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International Journal of Social Psychology
Revista de Psicología Social
Volume 13, 1998 - Issue 2
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Atribución y estigmas sociales: anorexia nerviosa y abuso sexual infantil

Attribution and social stigmas: Anorexia nervosa and child sexual abuse

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Pages 311-320 | Published online: 23 Jan 2014
 

Resumen

El objetivo de la presente comunicación es examinar la controlabilidadpercibida de un moderno estigma social: La anorexia nerviosa. Se estudiaron 8 estigmas, cuatro de origen físico y cuatro de origen mental-comportamental, entre los que se hallaba la anorexia nervosa. En un primer estudio se encontró que los estigmas de origen físico se percibían como más controlables, elicitando afectos más positivos así como una mayor intención comportamental de ayuda. En un segundo estudio, se empleó una manipulación de la información sobre la controlabilidad del estigma para analizar su rol en la percepción de los mismos. Los resultados muestran las diferencias en la percepción de la controlabilidad, el afecto y el comportamiento hacia los estigmas sociales de acuerdo con la condición en la información sobre controlabilidad.

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.

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