- Oxford Library of Psychology
- The Oxford Handbook of Stigma, Discrimination, and Health
- Dedication
- About the Editors
- Preface
- Contributors
- Stigma and Its Implications for Health: Introduction and Overview
- Physical Health Disparities and Stigma: Race, Sexual Orientation, and Body Weight
- Stigma as a Fundamental Cause of Health Inequality
- Power, Status, and Stigma: Their Implications for Health
- Stigma, Social Identity Threat, and Health
- Structural Stigma and Health
- Discriminating Ecologies: A Life History Approach to Stigma and Health
- Segregation, Stigma, and Stratification: A Biosocial Model
- Racial Discrimination and Racial Disparities in Health
- Patient Stigma, Medical Interactions, and Health Care Disparities: A Selective Review
- Interpersonal Discrimination and Physical Health
- Biopsychosocial Mechanisms Linking Discrimination to Health: A Focus on Social Cognition
- Neural and Cardiovascular Pathways from Stigma to Suboptimal Health
- Affective Reactions as Mediators of the Relationship Between Stigma and Health
- When Stigma Is Concealable: The Costs and Benefits for Health
- Social Identity, Stigma, and Health
- Social Stigma and Health: An Identity-Based Motivation Perspective
- Parenting as a Buffer That Deters Discrimination and Race-Related Stressors from “Getting Under the Skin”: Theories, Findings, and Future Directions
- Perceived Racial Discrimination and Health Behavior: Mediation and Moderation
- Stigma, Health, and Individual Differences
- Getting Underneath the Power of “Contact”: Revisiting the Fundamental Lever of Stigma as a Social Network Phenomenon
- Reducing Physical Illness Stigma: Insights from the Mental Illness Arena
- Public Health with a Punch: Fear, Stigma, and Hard-Hitting Media Campaigns
- Public Health and Social Justice: An Argument Against Stigma as a Tool of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
- Stigma and the “Social Epidemic” of HIV: Understanding Bidirectional Mechanisms of Risk and Resilience
- Sexual Minority Stigma and Health
- The Negative and Bidirectional Effects of Weight Stigma on Health
- Mental and Physical Health Consequences of the Stigma Associated with Mental Illnesses
- Index
Abstract and Keywords
Interpersonal discrimination contributes to health inequalities for disadvantaged groups across numerous stigmatized identities. This effect has been found using cross-sectional, prospective, and experimental designs. Interpersonal discrimination has been associated with poor health across a wide range of mental health outcomes, including greater rates of depression, psychological distress, anxiety, and negative well-being, and also physical health outcomes such as hypertension, diabetes, respiratory problems, self-reported ill health, low birth weight, and cardiovascular disease. This chapter examines the relationship between interpersonal discrimination and health. It first reviews the literature, focusing on current best measurement practices, and then provides support for the theoretical model of the pathways by which interpersonal discrimination impacts health outcomes. The chapter then presents an updated meta-analysis that further supports the model and expands on types of discrimination and outcomes. It concludes with a discussion of directions for future research.
Keywords: discrimination, perceived discrimination, health, interpersonal discrimination, symptomology
Laura S. Richman Department of Population Health Sciences Duke University School of Medicine Durham, NC, USA
Elizabeth Pascoe, Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina, Asheville, Asheville, NC, USA
Micah Lattanner, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Oxford Library of Psychology
- The Oxford Handbook of Stigma, Discrimination, and Health
- Dedication
- About the Editors
- Preface
- Contributors
- Stigma and Its Implications for Health: Introduction and Overview
- Physical Health Disparities and Stigma: Race, Sexual Orientation, and Body Weight
- Stigma as a Fundamental Cause of Health Inequality
- Power, Status, and Stigma: Their Implications for Health
- Stigma, Social Identity Threat, and Health
- Structural Stigma and Health
- Discriminating Ecologies: A Life History Approach to Stigma and Health
- Segregation, Stigma, and Stratification: A Biosocial Model
- Racial Discrimination and Racial Disparities in Health
- Patient Stigma, Medical Interactions, and Health Care Disparities: A Selective Review
- Interpersonal Discrimination and Physical Health
- Biopsychosocial Mechanisms Linking Discrimination to Health: A Focus on Social Cognition
- Neural and Cardiovascular Pathways from Stigma to Suboptimal Health
- Affective Reactions as Mediators of the Relationship Between Stigma and Health
- When Stigma Is Concealable: The Costs and Benefits for Health
- Social Identity, Stigma, and Health
- Social Stigma and Health: An Identity-Based Motivation Perspective
- Parenting as a Buffer That Deters Discrimination and Race-Related Stressors from “Getting Under the Skin”: Theories, Findings, and Future Directions
- Perceived Racial Discrimination and Health Behavior: Mediation and Moderation
- Stigma, Health, and Individual Differences
- Getting Underneath the Power of “Contact”: Revisiting the Fundamental Lever of Stigma as a Social Network Phenomenon
- Reducing Physical Illness Stigma: Insights from the Mental Illness Arena
- Public Health with a Punch: Fear, Stigma, and Hard-Hitting Media Campaigns
- Public Health and Social Justice: An Argument Against Stigma as a Tool of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
- Stigma and the “Social Epidemic” of HIV: Understanding Bidirectional Mechanisms of Risk and Resilience
- Sexual Minority Stigma and Health
- The Negative and Bidirectional Effects of Weight Stigma on Health
- Mental and Physical Health Consequences of the Stigma Associated with Mental Illnesses
- Index
