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DOI: 10.1177/0146167203029006009 It's Not My Fault: When and Why Attributions to Prejudice Protect Self-EsteemUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Barbara This study tested the hypothesis that awareness of the possibility of being a target of discrimination can provide individuals with a means of self-esteem protection when they are faced with negative outcomes. Men and women contemplated being rejected from a course due to sexism, personal deservingness, or an exclusively external cause. Regardless of gender, participants in the sexism condition blamed themselves less, attributed the rejection less to internal causes, and anticipated feeling less depressed than those in the personal deservingness condition. Furthermore, the more participants discounted the rejectionblamed it more on discrimination than themselvesthe less depressed emotions they anticipated feeling. Discounting did not buffer participants from feeling hostility or anxiety. These findings advance our understanding of when and why attributions to prejudice protect emotional well-being.
Key Words: attribution discrimination prejudice self-esteem stigma
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