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Brenda Major
Researcher at University of California, Santa Barbara
Publications - 187
Citations - 27080
Brenda Major is an academic researcher from University of California, Santa Barbara. The author has contributed to research in topics: Abortion & Prejudice (legal term). The author has an hindex of 77, co-authored 186 publications receiving 25058 citations. Previous affiliations of Brenda Major include University of California & University at Buffalo.
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Social stigma and self-esteem: The self-protective properties of stigma.
Jennifer Crocker,Brenda Major +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, it is proposed that members of stigmatized groups may attribute negative feedback to prejudice against their group, compare their outcomes with those of the ingroup, rather than with the relatively advantaged outgroup, and selectively devalue those dimensions on which their group fares poorly and value those dimensions that their group excels.
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The social psychology of stigma.
Brenda Major,Laurie T. O’Brien +1 more
TL;DR: This chapter addresses the psychological effects of social stigma by reviewing and organizing recent theory and empirical research within an identity threat model of stigma, which posits that situational cues, collective representations of one's stigma status, and personal beliefs and motives shape appraisals of the significance of stigma-relevant situations for well-being.
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Putting gender into context: An interactive model of gender-related behavior.
Kay Deaux,Brenda Major +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a model that describes conditions influencing the display of gender-related behavior is presented as a supplement to existent models of sex differences, emphasizing the degree to which gender related behavior is variable, proximally caused, and context dependent.
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Social Stigma: The Affective Consequences of Attributional Ambiguity
TL;DR: The authors investigated the hypothesis that the stigmatized can protect their self-esteem by attributing negative feedback to prejudice and reported less depressed affect than women who received negative feedback from a non-prejudiced evaluator.
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Antecedents and consequences of attributions to discrimination: Theoretical and empirical advances
TL;DR: Crocker et al. as mentioned in this paper studied the psychological implications of being a target of prejudice and discrimination and found that personal experiences with discrimination can be frequent, severe, and pervasive across a wide range of situations.