global pandemic further jeopardized women's health, mental well-being, and safety: Intersectionality framework and social policy action Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2023-06-07 Megan Fulcher, Kingsley M. Schroeder, Lisa M. Dinella
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately endangered women's health, well-being and safety. According to the World Health Organization, nearly 7 million people worldwide have died from the virus by May 2023. While COVID-19 posed an immediate threat to the lives of people around the world, the interconnections of gender, race, ethnicity, and class resulted in differential consequences of the global
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What have we learned about sexual harassment among young people? Concluding reflections Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2023-05-18 Kristina Holmqvist Gattario, Carolina Lunde
This article contains concluding reflections for a special issue on sexual harassment among young people. In this concluding article, we reflect on the 14 individual papers in the special issue through three cross-cutting themes, each with important implications for policy and practice. The themes highlight that (1) attitudes and norms related to sexual harassment are core to its occurrence among young
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Introduction to Michael A. Hogg's SPSSI Kurt Lewin Award Address Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2023-03-27 Dominic Abrams
It is a great pleasure to write this introduction to Michael Hogg's Kurt Lewin Award address. I first met Michael Hogg (Mike) in 1983 at the University of Bristol where he had just completed his PhD supervised by John Turner, and where Mike and I were appointed as assistant professors responsible for the whole social psychology program. We were temporary substitutes for Turner (who had moved to Australia)
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Walls between groups: Self-uncertainty, social identity, and intergroup leadership Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2023-03-21 Michael A. Hogg
Lowering barriers between polarized groups and the identity silos they inhabit can be challenging in times of crisis and uncertainty. This article overviews uncertainty-identity theory’s analysis of the motivational role played by self-uncertainty in group identification and group/intergroup behavior, and focuses on how self-uncertainty can motivate zealous identification with “extremist” groups and
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On the history and growth of the stigma concept: A reflection on the positioning of social relationships in stigma research Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2023-03-17 Bruce G. Link
The stigma concept has been tremendously successful one. Before Goffman's influential book only a handful of papers used the term in the abstract or title of a paper—in 2020 there were 3464. While the reason for stigma's dramatic growth is likely over determined two possibilities are suggested. The first is the usefulness that the concept carries for understanding the shame, social awkwardness, rejection
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Antecedent goals for concealable stigma disclosure: The ironic effects of compassion Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2023-03-05 Anthony M. Foster, Amelia E. Talley
Disclosure of a concealable stigmatized identity is perhaps one of the most difficult obstacles facing individuals who live with “discreditable” attributes. Although previous research suggests that antecedent goals, or the reasons why individuals disclose their stigma to others, have a fundamental influence on disclosure events and their subsequent outcomes, much of this work has focused on the perspective
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Theorizing racialized disaster patriarchal capitalism in the age of COVID-19: A framework for feminist policy change Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2023-02-28 Johanna E. Foster, Sophie Foster-Palmer
In this concluding article, the authors use a global, intersectional feminist political economy lens to reconceptualize disaster response policy and practices that center women's lives. They extend this issue's discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on women's health and safety in ways that have exposed and expanded gender inequalities, and differently for different groups of women, to the discourse
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Black motherhood and the dual pandemics: The protective role of stable income on mental wellbeing Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2023-02-13 Nneka Ibekwe-Okafor, Jacqueline Sims, Stephanie M. Curenton
The dual pandemic (racial discrimination and COVID-19) has contributed to mental health disparities across various social identities. Black mothers, in particular, have shouldered the heightened stresses of being Black and female during a time of immense anti-Black racism and societal pressures to assume caretaking roles at the expense of, or in addition to, other financial obligations. Thus, this
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Special issue introduction: Sexual harassment among young people Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2023-02-08 Therése Skoog, Carolina Lunde, Kristina Holmqvist Gattario
Sexual harassment is a serious and widespread social issue affecting numerous young people across the globe. Sexual harassment is prevalent in many everyday situations and contexts, not least in school. In recent years, public discussions emerging from the seminal #MeToomovement, have put the adversities of sexual harassment in the academic spotlight. This special issue presents cutting-edge research
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A perceived control-relationally devaluing experiences model of low socioeconomic status vulnerability to negative relationship outcomes Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2023-02-08 Corey Petsnik, Jacquie D. Vorauer
We propose that individuals low (vs. high) in socioeconomic status (SES) are vulnerable to impaired relationship functioning through two different mutually reinforcing paths that both directly implicate perceptions of control and relational devaluation. The first of these involves chronic exposure to relational devaluation as a function of factors such as stigmatization in broader society that serves
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Relational consequences of stigma: Bridging research on social stigma with relationship science Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2023-02-08 David Matthew Doyle, Manuela Barreto
Research on the relational effects of stigma must move beyond the intergroup context and, most importantly, focus upon the ways in which stigma itself shapes social relationships. In order to more deeply investigate the relational consequences of social stigma, researchers interested in this topic need to consider the potential contributions of relationship science. Drawing upon past theory, we pose
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Recognizing and addressing how gender shapes young people's experiences of image-based sexual harassment and abuse in educational settings Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2023-02-07 Jessica Ringrose, Kaitlyn Regehr
This paper explores findings from a study with 150 young people (aged 12-21) across England, which employed qualitative focus groups and arts-based methods to investigate young people's experiences of digital image-sharing practices. In this paper, we explore how gendered pressures to send nudes experienced by girls is a form of Image-Based Sexual Harassment (IBSH) and how pressures upon boys to secure
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How stigma gets “in between”: Associations between changes in perceived stigma, closeness discrepancies, and relationship satisfaction among same-sex couples Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2023-01-16 David M. Frost, Allen J. LeBlanc
Same-sex couples continue to experience social stigma, which can have negative consequences for the quality of their relationships. The current study combined minority stress theory with closeness discrepancy theory in an examination of how the production of disjunctures between actual and ideal experiences of closeness (i.e., closeness discrepancies) accounts for an indirect association between stigma
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Intersections of ageism toward older adults and other isms during the COVID-19 pandemic Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2022-12-19 Luisa Ramirez, Caitlin Monahan, Ximena Palacios-Espinosa, Sheri R. Levy
The COVID-19 pandemic is a significant global issue that has exacerbated pre-existing structural and social inequalities. There are concerns that ageism toward older adults has intensified in conjunction with elevated forms of other “isms” such as ableism, classism, heterosexism, racism, and sexism. This study offers a systematic review (PRISMA) of ageism toward older adults interacting with other
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All is nice and well unless she outshines him: Higher social status benefits women's well-being and relationship quality but not if they surpass their male partner Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2022-12-17 Melissa Vink, Belle Derks, Naomi Ellemers, Tanja van der Lippe
In two studies, we find that climbing the societal ladder has positive associations with women's well-being and relationship outcomes but can also have negative consequences when women surpass their male partners in status. In Study 1 (N = 314), we found that women who reported having higher personal status also reported several positive relationship outcomes (e.g., higher relationship quality than
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‘‘Reclaiming our time’’: Black mothers cultivating the homeplace during times of crisis Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2022-12-15 Chonika Coleman-King, Taryrn T. C Brown, Latoya Haynes-Thoby, Tianna Dowie-Chin
This collaborative auto-ethnography provides an account of the sociohistorical context of Black mothering in the United States and highlights how our complex, intersectional identities as Black-(other)mother-scholars shape our cultivation of the homeplace—a place where Black children are nurtured as “subjects, not objects,” in a society that aims to dominate black bodies. Drawing on Black feminism
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The worldwide ageism crisis Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2022-12-09 Sheri R. Levy, Ashley Lytle, Jamie Macdonald
Ageism is a worldwide crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated ageism toward older adults with hate speech, intergenerational resentment, and human rights violations. This article provides an overview of the interdisciplinary and international theoretical and applied research literature in three subareas: intergenerational attitudes and relations, psychological and physical effects of ageism on older
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Exploring the experiences of pregnant women in the U.S. during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2022-11-30 Courtney E. Williams, Dana Berkowitz, Heather M. Rackin
In this paper, we integrate the stress process model with symbolic interactionism to frame our analysis of interviews with 35 women who were pregnant and/or gave birth during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic. We detail three stressors, highlight their variation, and discuss how they coped with these stressors. Women reported having to navigate contradictory information about the public health
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Social relationships, stigma, and wellbeing through experiences of homelessness in the United Kingdom Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2022-11-23 Jessica Rea
People occupying stigmatized social positions often withdraw from sources of social support, becoming stressed, depressed, and isolated. Homelessness is globally prevalent and stigmatized. Despite the overwhelming evidence that homelessness is associated with experiences of isolation and poor mental health, there is a sparse understanding of how stigma and social relationships interact with mental
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Identities as predictors of vaccine hesitancy during the COVID-19 pandemic Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2022-11-18 Samantha L. Heiman, Edward R. Hirt, Calvin Isch, Jessica F. Brinkworth, Lee Cronk, Joe Alcock, Athena Aktipis, Peter M. Todd
Vaccine hesitancy is variable across individuals and contexts. Theoretical work suggests that group membership should differentially affect attitudes and behavior related to COVID-19 vaccines, as individuals draw on their identities and experiences relevant to their social groups to deal with uncertainty concerning the vaccines. The present work uses longitudinal survey data to explore how identity
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Associations between social network characteristics and sexual minority disclosure concern among Black men who have sex with men living with and without HIV Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2022-11-12 Evan L. Eschliman, Ohemaa B. Poku, Abigail K. Winiker, Carl A. Latkin, Karin E. Tobin
In addition to the pervasive anti-Black racism faced by Black people in the United States, Black men who have sex with men (BMSM) face sexual minority stigma and, among BMSM living with HIV, HIV-related stigma. These multilevel social forces shape social networks, which are important sources of resources, support, and behavior regulation. This study quantitatively examined the relationship between
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A human rights based approach to the global children's rights crisis: A call to action Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2022-11-02 Sheri R. Levy, Katya Migacheva, Luisa Ramírez, Corahann Okorodudu, Harold Cook, Vera Araujo-Soares, Anca Minescu, David Livert, Deborah Fish Ragin, Peter Walker
Children are not responsible for diseases, natural disasters, political conflicts, and wars; yet, children generally suffer the most. Although the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) is one of the most ratified world treaties, ample evidence of violations of children's rights exists in reports on the devastating effects of climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, and armed conflicts (e.g
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Thwarted belonging needs: A mechanism prospectively linking multiple levels of stigma and interpersonal outcomes among sexual minorities Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2022-10-20 Micah R. Lattanner, Mark L. Hatzenbuehler
The association between stigma and adverse interpersonal outcomes is well established. However, the mechanisms underlying this association have yet to be comprehensively conceptualized and tested, in part because research has neglected to evaluate stigma across multiple levels. To address this gap, we examined whether stigma—measured at individual, interpersonal, and structural levels—prospectively
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Intergenerational contact during and beyond COVID-19 Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2022-10-11 Lisbeth Drury, Dominic Abrams, Hannah J. Swift
Intergenerational contact is crucial for promoting intergenerational harmony and reducing ageism. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted and changed the nature and frequency of intergenerational contact. In addition, research suggests that both ageism towards older adults and intergenerational threat regarding succession and consumption, have increased. Through the lens of the Temporally Integrated
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Magnifying inequality: How Black women found safety in the midst of dual pandemics Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2022-10-11 Taylor A. Geyton, Matthew Town, Roberta Hunte, Nia Johnson
In 2020, COVID-19 in tandem with racial tensions spurred by various occurrences throughout the nation proved detrimental to minoritized persons. Black women, who are often the heads of households, familial and communal caregivers, and organizers, were tasked with protecting themselves, their families, and their communities from racialized violence and infection. This article explores the idea of safety
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on first-generation women test-takers: Magnifying adversities, stress, and consequences for bar exam performance Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2022-10-11 Erin Freiburger, Victor D. Quintanilla, Kurt Hugenberg, Sam Erman, Nedim Yel, Anita Kim, Mary C. Murphy
By magnifying gender- and socioeconomic status-based inequalities, the COVID-19 pandemic caused stress and disrupted career progress for professional students. The present work investigated the impact of pandemic-related stress and prevailing barriers on structurally disadvantaged women preparing for a high-stakes professional exam. In Study 1, we found that among US law students preparing for the
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Reflections, research, and implications of decades of activism by educators to create a movement to address sexual harassment in K-12 schools in the United States Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2022-10-07 Nan D. Stein, Bruce G. Taylor
An organized response to sexual harassment (SH) in K-12 schools in the US traces its development as a social movement to the larger women's rights movement in the late 1970s. It was an outgrowth of the social movement of feminist activists who protested and filed lawsuits to draw attention to SH in the workplace to gain recognition for the problem as one of equity for working women. The focus on SH
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The impact of COVID-19 and housing insecurity on lower-income Black women Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2022-10-03 H. Shellae Versey, Charity N. Russell
During the COVID-19 pandemic, multiple groups faced increased risks for negative health and mortality. Using an intersectional framework, the current study explores how the global pandemic impacted lower-income women living in the United States through access to housing. Findings indicate several challenges remaining stably housed during the pandemic. Major themes included: (1) High-Risk Survival Economies
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Age discrimination, the right to life, and COVID-19 vaccination in countries with limited resources Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2022-09-30 Peter Lloyd-Sherlock, Aravinda Guntupalli, Lucas Sempé
This paper seeks to develop and apply a simple yardstick based on remaining life expectancy to assess whether specific health policies unfairly discriminate against people on the basis of their age. This reveals that the COVID-19 vaccine prioritization policies of several countries have discriminated against older people. Conversely, the exclusion of older people from COVID-19 vaccine testing is shown
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Intimate racism from one's partner in young intercultural couples Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2022-09-30 Maya A. Yampolsky, Alessandra Rossini, Justine Pagé, Yvan Leanza, Richard N. Lalonde
Racism from one's partner is a highly sensitive phenomenon that has received little research attention. The current research introduces the concept of “intimate racism” to refer to racism from close others. The manifestation of intimate racism in intercultural romantic relationships was explored with a sample of 92 racialized minorities who were currently, or previously, in an intercultural relationship
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Lower SES PhD students experience interpersonal disconnection from others both inside and outside of academia Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2022-09-30 Hyun Joon Park, Peter M. Ruberton, Joshua M. Smyth, Geoffrey L. Cohen, Valerie Purdie-Greenaway, Jonathan E. Cook
Students from lower socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds can experience stigma in undergraduate educational settings but little research on this topic has been conducted at the PhD level. Lower-SES PhD students may feel lower levels of social integration as they experience incidents of interpersonal disconnection from others inside and outside of academia. Interpersonal disconnection may be a mechanism
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Well-being of migrants and immigrants: Perspectives in Asia and from Asians in North America Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2022-09-27 Yuying Tong, Eric Fong
Immigrant and migrant well-being have been widely studied, but the knowledge gained from immigrant adaptation and well-being has mostly focused on findings from more developed countries, which may diverge from the situation in Asia. East-Asian countries have strong roots in Confucian culture, which celebrates cultural homogeneity, and societies are thus conservative when it comes to welcoming immigrants
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Ageism toward older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: Intergenerational conflict and support Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2022-09-24 Alina Sutter, Mamta Vaswani, Patrick Denice, Kate H. Choi, Joanie Bouchard, Victoria M. Esses
A cross-national representative survey in Canada and the U.S. examined ageism toward older individuals during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, including ageist consumption stereotypes and perceptions of older people's competence and warmth. We also investigated predictors of ageism, including economic and health threat, social dominance orientation, individualism and collectivism, social distancing
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“Let the strongest survive”: Ageism and social Darwinism as barriers to supporting policies to benefit older individuals Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2022-09-24 Betül Kanık, Özden Melis Uluğ, Nevin Solak, Maria Chayinska
The World Health Organization (WHO) identified +65 individuals as one of the most vulnerable populations in the current pandemic. Previous research has shown a robust association between ageism and derogatory attitudes and behaviors targeting older people. We proposed that reluctance of people under age 65 to endorse the policies that benefit older adults can be further explained by their adherence
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What guy wouldn't want it? Male victimization experiences with female-perpetrated stranger sexual harassment Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2022-09-24 Caroline Erentzen, Alisha C. Salerno-Ferraro, Regina A. Schuller
The present research explored female-perpetrated stranger sexual harassment of young male victims. Across two studies, male participants aged 16–23 reported that they had experienced a range of unwanted sexual attention from unknown female perpetrators, including both in-person harassment (e.g., seductive behavior and catcalls, unwanted sexual touching) and online harassment (e.g., unsolicited sexual
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Older adults’ perceptions and experiences of ageism during the COVID-19 pandemic Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2022-09-10 Meghan McDarby, Catherine H. Ju, Matthew C. Picchiello, Brian D. Carpenter
The current study investigates older adults’ perceptions of ageism in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using tenets of Stereotype Embodiment Theory and the Behaviors from Intergroup Affect and Stereotypes Map framework, we sought to (a) examine whether older adults experienced ageism as self-relevant during the pandemic and (b) understand whether older adults experienced certain media
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The impact of COVID-19 on domestic violence agency functioning: A case study Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2022-09-10 Natania S. Lipp, Nicole L. Johnson
Initial evidence suggests that rates of intimate partner violence (IPV) increased at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, much of the prevalence research has focused on survivors’ experiences of IPV during the initial lockdown period from March to June 2020. The current study adds to this initial research by centering the experience of a domestic violence agency located in the United States
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Integration or isolation: Social identity threat relates to immigrant students’ sense of belonging and social approach motivation in the academic context Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2022-09-09 Laura Froehlich, Lise Gulli Brokjøb, Jana Nikitin, Sarah E. Martiny
Stigmatized individuals often feel threatened by negative stereotypes about their group. Previous research showed that concerns about being negatively stereotyped (i.e., social identity threat) have detrimental effects on performance in the stereotyped domain. Little research has focused on interpersonal consequences of negative stereotypes, despite their essential role for integration of stigmatized
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Two sides of the same coin: A mixed methods study of Black mothers’ experiences with violence, stressors, parenting, and coping during the COVID-19 pandemic Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2022-09-02 Lama Hassoun Ayoub, Ty Partridge, Jennifer M. Gómez
Due to systemic and structural inequities, the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately impacts the Black community, along with ongoing anti-Black racism and violence. Violence against women in the home, particularly Black women, was prevalent during shelter in place, along with the additional family responsibilities of Black mothers. Crenshaw's theory of intersectionality (1991) provides a foundation
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“Me Cuesta Mucho”: Latina immigrant mothers navigating remote learning and caregiving during COVID-19 Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2022-09-02 Sarah Bruhn
Before the pandemic, immigrant mothers from Latin America in the United States typically shouldered the weight of caregiving for children, maintained jobs, and managed transnational care responsibilities. But as COVID-19 erupted across the globe, the combination of gendered roles and a collapsing economy ruptured the already fragile arrangement of childcare and paid labor for Latina immigrant mothers
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A mixed-methods study of relationship stigma and well-being among sexual and gender minority couples Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2022-09-02 Kristi Gamarel, willi farrales, Luz Venegas, Samantha E. Dilworth, Lara S. Coffin, Torsten B. Neilands, Mallory O. Johnson, Kimberly A. Koester
Research has documented associations between relationship stigma, relationship quality and adverse health outcomes among sexual and gender minority couples. However, this work focused primarily on one aspect of an individual's or a couple's identity rather than understanding the intersections of multiple, stigmatized social identities. As part of a larger project focused on testing the efficacy of
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Addressing stigma among persons living with HIV through the Sujaag project in Pakistan: A socioecological analysis Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2022-08-30 Kainat Khurshid, Tapati Dutta, Kausar S. Khan, Syed Aun Haider, Usman Ali Ahmed, Hashmat Jatoi, Mohammad Tahir, Raja Sarfraz, Aneeta Pasha, Myra Khan, Mehek Ali
HIV-related stigma causes multifaceted problems for people with lived experiences. Stigma leads to feelings of shame and disgrace, and marginalizes persons living with HIV and their caregivers by marring social relationships and impacting health outcomes. In April 2019 Ratodero Tehsil in Larkana District, Pakistan, had an HIV outbreak, where evidence highlighted increase in infection rates among non-high-risk
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When skinfolk are kinfolk: Higher perceived support and acceptance characterize close same-race (vs. interracial) relationships for people of color Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2022-08-17 Régine Debrosse, Sabrina Thai, Tess Brieva
People of color cope with racial stigma daily. In this context, support and acceptance from people who share similar racial/ethnic backgrounds can take a special importance. In two studies, using a national U.S. sample (n = 1618) and a term-long weekly-diary design (n = 103), Black, Latine, and Asian students received more support and acceptance from close same-race (vs. interracial) relationships
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Is protecting older adults from COVID-19 ageism? A comparative cross-cultural constructive grounded theory from the United Kingdom and Colombia Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2022-08-17 Elfriede Derrer-Merk, Maria-Fernanda Reyes-Rodriguez, Ana-Maria Salazar, Marisol Guevara, Gabriela Rodríguez, Ana-María Fonseca, Nicolas Camacho, Scott Ferson, Adam Mannis, Richard P Bentall, Kate M Bennett
The COVID-19 pandemic impacted people's lives all over the world, requiring health and safety measures intended to stop the virus from spreading. This study explores whether an unintended consequence of these measures is a new form of ageism. We explore, using qualitative methods, the experiences of older adults living through the pandemic in the United Kingdom and Colombia. Although there were some
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Eradicating ageism through social campaigns: An Israeli case study in the shadows of the COVID-19 pandemic Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2022-08-15 Sarit Okun, Liat Ayalon
This study examined three social campaigns for the eradication of ageism that were undertaken in Israel during the COVID-19 pandemic (April, 2020–May, 2021). The documentation and analysis of the campaigns were undertaken via the lens of the Theory of Change and Five Key Principles for social campaigns: planning strategically, communicating effectively, fostering community engagement, implementing
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Reducing ageism toward older adults and highlighting older adults as contributors during the COVID-19 pandemic Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2022-08-09 Ashley Lytle, Sheri R. Levy
The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated ageism (stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination) toward older adults in the United States, highlighting the belief that older adults are a burden. Prior to the pandemic, a growing body of research sought to reduce ageism using the PEACE (Positive Education about Aging and Contact Experiences) model. Extending that research, participants were randomly assigned to
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“You are stealing our present”: Younger people's ageism towards older people predicts attitude towards age-based COVID-19 restriction measures Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2022-08-09 Federica Spaccatini, Ilaria Giovannelli, Maria Giuseppina Pacilli
The COVID-19 pandemic emerged to be a fertile ground for age-based prejudice and discrimination. In particular, a growing literature investigated ageism towards older people at the individual and the interpersonal level, providing evidence of its prevalence, antecedents and negative consequences. However, less much is known on the phenomenon at the intergroup level. To fill this gap, the present correlational
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Couples losing kinship: A systematic review of weight stigma in romantic relationships Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2022-08-08 Alexandria M. Schmidt, Madeline Jubran, Emily Georgia Salivar, Paula M. Brochu
Romantic relationship quality is a robust predictor of health and well-being. With increasing awareness of the pervasiveness and harm of weight stigma, it is important to understand the role of weight stigma within romantic relationships. This systematic review sought to synthesize the findings of research examining the association between weight stigma and relationship functioning. Following PRISMA
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Intergenerational programming during the pandemic: Transformation during (constantly) changing times Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2022-08-07 Shannon E. Jarrott, Skye N. Leedahl, Tamar E. Shovali, Carson De Fries, Amy DelPo, Erica Estus, Caroline Gangji, Leslie Hasche, Jill Juris, Roddy MacInnes, Matthew Schilz, Rachel M. Scrivano, Andrew Steward, Catherine Taylor, Anne Walker
Intergenerational programs have long been employed to reduce ageism and optimize youth and older adult development. Most involve in-person meetings, which COVID-19 arrested. Needs for safety and social contact were amplified during COVID-19, leading to modified programming that engaged generations remotely rather than eliminating it. Our collective case study incorporates four intergenerational programs
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Perceptions of societal ageism and declines in subjective memory during the COVID-19 pandemic: Longitudinal evidence from US adults aged ≥55 years Journal of Social Issues (IF 5.418) Pub Date : 2022-08-07 Ella Cohn-Schwartz, Jessica M. Finlay, Lindsay C. Kobayashi
The cognitive health of older adults since the COVID-19 pandemic onset is unclear, as is the potential impact of pandemic-associated societal ageism on perceived cognition. We investigated associations between perceptions of societal ageism and changes in subjective memory over a 10-month period during the COVID-19 pandemic. We collected longitudinal data from monthly online questionnaires in the nationwide