Biological explanations and stigmatizing attitudes: Using essentialism and perceived dangerousness to predict antistigma intervention effectiveness

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 274-291

  Boysen, Guy A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT FREDONIA   (United States)

Author keywords

education; essentialism; homosexuality; mental disorders; stigma

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BLOOD; BRAIN; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL STIGMA; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANGER; ATTITUDE; BRAIN; CAUSALITY; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HORMONES; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL STIGMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957833853     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224545.2010.481689     Document Type: Article

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