The use of homophobic labels: A comparison between self-, ingroup- and outgroup- labeling

• Autor(a) principal: Paolini, Sara
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/20482
• topic: Self-labeling; Other-labeling; Homophobic-labeling; Self-power; Stigma; Auto-rotulagem; Outro-rotulagem; Rotulagem homofóbico; Auto-poder; Estigma; Psicologia social; Relações intergrupais; Homossexualidade; Preconceito

This research investigates whether the use of derogatory labels affect the perceived self-power and the valence attributed to the derogatory label in different conditions: (a) Self-labeling condition in which the subject label himself with an homophobic label, (b) Ingroup-labeling condition in which a member of the ingroup labels the subject, and (c) Outgroup-labeling condition in which a member of the outgroup labels the subject. Results showed a higher perceived self-power as well as a decrease of the negative valence attributed to the label in the Self-labeling condition in comparison to the Outgroup-labeling condition. Also, results indicate a decrease negativity of the label in the Ingroup-labeling condition in comparison to the Outgrouplabeling condition. In addition, a mediation analysis showed that Self- vs. Outgroup-labeling increased participants’ levels of perceived power, which in turn decreased the perceived negativity of the derogatory label.