The motivational quality of global attributions in hypothetical and experienced situations of gender discrimination

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 242-253

  Foster, Mindi D ^a  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035537595     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-6402.00025     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. Abramson, L. Y., Metalsky, G. I., & Alloy, L. B. (1989). Hopelessness depression: A theory-based subtype of depression. Psychological Review, 96, 358-372.
2. Abramson, L. Y., Seligman, M. E. P., & Teasdale, J. (1978). Learned helplessness in humans: Critique and reformulation. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 87, 49-74.
3. Amirkhan, J. H. (1998). Attributions as predictors of coping and distress. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 24, 1006-1018.
4. Baron, R. M., & Kenny, D. A. (1986). The moderator-mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic and statistical considerations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51, 1173-1182.
5. Bartky, S. L. (1977) Toward a phenomenology of feminist consciousness. In M. Vetterling-Braggin, F. Elliston, & J. English (Eds.), Feminism and philosophy (pp. 22-37). Totawa, NJ: Littlefield.
6. Bourhis, R. Y. (1994). Power, gender and intergroup discrimination: Some minimal group experiments. In M. P. Zanna & J. M. Olson (Eds.), The psychology of prejudice: The Ontario symposium (Vol. 7, pp. 171-208). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
7. Bowles, G., & Duelli Klein, R. (1983). Theories of women's studies. London: Routledge.
8. Bruder-Mattson, S. F., & Hovanitz, C. A. (1990). Coping and attributional styles as predictors of depression. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 46, 557-565.
9. Cochran, C. C., Frazier, P. A., & Olson, A. W. (1997). Predictors of responses to unwanted sexual attention. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 21(2), 207-226.
10. Crocker, J., & Major, B. (1989). Social stigma and self-esteem: The self-protective properties of stigma. Psychological Review, 96, 608-630.
11. Dion, K. L., & Earn, B. M. (1975). The phenomenology of being a target of prejudice. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 32, 944-950.
12. Dziech, B. W., & Weiner, L. (1984). The lecherous professor: Sexual harassment on campus (2nd ed.). Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
13. Ellemers, N., Wilke, H., & van Knippenberg, A. (1993). Effects of the legitimacy of low group or individual status on individual and collective status-enhancement strategies. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 64(5), 766-778.
14. Foster, M. D. (2000a). Utilization of global attributions in recognizing and responding to gender discrimination among college women. Current Psychology, 19, 57-69.
15. Foster, M. D. (2000b). Positive and negative responses to personal discrimination: Does coping make a difference? Journal of Social Psychology, 140, 93-106.
16. Foster, M. D. (1999). Acting out against discrimination: The effects of different social identities. Sex Roles, 40, 167-186.
17. Foster, M. D. (1996). The socio-cognitive factors in reducing the personal/group discrimination discrepancy. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.
18. Foster, M. D., & Matheson, K. (1995). Double relative deprivation: Combining the personal and political. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 21, 1167-1177.
19. Foster, M. D., & Matheson, K. (1998). Perceiving and feeling personal discrimination: Motivation or inhibition for collective action? Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 1(2), 165-174.
20. Foster, M. D. & Matheson, K. (1999). Perceiving and responding to the personal/group discrimination discrepancy. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 25, 1319-1329.
21. Foster, M. D., Matheson, K., & Poole, M. (1994). Responding to Sexual discrimination: The effects of societal versus self-blame. Journal of Social Psychology, 134, 743-754.
22. Frazier, P. A. (1990). Victim attributions and post-rape trauma. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 59(2), 298-304.
23. Gurin, P., Hatchett, S., & Jackson, J. S. (1989). Hope and independence: Blacks' response to electoral and party politics. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
24. Gurin, P., & Markus, H. (1989). Cognitive consequences of gender identity. In S. Skevington & D. Baker (Eds.), The social identity of women (pp. 152-172). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
25. Gurin, P., & Townsend, A. (1986). Properties of gender identity and their implications for gender consciousness. British Journal of Social Psychology, 25, 139-148.
26. Janoff-Bulman, R. (1982). Esteem and control bases of blame: "Adaptive" strategies for victims versus observers. Journal of Personality, 50, 180-192.
27. Kimmel, E. B. (1989). The experience of feminism. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 13, 168-186.
28. Lalonde, R. N., & Cameron, J. E. (1993). Behavioral responses to discrimination: The focus on action. In M. P. Zanna & J. M. Olson (Eds.), The psychology of prejudice: The Ontario Symposium (Vol. 7, pp. 257-288). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
29. Landrine, H., Klonoff, E. A., Gibbs, J., Manning. V., & Lund, M. (1995). Physical and psychiatric correlates of gender discrimination: An application of the schedule of sexist events. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 19(4), 473-492.
30. Major, B., & Schmader, T. (1998). Coping with stigma through psychological disengagement. In J. K. Swim & Stangor, C. (Eds.), Prejudice: The target's perspective (pp. 219-241). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
31. Martin, S. E. (1995). Sexual harassment: The link joining gender stratification, sexuality and women's economic status. In J. Freeman (Ed.), Women: A feminist perspective (5th ed., pp. 22-46). Mountain View, CA: Mayfield.
32. Matheson, K., Echenberg, A., Taylor, D. M., Rivers, D., & Chow, I. (1994). Reactions to affirmative action: Seeking the bases for resistance. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 24, 2075-2096.
33. Matheson, K., Warren, K., Foster, M. D. & Painter, C. (2000). Reactions to affirmative action: Seeking the bases for resistance. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 30, 1013-1038.
34. Perloff, L. S. (1983). Perceptions of vulnerability to victimization. Journal of Social Issues, 39, 41-61.
35. Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. E. P. (1984). Causal explanations as a risk factor for depression: Theory and evidence. Psychological Review, 91, 347-374.
36. Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. E. P. (1987). Explanatory style and illness. Journal of Personality, 55, 237-255.
37. Peterson, C., Seligman, M. E. P., & Vaillant, G. E. (1988). Pessimistic explanatory style is a risk factor for physical illness: A thirty-five year longitudinal study. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 55, 23-27.
38. Peterson, C., Semmel, A., von Baeyer, C., Abramson, L. Y., Metalsky, G.I., & Seligman, M. E. P. (1982). The attributional style questionnaire. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 287-299.
39. Seligman, M. E. P. (1975). Helplessness: On depression, development and death. San Francisco: Freeman.
40. Tajfel, H., & Turner, J. C. (1979). An integrarive theory of intergroup conflict. In W. G. Austin & S. Worchel (Eds.), The social psychology of intergroup relations. Monterey, CA: Brooks/Cole.
41. Taylor, D. M.. & McKirnan, D. J. (1984). A five-stage model of intergroup relations. British Journal of Social Psychology, 23, 291-300.
42. Taylor, D. M., Moghaddam, F. M., Gamble, I., & Zellerer, E. (1987). Disadvantaged group responses to perceived inequality: From passive acceptance to collective action. Journal of Social Psychology, 127, 259-272.
43. Taylor, D. M., Wright, S. C., Moghaddam, F. M., & Lalonde, R. N. (1990). The personal/group discrimination discrepancy: Perceiving my group, but not myself, to be a target for discrimination. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 16, 254-263.
44. Ullman, S. E. (1996). Social reactions, coping strategies, and self-blame attributions in adjustment to sexual assault. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 20(4), 505-526.
45. Weinstein, N. D. (1984). Why won't it happen to me: Perceptions of risk factors and susceptibility. Health Psychology, 3, 806-820.
46. Wright, S. C., Taylor, D. M., & Moghaddam, F. M. (1990). Responding to membership in a disadvantaged group: From acceptance to collective protest. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 58, 994-1003.