The Oxford handbook of stigma, discrimination, and health / edited by Brenda Major, John F. Dovidio, and Bruce G. Link.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Major, Brenda, 1950- editor.

Dovidio, John F., editor.

Link, Bruce G., editor.

Series:

Oxford library of psychology

Oxford handbooks online

Oxford handbooks in psychology.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health expectancy.

Stigma (Social psychology).

Discrimination.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Other Title:

Handbook of stigma, discrimination, and health

Stigma, discrimination, and health

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2017.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Stigma leads to poorer health. In this handbook, leading scholars identify stigma mechanisms that operate at multiple levels to erode the health of stigmatised individuals and, collectively, produce health disparities. Authors provide unique insights concerning the link between stigma and health across various types of stigma and groups.

Contents:

Stigma and Its Implications for Health: Introduction and Overview / Brenda Major, John F. Dovidio, Bruce G. Link, Sarah K. Calabrese

Affective Reactions as Mediators of the Relationship between Stigma and Health / Wendy Berry Mendes, Keely A. Muscatell

Social Stigma and Health: An Identity-Based Motivation Perspective / Daphna Oyserman, Oliver Fisher

Patient Stigma, Medical Interactions, and Healthcare Disparities: A Selective Review / Louis A. Penner, Sean M. Phelan, Valerie Earnshaw, Terrance L. Albrecht, John F. Dovidio

Structural Stigma and Health / Mark L. Hatzenbuehler

Segregation, Stigma, and Stratification: A Biosocial Model / Douglas S. Massey, Brandon Wagner

Power, Status, and Stigma: Their Implications for Health / Jeff Lucas, Hsiang-Yuan Ho, Kristin Kerns

Getting Underneath the Power of "Contact": Revisiting the Fundamental Lever of Stigma as a Social Network Phenomenon / Bernice A. Pescosolido, Bianca Manago

Perceived Racial Discrimination and Health Behavior: Mediation and Moderation / Frederick X. Gibbons, Michelle L. Stock

Social Identity, Stigma and Health / Jolanda Jetten, S. Alexander Haslam, Tegan Cruwys, Nyla R. Branscombe

When Stigma is Concealable: The Costs and Benefits for Health / Diane M. Quinn

Physical Health Disparities and Stigma: Race, Sexual Orientation, and Body Weight / John F. Dovidio, Louis A. Penner, Sarah K. Calabrese, Rebecca L. Pearl

Stigma, Health, and Individual Differences / Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton, Jordan B. Leitner

Parenting as a Buffer that Deters Discrimination and Race-Related Stressors from "Getting Under the Skin": Theories, Findings, and Future Directions / Allen W. Barton, Gene H. Brody

Reducing Physical Illness Stigma: Insights from the Mental Illness Arena / Patrick W. Corrigan, Andrea B. Bink, Annie Schmidt

Public Health and Social Justice: An Argument Against Stigma as a Tool of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention / Erika Blacksher

Public Health with a Punch: Fear, Stigma, and Hard-Hitting Media Campaigns / Amy Fairchild, Ron Bayer

Mental and Physical Health Consequences of the Stigma Associated with Mental Illness / Bruce G. Link, Jo C. Phelan, Greer Sullivan

The Negative and Bi-Directional Effects of Weight Stigma on Health / Brenda Major, Janet Tomiyama, Jeffrey M. Hunger

Stigma and the "Social Epidemic" of HIV: Understanding Bi-Directional Mechanisms of Risk and Resilience / Stephenie R. Chaudoir, Jeffrey D. Fisher

Sexual Minority Stigma and Health / John E. Pachankis, David J. Lick

Stigma, Social Identity Threat and Health / Brenda Major, Toni Schmader

Stigma as a Fundamental Cause of Health Inequality / Bruce G. Link, Jo C. Phelan, Mark L. Hatzenbuehler

Discriminating Ecologies: A Life History Approach to Stigma and Health / Steven L. Neuberg, Andreana C. Kenrick

Interpersonal Discrimination and Physical Health / Laura Smart Richman, Elizabeth A. Pascoe, Micah Lattanner

Racial Discrimination and Racial Disparities in Health / Naomi Priest, David R. Williams

Biopsychosocial Mechanisms Linking Discrimination to Health: A Focus on Social Cognition / Elizabeth Brondolo, Irene V. Blair, Amandeep Kaur

Neural and Cardiovascular Pathways from Stigma to Suboptimal Health / Belle Derks, Daan Scheepers.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 1, 2017).

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9780190696689

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.