Automatically activated shame reactions and perceived legitimacy of discrimination: A longitudinal study among people with mental illness

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-63

  Rüsch, Nicolas ^a,b   Todd, Andrew R ^c   Bodenhausen, Galen V ^c   Olschewski, Manfred ^d   Corrigan, Patrick W ^a  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automaticity; Discrimination; Implicit Association Test; Perceived legitimacy; Shame; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMOTIONALITY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENTAL DISEASE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; SELF ESTEEM; SHAME; STIGMA;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF CONCEPT; SHAME; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 70649094220     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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