Innovative Stigma and Discrimination Reduction Programs Across the World

by Alicia Nordstrom (Editor), Wind Goodfriend (Editor)

Overview

Offering practical stigma and discrimination reduction programs in a range of domains including mental health, disability, ethnicity, and sexuality, this book is the answer to "What can we do?" to improve interpersonal relationships by reducing societal stigma towards social groups that are prime targets of prejudice.

In this volume, researchers from four continents share empirically-supported stigma reduction programs that capitalize on creativity and psychological science. The programs capture a range of populations including high school and college students, healthcare providers, war survivors, sexual assault survivors, business professionals, and community members. With a focus on controversial topics in society today including racism, sexism, ageism, ableism, and classism as well as stigma of mental health and body image, innovative and unexpected methods of interventions are brought to life in the collected chapters from world-leading experts. The applications of theater, game playing, text messaging, and social media, as well as new formulations of educational workshops and communication strategies, shed new perspectives on how all of us can use accessible tools to make positive and productive changes on societal attitudes.

This is an essential reading for professionals, academics, and students of psychology, business, HR, mental health, counseling, and social work, especially those interested in stigma reduction.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367487232
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/29/2021
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dr. Alicia Nordstrom is a professor of Psychology at Misericordia University in Pennsylvania, USA. Her research interests include interventions to reduce stigma, stereotypes, and stress and to promote mental health in college students. Her research has appeared on NPR, TEDxLancaster, and the NYC Broadway Bound Theatre Festival. She is also an actor, director, writer, and producer of theater, sketch, improv, and film.

Dr. Wind Goodfriend is a professor of Psychology at Buena Vista University in Iowa, USA. She has written or edited over 10 books in Social Psychology, including her textbook which won the 2019 Most Promising New Textbook of the Year award from the Textbook and Academic Authors Association. She is an award-winning author, teacher, and researcher.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations x

Preface xii

Acknowledgements xxiv

1 A Social Cognition Model of Bias Reduction Gordon B. Moskowitz Joseph A. Vitriol 1

Part 1 Mental Health 41

2 Honest, Open, Proud (HOP): A Program to Combat the Stigma of Mental Illness with Strategic Disclosure Carla Kundert Patrick W. Corrigan 43

3 Reducing Help-Seeking Stigma through Self-Affirmation Daniel G. Lannin David L. Vogel Patrick J. Heath 56

4 The Acceptability and Effectiveness of Mental Illness Anti-Stigma Programs at the High School and University Level Ryan Golt Stephanie Zito Bilun N. Böke Nancy L. Heath 67

Part 2 Ethnicity/Race 85

5 Twubakane: Contact-Based Programs to Strengthen Social Cohesion in Post-Genocide Rwanda Trisha Dehrone Brooke Burrows Linda R. Tropp Rezarta Bilali Ginny Morrison 87

Part 3 Sexuality/Gender 101

6 De-stigmatizing Survivors: Intervening by Changing the Composition of Campus Alerts about Sexual Assault Elizabeth R. Brown Jennifer K. Wesely Curtis E. Phills 103

7 Workshop Activity for Gender Equity Simulation (Wages): An Evidence-Based Experiential Learning Tool for Educating about Gender Bias across Learning and Work Contexts Jessica L. Cundiff Leah R. Warner Kaitlin McCormick-Huhn Stephanie A. Shields 113

8 Effectiveness of a Multidimensional Web-Based Intervention Program to Change Brazilian Health Practitioners' Attitudes Toward the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transgender Population Angelo Brandelli Costa Henrique Caetano Nardi 127

Part 4 Weight and Body Size 139

9 A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Interventions that Reduce Weight Stigma Towards Self or Others Leah M. Kaufmann Catherine Bridgeman 141

10 Achieving a Reduction in Weight Stigma by Providing a Holistic Education Intervention Targeting Nutrition Knowledge and Bias Thea Werkhoven 189

11 Reducing Weight Stigma in the Workplace Mikki Hebl Cassandra N. Phetmisy Ivy Watson Felix Y. Wu 203

Part 5 Ageism 217

12 Ageism-Reduction Programs Sheri R. Levy Ashley Lytle Caitlin Monahan Jamie MacDonald Marybeth Apriceno 219

Part 6 Poverty 233

13 The Stigma of Poverty and Race and Interventions to Mitigate Its Effects in Brazil a and Senegal Jorge Jacob Valerie Purdie-Greenaway 235

14 An Experiential Learning Simulation to Reduce Poverty-Based Stigma: Changing the Hearts, Minds, and Actions of the Economically Advantaged Jonathan Mendel Stephen C. Wright Maitland W. Waddell Odilia Dys-Steenbergen McKenzie Bahrami Angela Chin 247

Part 7 Educational Approaches for Allyship and Social Justice 263

15 An Ally Skill-Building Workshop Larry R. Martinez Megan J. Snoeyink Kelly M. Hamilton 265

16 The Voices Project: Using Activist Theater in the Classroom to Reduce Racism and Stigma of Mental Health Alicia H. Nordstrom 278

Index 291

Editorial Reviews

"This skillfully edited volume is unique in its scope and in its ambition to not simply to understand stigma but also to show how it can be addressed in practical and effective ways. Leading international scholars artfully bridge research and practice by identifying proven interventions and illuminating how they work to reduce the stigmatization of a wide variety of groups in globally diverse contexts. This book is exceptionally timely, both for application and theory, and is a "must-read" for practitioners and scholars dedicated to addressing the severe social consequences of stigma."

Dr. John Dovidio, Yale University, USA

"This book is a tour de force compilation of theoretically grounded, empirically validated, and innovative approaches to reducing many forms of stigma across the globe. It is a "must read" for organizations and individuals looking for successful strategies for reducing stigma and fostering diversity, equity and inclusion."

Dr. Margo Monteith, Purdue University, USA

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