The identity group as a source of social influence for individuals with concealable stigmatized identities.

ABSTRACT: Many people who are stigmatized along concealable features (e.g., sexual minorities or people with mental illness) anticipate social rejection due to their features and associated labels, and these beliefs are a prominent predictor of psychological distress. While ecological approaches to stigma research have highlighted the social basis of these two related outcomes, it typically has focused on the impact of non-stigmatized counterparts. Also embedded in the social environment are similarly-stigmatized others who, in concealing, may be less accessible to the individual. Given the centrality of psychological distress and rejection concerns as a relational self-conception in attachment theories, we tested if identity-based rejection sensitivity and distress may emerge from diminished access

SUBMITTER: Cortopassi AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11389917 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature