Atribución y estigmas socialesanorexia nerviosa y abuso sexual infantil
- Sansinenea Mendez, Eneko
- Valencia Garate, José Francisco
ISSN: 0213-4748, 1579-3680
Year of publication: 1998
Volume: 13
Issue: 2
Pages: 311-320
Type: Article
More publications in: International Journal of Social Psychology, Revista de Psicología Social
Abstract
The first aim of this paper is the examination of the perceived causes of two psychological stigmas (Anorexia Nervosa and Child Sexual Abuse) vs. a group of physical stigmas (blindness, paraplegia, and so on). In a first study it was found that physical origin stigmas were perceived as more uncontrollable, triggering more positive affects and more helpful behaviours than mental origin stigmas. In a second study, the information about controllability of the origin of the stigma given to the subjects was manipulated, in order to analyse its role in the perception of the stigmas. It was found that anorexia nervosa hardly changes its scorings through the different controllability conditions, while other stigmas, specifically child sexual abuse, offered large differences. To conclude, theoretical and clinical implications of these findings are discussed.