6 research outputs found
Concealable stigmas and positive self-perceptions: Feeling better around similar others
In an 11-day experience-sampling study, 86 Harvard undergraduates rated their momentary selfesteem and affect and then described the who, what, and where of their daily lives. Those with concealable stigmas (students who indicated that they were gay, that they were bulimic, or that their family earned less than $20,000 each year) reported lower self-esteem and more negative affect than both those whose stigmas were visible and those without stigmatizing characteristics. Only the presence of similar others lifted the self-esteem and mood of students with concealable stigmas, and these particular students were the least likely to experience such occasions. Thus, contact with similar others protects the psychological self from negative cultural messages
The Vision and Reality of Yanbian University of Science and Technology : Focusing on Its International, Ethnicoriented, and Community-integrated Characteristics
Changing Roles, Changing Preferences? The Dual Impact of Gender Identity on Preferences for Sex Specific Advertising Stimuli
Transforming poverty-related policy with intersectionality
Despite progress toward poverty alleviation, policy making still lags in thinking about how individuals experience poverty as overlapping sources of disadvantage. Using the lens of intersectionality, this article identifies the gaps that arise from a conventional focus on isolated facets of poverty. Insights generated from an analysis of extant scholarship are used to develop a road map to help policy makers develop programs that address the complex experience of poverty and promote transformative solutions