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stigma-consciousness
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Psychosocial Pathways - CDC cdc.gov Sep 1, 2023 12 facts
claimDaley SG and Rappolt-Schlichtmann G examined stigma consciousness among adolescents with learning disabilities, specifically focusing on individual experiences of being stereotyped.
claimStigma-consciousness is defined as the extent to which a person anticipates discrimination or prejudice.
measurementA study found that racial discrimination and stigma-consciousness were associated with higher blood pressure and hypertension in Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino men.
claimThe experience of stigma and the anticipatory vigilance of stigma-consciousness are social stressors that may result in heightened acute or chronic stress.
claimBrown RP and Lee MN studied the relationship between stigma consciousness and the race gap in college academic achievement.
claimOrom H, Sharma C, Homish GG, Underwood W, and Homish DL found that racial discrimination and stigma-consciousness are associated with higher blood pressure and hypertension in minority men.
referencePinel (1999) explored stigma-consciousness as the psychological legacy of social stereotypes.
claimStigma-consciousness is defined as the extent to which a person anticipates discrimination or prejudice.
referenceDoyle and Molix (2018) found that stigma-consciousness modulates cortisol reactivity to social stress in women.
claimChronic exposure to stigma and chronic self-consciousness of stigmatized status may increase cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk by negatively affecting physiological responses to stress and increasing the risk of physiological dysregulation.
claimRacial discrimination and stigma-consciousness are associated with higher blood pressure and hypertension in Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino men.
claimChronic exposure to stigma and chronic self-consciousness of stigmatized status may affect cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk by negatively affecting physiological responses to stress and increasing the risk of physiological dysregulation.