Explaining the Negative Effects of Stigma through Sense of Mastery

摘要: Previous research on stigma has identified many negative outcomes associated with its experience. These often include decreased affect and life satisfaction. The present study examined sense of mastery the control one feels they have over events in their as a moderator or mediator for these effects stigma. To examine this, Life Evaluations Survey was distributed to psychology students at Southeastern university (N = 392). Participants completed measures public stigma, self-stigma, mastery, positive affect, Results revealed experiences self-stigma were mastery. In addition, found partially explain relationship between quality life. By contrast, results did not support moderating role Findings suggests that stigmatized individuals experience diminished lives, which translates into