The World Health Organization ageism towards older persons scale: preliminary validation of a novel measure of ageist stereotypes, prejudices, and discrimination in four different countries. [PDF]
Age AgeingAyalon L +6 more
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Accounting for Friendlessness: Stigma and the Quest for an Honorable Self
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.How do people who identify as friendless make sense of their condition in a moment when friendship is extolled for the support and satisfaction it offers? This article draws on interviews with 21 adults in an Atlantic Canadian city. We argue that our interviewees were rarely at ease with their friendlessness and were at pains to recover an honorable ...
Laura Eramian, Peter Mallory
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An Internet-Delivered Intervention to Reduce LGBTQ+ Prejudice Among Romanian Teachers: Randomized Controlled Trial. [PDF]
JMIR Hum FactorsSălăgean N +4 more
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Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.This study of first‐year primary school draws on Goffman's concept of “collective behavior” to examine how order is established and disrupted through the mutual adjustment of all participants' actions. We employed a multi‐method longitudinal design, using semi‐standardized observations and qualitative interviews with teachers and children at three ...
Doris Bühler‐Niederberger +2 more
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Behavioural changes in high school students and their parents, following their participation in seminars on discrimination and prejudice regarding radiation exposure: a qualitative study on the 'GU-GU-RU' project. [PDF]
BMC Public HealthAmir I +7 more
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Rethinking Face‐to‐Face Interaction: Lessons from Studies of “Autistic Sociality”
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.Face‐to‐face interaction is a foundational concept in microsociology. This article surveys the social experiences of autistic people, who are commonly known for having a strained relationship with interactions face to face. By interpretively reviewing and synthesizing the broader literature on “autistic sociality,” the article provides a nuanced ...
Lars E. F. Johannessen
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"Sport can unite people, but not with them, they don't love this country" ethnic prejudice and identity among basketball fans in North Macedonia. [PDF]
Front Sports Act LivingAgich A, Váradi L, Dóczi T.
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Contrastive Self‐Categorization as a Resource for Defending Cultural Stereotypes
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.This study explores how speakers defend morally sanctionable cultural stereotypes from challenges in adult second language classrooms. Within the conversation analysis and membership categorization analysis frameworks, I examine two extended video‐recorded class discussions in which students maintain face‐threatening, stereotypical portrayals of ...
Nadja Tadic
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Does it mean more positive or more negative? A study on central attitudes toward homosexuality. [PDF]
Front PsycholGuo L, Fang S, Zhang Y, Li X, Yang Y.
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Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.To address interactionally troublesome exchanges (e.g., bullying, discrimination, or harassment) in the workplace, giving a name to negative personal experiences is crucial. Drawing on discussions of hermeneutical injustice, we explore the emancipatory potential of naming in post‐hoc tellings of these experiences, with particular attention to ...
Minna Leinonen +2 more
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