Numbing the perception of stigma: system justification decreases psychological distress by reducing perceived stigma among gay men and lesbians <i>(Adormeciendo la percepcion del estigma: la justificacion del sistema disminuye el malestar psicologico mediante la reduccion del estigma percibido entre gays y lesbianas)</i>

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dc.contributor.authorBahamondes, Joaquin
dc.contributor.authorGomez, Fabiola
dc.contributor.authorBarrientos, Jaime
dc.contributor.authorCardenas, Manuel
dc.contributor.authorGuzman-Gonzalez, Monica
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-23T19:51:57Z
dc.date.available2025-01-23T19:51:57Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractSystem justification theory posits that perceiving society as fair and legitimate provides palliative benefits to people who endorse such beliefs. Despite mixed evidence among socially disadvantaged groups, recent evidence shows that members of disadvantaged groups minimize perceptions of discrimination in order to reap palliative benefits. We tested this hypothesis in a sample of gay men and lesbians in Chile (N = 467). Specifically, we examined the effects of system justification on psychological distress, and the mediating role of perceived sexual stigma. As expected, system justification was negatively associated with psychological distress via minimizing perceptions of sexual stigma towards the in-group. Our study replicates previous results, and unveils a soporific mechanism of system-justifying beliefs: that of providing palliative benefits to sexual minorities' well-being by minimizing perceptions of their in-group as target of sexual stigma. Considerations for the well-being and status of sexual minorities and their unwitting compliance with heteronormativity are further discussed.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/02134748.2020.1721052
dc.identifier.eissn1579-3680
dc.identifier.issn0213-4748
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/02134748.2020.1721052
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/100609
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000532264600001
dc.issue.numero2
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final309
dc.pagina.inicio282
dc.revistaInternational journal of social psychology
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectsystem justification
dc.subjectwell-being
dc.subjectperceived stigma
dc.subjectpalliative effects
dc.subjectgay men and lesbians
dc.subject.ods10 Reduced Inequality
dc.subject.odspa10 Reducción de las desigualdades
dc.titleNumbing the perception of stigma: system justification decreases psychological distress by reducing perceived stigma among gay men and lesbians <i>(Adormeciendo la percepcion del estigma: la justificacion del sistema disminuye el malestar psicologico mediante la reduccion del estigma percibido entre gays y lesbianas)</i>
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen35
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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