Towards a better understanding of the social stigma of facial difference

Pauline Rasset (Post-doc, LPCN), Jessica Mange (MC HDR, LPCN) et leurs collaborateurs, ont publié un nouvel article.

Rasset, P., Mange, J., Montalan, B., & Stutterheim, S. E. (2022). Towards a better understanding of the social stigma of facial difference. Body Image, 43, 450-462. doi:10.1016/j.bodyim.2022.10.011

Celui-ci a été accepté par la revue Body Image (SCIMAGO-SCOPUS Q1, SJR 2021 1.57, IF 5.58, H-index 89).

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Abstract:

Facial difference (FD) is not only an individual experience; it is inherently social, reflecting interactions between social norms and individual attitudes. Often FD is stigmatized. In this paper, we employ a widely used stigma framework, namely the social stigma framework put forth by Pryor and Reeder (2011), to unpack the stigma of FD. This framework posits that there are four forms of stigma: public stigma, self-stigma, stigma by association, and structural stigma. We first discuss the social and psychological literature on FD as it pertains to these various forms of stigma. We then describe coping approaches for FD stigma. Lastly, we delineate evidence-based methods for addressing the various forms of FD stigma, such that future efforts can more effectively tackle the stigma of facial difference.

Pauline Rasset est post-doctorante au LPCN.

Elle a soutenu sa thèse de doctorat en psychologie le 11 février 2022, intitulée « La stigmatisation publique de la défiguration faciale, étude des liens entre attention visuelle, réactions affectives et cognitions déshumanisantes ».

Jessica Mange est enseignante-chercheuse au LPCN, elle s’intéresse, notamment, aux déterminants et à la prévention de la dépendance et à la prévention de la stigmatisation et de la déshumanisation.