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Public beliefs about trauma and its consequences: Profiles and correlates of stigma
Public stereotypes about trauma exposure and its likely consequences have the potential to influence levels of support extended to survivors in the larger community. The current project sought to examine unique profiles of stereotype endorsement both within and across participants sampled from disti...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9846146/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36687984 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.992574 |
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author | Clapp, Joshua D. Sowers, Alexandria F. Freng, Scott A. Elmi, Layla M. Kaya, Robert A. Bachtel, Alicia R. |
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description | Public stereotypes about trauma exposure and its likely consequences have the potential to influence levels of support extended to survivors in the larger community. The current project sought to examine unique profiles of stereotype endorsement both within and across participants sampled from distinct populations. Trauma-related stereotypes involving symptom course, dangerousness, employability, social functioning, predictability, character, and treatment need were examined in undergraduate (N(1) = 404; N(2) = 502) and MTurk (N(3) = 364) samples. Sympathizing [low overall endorsement], Fearful [high overall endorsement], Pejorative [high endorsement + moralizing beliefs], Safety-Focused [intermediate endorsement + dangerousness], and Performance-Focused [intermediate endorsement + employability] groups were replicated in latent profile models across all samples. Stereotype profiles demonstrated hypothesized associations with general perspectives of mental illness although support for consistent relations with respondent characteristics (e.g., sex; personal exposure to trauma; reported exposure in friends/family) was limited. Data suggest that trauma stereotypes are endorsed at high frequencies in the general community and conform to systematic patterns of prejudice that may be overlooked in more global assessments of stigma. |
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spelling | pubmed-98461462023-01-19 Public beliefs about trauma and its consequences: Profiles and correlates of stigma Clapp, Joshua D. Sowers, Alexandria F. Freng, Scott A. Elmi, Layla M. Kaya, Robert A. Bachtel, Alicia R. Front Psychol Psychology Public stereotypes about trauma exposure and its likely consequences have the potential to influence levels of support extended to survivors in the larger community. The current project sought to examine unique profiles of stereotype endorsement both within and across participants sampled from distinct populations. Trauma-related stereotypes involving symptom course, dangerousness, employability, social functioning, predictability, character, and treatment need were examined in undergraduate (N(1) = 404; N(2) = 502) and MTurk (N(3) = 364) samples. Sympathizing [low overall endorsement], Fearful [high overall endorsement], Pejorative [high endorsement + moralizing beliefs], Safety-Focused [intermediate endorsement + dangerousness], and Performance-Focused [intermediate endorsement + employability] groups were replicated in latent profile models across all samples. Stereotype profiles demonstrated hypothesized associations with general perspectives of mental illness although support for consistent relations with respondent characteristics (e.g., sex; personal exposure to trauma; reported exposure in friends/family) was limited. Data suggest that trauma stereotypes are endorsed at high frequencies in the general community and conform to systematic patterns of prejudice that may be overlooked in more global assessments of stigma. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-01-04 /pmc/articles/PMC9846146/ /pubmed/36687984 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.992574 Text en Copyright © 2023 Clapp, Sowers, Freng, Elmi, Kaya and Bachtel. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Clapp, Joshua D. Sowers, Alexandria F. Freng, Scott A. Elmi, Layla M. Kaya, Robert A. Bachtel, Alicia R. Public beliefs about trauma and its consequences: Profiles and correlates of stigma |
title | Public beliefs about trauma and its consequences: Profiles and correlates of stigma |
title_full | Public beliefs about trauma and its consequences: Profiles and correlates of stigma |
title_fullStr | Public beliefs about trauma and its consequences: Profiles and correlates of stigma |
title_full_unstemmed | Public beliefs about trauma and its consequences: Profiles and correlates of stigma |
title_short | Public beliefs about trauma and its consequences: Profiles and correlates of stigma |
title_sort | public beliefs about trauma and its consequences: profiles and correlates of stigma |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9846146/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36687984 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.992574 |
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