Department of Social and Organizational Psychology.
Rehabil Psychol. 2019 May;64(2):212-220. doi: 10.1037/rep0000277.
To analyze the consequences for self-esteem of perceived discrimination against people with physical disabilities, as individuals and as a group.
A structural model based on the psychosocial literature was tested in a sample of 288 Spanish participants with different degrees of physical disability. This model predicted that personal perceived discrimination would be associated with the internalization of stigma that, in turn, would be negatively associated with the self-esteem of people with physical disabilities. On the other hand, group perceived discrimination, was predicted to enhance group identification and promote intention to contribute to collective action and hence have a beneficial effect on the self-esteem of people with physical disabilities.
The model provided a good fit to the data. The relationship between personal discrimination and the self-esteem of people with physical disabilities was completely mediated by internalized stigma. The model also showed that group perceived discrimination had only an indirect effect on self-esteem.
This research makes two main contributions. From a theoretical perspective we found that perceived personal and group discrimination influence self-esteem through different paths. From an applied point of view, our results may contribute to the design of interventions to enhance the quality of life of people with physical disabilities. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).
分析个人和群体感知到的针对身体残疾者的歧视对自尊的后果。
在一个由 288 名具有不同程度身体残疾的西班牙参与者组成的样本中，测试了基于心理社会文献的结构模型。该模型预测个人感知歧视与污名内化有关，而污名内化又与身体残疾者的自尊呈负相关。另一方面，预测群体感知歧视会增强群体认同，并促进为集体行动做出贡献的意愿，从而对身体残疾者的自尊产生有益影响。
该模型很好地拟合了数据。个人歧视与身体残疾者自尊之间的关系完全由内化的污名所中介。该模型还表明，群体感知歧视对自尊仅具有间接影响。
这项研究有两个主要贡献。从理论角度来看，我们发现感知到的个人和群体歧视通过不同的途径影响自尊。从应用的角度来看，我们的结果可能有助于设计干预措施，以提高身体残疾者的生活质量。
