Male Stigma: Emotional and Behavioral Effects of a Negative Social Identity on a Group of Canadian Men

Robertson, Lloyd Hawkeye

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“…Similar research on men's reactions to men with drug addiction seems to be limited. However, some research indicates that in general men are also prone to be stigmatized (by both other men and women) on issues such as child care or behaving violently (48).…”

Section: Assumptions Concerning Gender Differences In Stigmamentioning

confidence: 99%

Public Stigma Toward Female and Male Opium and Heroin Users. An Experimental Test of Attribution Theory and the Familiarity Hypothesis

Sattler

Zolala

Baneshi

et al. 2021

Front. Public Health

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Drug abuse and addiction exist around the world. People addicted to drugs such as opium or heroin often encounter dehumanizing discriminatory behaviors and health-care systems that are reluctant to provide services. Experiencing discrimination often serves as a barrier to receiving help or finding a home or work. Therefore, it is important to better understand the mechanisms that lead to the stigmatization of drug addiction and who is more prone to stigmatizing behaviors. There is also a dearth of research on whether different patterns of stigma exist in men and women. Therefore, this study investigated factors affecting gender-specific stigmatization in the context of drug addiction. In our vignette study (NMensample = 320 and NWomensample = 320) in Iran, we experimentally varied signals and signaling events regarding a person with drug addiction (i.e., NVignettes = 32 per sample), based on Attribution Theory, before assessing stigmatizing cognitions (e.g., blameworthiness), affective responses (e.g., anger), and discriminatory inclinations (e.g., segregation) with the Attribution Questionnaire. We also tested assumptions from the Familiarity Hypothesis by assessing indicators of respondents' familiarity with drug addiction (e.g., knowledge about addiction). Results, for example, show higher stigma if the person used “harder” drugs, displayed aggressive behavior, or had a less controllable drug urge. Self-attributed knowledge about addiction or prior drug use increased some forms of stigma, but diminished others. These findings only partially converged between men and women. We suggest that anti-stigma initiatives should consider information about the stigmatized person, conditions of the addiction, and characteristics of stigmatizers.

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Section: Assumptions Concerning Gender Differences In Stigmamentioning

confidence: 99%

Public Stigma Toward Female and Male Opium and Heroin Users. An Experimental Test of Attribution Theory and the Familiarity Hypothesis

Sattler

Zolala

Baneshi

et al. 2021

Front. Public Health

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“…It is important for nurses to acknowledge implicit bias to avoid stereotyping or stigmatizing based on gender. For example, male stigma includes assumptions that men may have inadequacies related to childcare ability and be more likely to have violent behavior [ 31 ]. Nurses should be cognizant of their biases regarding both male and female stigmas to reduce any disparities in family-centered care.…”

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Relationship between negative emotions and perceived support among parents of hospitalized, critically ill children

Phillips

Theeke

Sarosi

2021

International Journal of Nursing Sciences

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Objectives The purpose of this study was to describe relationships between negative emotions and perceived emotional support in parents of children admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Methods This cross-sectional descriptive study conducted face-to-face interviews between January 2019 and January 2020. Study variables included depression (PHQ-9 Scale), anxiety (Emotional Distress-Anxiety-Short Form 8a), anger (Emotional Distress-Anger-Short Form 5a), fear (Fear-Affect Computerized Adaptive Test), somatic fear (Fear-Somatic Arousal-Fixed Form), loneliness (Revised 20-item UCLA Loneliness Scale), and perceived emotional support (Emotional Support-Fixed Form). Results Eighty parents reported symptoms of depression 8.00(4.00, 13.75), anxiety (23.43 ± 7.80), anger (13.40 ± 5.46), fear (72.81 ± 27.26), somatic fear 9.00(6.00, 12.75), loneliness (39.35 ± 12.00), and low perceived emotional support (32.14 ± 8.06). Parents who were young, single, low-income, and with limited-post secondary education reported greater loneliness and lower perceived emotional support. Fear correlated with depression ( r = 0.737 , P < 0.01 ) and anxiety ( r=0 .900 , P < 0.01). Inverse relationships were discovered between perceived emotional support and loneliness ( r = −0.767 , P < 0.01), anger ( r= -0.401 , P < 0.01), and depression ( r = −0.334 , P < 0.01). Conclusions The cluster of negative emotions identified will serve as potential targets for future interventions designed to enhance support for parents of critically ill children.

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“…This is because prior efforts to frame help-seeking and receiving behaviors around male victimization have focused on male victim accounts (Douglas & Hines, 2011; McCarrick et al, 2015). Moreover, the examination of male victim stigma discourse among VSP is a singularity in the SV literature (Robertson, 2018). Few studies have considered (de)stigmatizing practices among those who are confidentially allied with male victims (e.g., VSP) in hard-won therapeutic alliances.…”

Section: Victim Service Providers and Male Victimizationmentioning

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Authentic Empathy and the Role of Victim Service Providers in (De)stigmatizing Male Sexual Victimization

Emezue

Udmuangpia

2020

J Interpers Violence

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Male victims of rape and sexual violence (SV) constitute a highly stigmatized group who doubly suffer the trauma of SV and hegemonic notions of real masculinity that punishes weakness and vulnerability in men. This double exposure produces a stigmatizing identity (i.e., male victim stigma) that is embedded in grand narratives about male SV. However, helping professionals have been implicated in this (de)stigmatizing process. Few studies describe the role victim service providers (VSPs) play as (de)stigmatizing agents. This study is among the first to explore VSP narratives on their stigma awareness and stigma management practices. Story-focused interview methods elicited responses from 11 VSPs (nine females and two males, age: 29–65 years) across the United States representing diverse victim-serving professions. Interviews were face-to-face or by phone, lasting between 45 and 90 minutes. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed using power-sensitive Foucauldian discourse analysis (or FDA, suitable for analyzing language and meanings linked to power dynamics). Our analysis was guided by a meaning-forming social constructionist approach. With some narrative convergence and disconvergence, three strings of narratives with supporting excerpts were identified, namely (a) stigma awareness shaped by discursive and material forces, (b) labeling as a (de)stigmatizing tool, and (c) connecting through authentic empathy (AE). The concept of AE is recommended as a possible model of care and stigma management approach in therapeutic spaces. We define AE as an aptitude to credibly provide nonjudgmental, stigma-free care, based on personal histories with trauma, membership in a stigmatized group, or an earned involvement with members of the same group. Findings bear implications for stigma-informed practices and future research to address the unique unmet needs of stigmatized male victims.

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Male Stigma: Emotional and Behavioral Effects of a Negative Social Identity on a Group of Canadian Men

Cited by 6 publications

References 23 publications

Public Stigma Toward Female and Male Opium and Heroin Users. An Experimental Test of Attribution Theory and the Familiarity Hypothesis

Public Stigma Toward Female and Male Opium and Heroin Users. An Experimental Test of Attribution Theory and the Familiarity Hypothesis

Relationship between negative emotions and perceived support among parents of hospitalized, critically ill children

Authentic Empathy and the Role of Victim Service Providers in (De)stigmatizing Male Sexual Victimization

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