Hymie Anisman
Biographic Data
| ID | 139148 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hymie Anisman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hymie |
| FAMILY NAME | Anisman |
| SIGNATURE | ANISMAN H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Carleton University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 44 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 487 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 44 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1971 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 10 |
Believing in science
Despite evidence supporting numerous scientific issues (e.g. climate change, vaccinations) many people still doubt the legitimacy of science. Moreover, individuals may be prone to scepticism about scientific findings that misalign with their ideological beliefs and identities. This research investigated whether trust in science (as well as government and media) and COVID-19 vaccination intentions varied as a function of (non)religious group ident…
Parent-Child Separations and Mental Health among First Nations and Métis Peoples in Canada
First Nations children are over 17 times more likely to be removed from their families and placed in the child welfare system (CWS) than non-Indigenous children in Canada. The high rates of parent-child separation have been linked to discriminatory public services and the Indian Residential School (IRS) system, which instigated a multi-generational cycle of family disruption. However, limited empirical evidence exists linking the IRS to subsequen…
Relations between bullying and distress among youth living in First Nations communities
The well-being of Indigenous peoples continues to be affected by intergenerational effects of numerous harmful government policies, which are considered root causes for bullying and cyberbullying that exist in some communities. Despite ongoing stressors, Indigenous youth demonstrate resilience, which often appears grounded in connecting to their cultural identities and traditional practices. However, few studies have tested the direct and stress-…
Untangling racism
The ability to effectively contend with racism is likely undermined by factors that promote uncertainty regarding racist motives. A national policy of multiculturalism exists in Canada, which is intended to encourage cultural diversity, but can also serve to mask systemic racism. This may contribute to uncertainty when racism is encountered, with implications for the appraisals, coping, and stress-related outcomes of ethnoracial minorities. Two s…
Familial Attendance at Indian Residential School and Subsequent Involvement in the Child Welfare System Among Indigenous Adults Born During the Sixties Scoop Era
The health and wellness of Indigenous peoples continue to be impacted by the harmful colonization practices enforced by the Government of Canada. While the long-term health impacts of the Indian Residential School (IRS) system are documented, empirical evidence elucidating the relationship between the IRSs and the risk of offspring experiencing other collective childhood traumas, such as the Sixties Scoop (1950-1990) and the inequities within the…
Intergenerational communication regarding Indian Residential Schools
Two studies assessed the nature of parental communication about the trauma of Indian Residential Schools (IRSs) in relation to the psychological distress of their adult offspring, and whether the link between parental communication and distress was mediated by offsprings' greater awareness of collective discrimination or sense of pride in cultural identity. In Study 1, an online survey of Indigenous participants from across Canada ( N = 498) demo…
Understanding the Relation Between Early-Life Adversity and Depression Symptoms
Pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as interleukin (IL)-6 and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), are thought to play a fundamental role in the pathogenesis of depression within a subset of individuals. However, the involvement of IL-1β has not been as consistently linked to depression, possibly owing to difficulties in detecting this cytokine in blood samples or that changes in circulating levels might only be apparent in a subgroup of patients who ha…
Traumatic Experiences, Perceived Discrimination, and Psychological Distress Among Members of Various Socially Marginalized Groups
Perceived discrimination has consistently been shown to be associated with diminished mental health, but the psychological processes underlying this link are less well understood. The present series of four studies assessed the role of a history traumatic events in generating a proliferation of discrimination stressors and threat appraisals, which in turn predict psychological distress (depressive and posttraumatic stress symptoms) (mediation mod…
Revenge is sour, but is forgiveness sweet? Psychological health and cortisol reactivity among women with experiences of abuse
This study examined the relations among women's experiences of abuse, forgiveness, revenge, psychological health, and physiological stress reactivity. Both dispositional (Study 1; N = 103) and state (Study 2; N = 258) forgiveness and vengeance were associated with psychological symptoms. However, the relation between revenge and greater depression was magnified among psychologically abused women, whereas-unexpectedly-the positive link between for…
Indigenous identity transformations
Embracing a shared social identity typically serves to protect group members in the face of threats. However, under some conditions, intragroup dynamics are diverted so that instead, they contribute to disturbances in collective well-being. The present analysis applies a social identity framework to understand how intragroup processes elicited in Indian Residential Schools (IRS) altered the capacity of Indigenous peoples to overcome damage to the…
Intolerance of uncertainty, appraisals, coping, and anxiety
OBJECTIVES: Although ambiguous and uncertain situations, such as those dealing with the threat of widespread viral illness, may have pronounced psychological ramifications, there have been few studies that examined the factors that contributed to such outcomes. The purpose of the present investigation was to examine emotional reactions to a health threat. DESIGN: A structural equation model examined the interplay between anxiety and intolerance o…
Religious and Ethnic Discrimination
Social identity threats, depending on the content of the identity targeted, may evoke varying socio-political responses. In this regard, religious discrimination may be especially threatening, challenging both the social group and its belief system, thereby promoting more active collective responses. This research examined how religious and ethnic identification differentially evoked engagement with support resources (ingroup and spiritual), civi…
Childhood adversity, perceived discrimination, and coping strategies in relation to depressive symptoms among First Nations adults in Canada
Aboriginal peoples are at greater risk of experiencing early life adversity relative to non-Aboriginal peoples in Canada, and as adults frequently experience high levels of discrimination that act as a further stressor. Although these factors appear to contribute to high rates of depressive disorders and suicidality in Aboriginal peoples, the psychosocial factors that contribute to the relationship between childhood adversity and the development …
Anticipation of a psychosocial stressor differentially influences ghrelin, cortisol and food intake among emotional and non-emotional eaters
The intergenerational effects of Indian Residential Schools
The current paper reviews research that has explored the intergenerational effects of the Indian Residential School (IRS) system in Canada, in which Aboriginal children were forced to live at schools where various forms of neglect and abuse were common. Intergenerational IRS trauma continues to undermine the well-being of today's Aboriginal population, and having a familial history of IRS attendance has also been linked with more frequent contemp…
Unsupportive social interactions influence emotional eating behaviors. The role of coping styles as mediators
Appraisals of discriminatory events among adult offspring of Indian residential school survivors
As part of a government policy of assimilation beginning in the mid-1800s, a large proportion of Aboriginal children in Canada were forcibly removed from their homes to attend Indian Residential Schools (IRSs), a practice which continued into the 1990s. This traumatic experience had lasting negative effects not only on those who attended but also on their offspring, who were previously found to report higher levels of perceived discrimination and…
Victim and Perpetrator Groups' Responses to the C anadian Government's Apology for the Head Tax on C hinese Immigrants and the Moderating Influence of Collective Guilt
E uropean and C hinese C anadians' perceptions and expectations of the C anadian government's apology for the head tax placed on C hinese immigrants during the early twentieth century were examined, along with C hinese C anadians' willingness to forgive the transgression. Among both E uropean and C hinese C anadians, beliefs about the importance attributed to the event and perception of the apology as deserved and sincere heightened expectations …
Expectations Among Aboriginal Peoples in Canada Regarding the Potential Impacts of a Government Apology
After continued pressure, the Canadian government offered an apology to Aboriginal peoples for its role in the Indian Residential School (IRS) system, where children were removed from their families in an effort to assimilate the Aboriginal population. Although the apology was sought after, it was unclear what Aboriginal peoples expected it to accomplish in relation to their treatment and quality of life within Canada. Quantitative and qualitativ…
Bearing Witness
Recognizing discrimination does not necessarily translate into victim support. Willingness to provide support to a female victim of gender discrimination was hypothesized to vary as a function of whether the participant was male or female, along with the emotions conveyed by the victim (anger, shame, or no affect). Participants (N = 198) heard an audiotaped accounting of a woman's discriminatory (vs. nondiscriminatory) conflict. When the victim e…
Coping with identity threat
Religiosity is typically related to positive outcomes following distress, yet it remains unclear how religiosity may alter responses when one’s religious identity itself is challenged. The present investigation examined the role of appraisal-coping processes in the relations between religious orientations, emotions, and action intentions following identity threat. Study 1 (N 63) assessed associations with religious orientations (intrinsic and ext…
Love thine enemy? Evidence that (ir)religious identification can promote outgroup tolerance under threat
The divide between religious traditionalists and secular humanists has been widening for decades; yet, little is known about factors that attenuate hostility between these groups. Two studies examined whether (ir)religious identification could mitigate negative feelings toward (ir)religious outgroups. Following priming to make salient religious groups in daily life or group-based threat, Atheists and Christians in Britain (Study 1, n = 113), and …
The impact of stressors on second generation Indian residential school survivors
From 1863 to 1996, many Aboriginal children in Canada were forced to attend Indian Residential Schools (IRSs), where many experienced neglect, abuse, and the trauma of separation from their families and culture. The present study examined the intergenerational impact of IRS exposure on depressive symptomatology in a convenience sample of 143 First Nations adults. IRS experiences had adverse intergenerational effects in that First Nations adults w…
Animation-Based Education as a Gambling Prevention Tool
Decomposing identity
The present investigation examined the relationship between perceived discrimination and depressive symptoms among First Nations adults in Canada (N = 220). It was considered that specific aspects of ethnic identity (in-group affect, centrality, in-group ties) could serve as resilience and/or vulnerability factors. Whereas in-group affect (positive feelings regarding one's group) was directly associated with decreased depressive symptoms and buff…
Religiosity as Identity
As a social identity anchored in a system of guiding beliefs and symbols, religion ought to serve a uniquely powerful function in shaping psychological and social processes. Religious identification offers a distinctive "sacred" worldview and "eternal" group membership, unmatched by identification with other social groups. Thus, religiosity might be explained, at least partially, by the marked cognitive and emotional value that religious group me…
The intergenerational effects of Indian Residential Schools
The current paper reviews research that has explored the intergenerational effects of the Indian Residential School (IRS) system in Canada, in which Aboriginal children were forced to live at schools where various forms of neglect and abuse were common. Intergenerational IRS trauma continues to undermine the well-being of today's Aboriginal population, and having a familial history of IRS attendance has also been linked with more frequent contemp…
The impact of stressors on second generation Indian residential school survivors
From 1863 to 1996, many Aboriginal children in Canada were forced to attend Indian Residential Schools (IRSs), where many experienced neglect, abuse, and the trauma of separation from their families and culture. The present study examined the intergenerational impact of IRS exposure on depressive symptomatology in a convenience sample of 143 First Nations adults. IRS experiences had adverse intergenerational effects in that First Nations adults w…
Decomposing identity
The present investigation examined the relationship between perceived discrimination and depressive symptoms among First Nations adults in Canada (N = 220). It was considered that specific aspects of ethnic identity (in-group affect, centrality, in-group ties) could serve as resilience and/or vulnerability factors. Whereas in-group affect (positive feelings regarding one's group) was directly associated with decreased depressive symptoms and buff…
Traumatic Experiences, Perceived Discrimination, and Psychological Distress Among Members of Various Socially Marginalized Groups
Perceived discrimination has consistently been shown to be associated with diminished mental health, but the psychological processes underlying this link are less well understood. The present series of four studies assessed the role of a history traumatic events in generating a proliferation of discrimination stressors and threat appraisals, which in turn predict psychological distress (depressive and posttraumatic stress symptoms) (mediation mod…
Appraisals of discriminatory events among adult offspring of Indian residential school survivors
As part of a government policy of assimilation beginning in the mid-1800s, a large proportion of Aboriginal children in Canada were forcibly removed from their homes to attend Indian Residential Schools (IRSs), a practice which continued into the 1990s. This traumatic experience had lasting negative effects not only on those who attended but also on their offspring, who were previously found to report higher levels of perceived discrimination and…
Victim and Perpetrator Groups' Responses to the C anadian Government's Apology for the Head Tax on C hinese Immigrants and the Moderating Influence of Collective Guilt
E uropean and C hinese C anadians' perceptions and expectations of the C anadian government's apology for the head tax placed on C hinese immigrants during the early twentieth century were examined, along with C hinese C anadians' willingness to forgive the transgression. Among both E uropean and C hinese C anadians, beliefs about the importance attributed to the event and perception of the apology as deserved and sincere heightened expectations …
Love thine enemy? Evidence that (ir)religious identification can promote outgroup tolerance under threat
The divide between religious traditionalists and secular humanists has been widening for decades; yet, little is known about factors that attenuate hostility between these groups. Two studies examined whether (ir)religious identification could mitigate negative feelings toward (ir)religious outgroups. Following priming to make salient religious groups in daily life or group-based threat, Atheists and Christians in Britain (Study 1, n = 113), and …
Expectations Among Aboriginal Peoples in Canada Regarding the Potential Impacts of a Government Apology
After continued pressure, the Canadian government offered an apology to Aboriginal peoples for its role in the Indian Residential School (IRS) system, where children were removed from their families in an effort to assimilate the Aboriginal population. Although the apology was sought after, it was unclear what Aboriginal peoples expected it to accomplish in relation to their treatment and quality of life within Canada. Quantitative and qualitativ…
Supportive and Unsupportive Social Interactions in Relation to Cultural Adaptation and Psychological Distress Among Somali Refugees Exposed to Collective or Personal Traumas
The present study evaluated the traumatic stressors experienced by Somali refugees to Canada ( N = 169) that might be associated with poorer cultural adaptation and greater depressive and trauma symptoms. As well, it was suggested that indices of social support might mediate the relations between traumatic experiences and psychological outcomes. Regression analyses indicated that collective trauma experiences (e.g., civil warfare) were associated…
Unsupportive social interactions influence emotional eating behaviors. The role of coping styles as mediators
Stress and cancer
Anger and shame elicited by discrimination
Discrimination often elicits anger, and yet group members typically do not take actions to confront their situation. It may be that other emotions that run contrary to action‐taking also arise (e.g., shame), limiting the active expression of anger. Indeed, Study 1 ( N = 36) revealed that, using a failure feedback paradigm, women expressed greater shame when their failure was due to discrimination, compared to a lack of personal merit. In contrast…
Anticipation of a psychosocial stressor differentially influences ghrelin, cortisol and food intake among emotional and non-emotional eaters
The Buffering Role of Social Support Perceptions in Relation to Eating Disturbances among Women in Abusive Dating Relationships
Untangling racism
The ability to effectively contend with racism is likely undermined by factors that promote uncertainty regarding racist motives. A national policy of multiculturalism exists in Canada, which is intended to encourage cultural diversity, but can also serve to mask systemic racism. This may contribute to uncertainty when racism is encountered, with implications for the appraisals, coping, and stress-related outcomes of ethnoracial minorities. Two s…
Indigenous identity transformations
Embracing a shared social identity typically serves to protect group members in the face of threats. However, under some conditions, intragroup dynamics are diverted so that instead, they contribute to disturbances in collective well-being. The present analysis applies a social identity framework to understand how intragroup processes elicited in Indian Residential Schools (IRS) altered the capacity of Indigenous peoples to overcome damage to the…
Religious and Ethnic Discrimination
Social identity threats, depending on the content of the identity targeted, may evoke varying socio-political responses. In this regard, religious discrimination may be especially threatening, challenging both the social group and its belief system, thereby promoting more active collective responses. This research examined how religious and ethnic identification differentially evoked engagement with support resources (ingroup and spiritual), civi…
Intergenerational communication regarding Indian Residential Schools
Two studies assessed the nature of parental communication about the trauma of Indian Residential Schools (IRSs) in relation to the psychological distress of their adult offspring, and whether the link between parental communication and distress was mediated by offsprings' greater awareness of collective discrimination or sense of pride in cultural identity. In Study 1, an online survey of Indigenous participants from across Canada ( N = 498) demo…
Childhood adversity, perceived discrimination, and coping strategies in relation to depressive symptoms among First Nations adults in Canada
Aboriginal peoples are at greater risk of experiencing early life adversity relative to non-Aboriginal peoples in Canada, and as adults frequently experience high levels of discrimination that act as a further stressor. Although these factors appear to contribute to high rates of depressive disorders and suicidality in Aboriginal peoples, the psychosocial factors that contribute to the relationship between childhood adversity and the development …
Bearing Witness
Recognizing discrimination does not necessarily translate into victim support. Willingness to provide support to a female victim of gender discrimination was hypothesized to vary as a function of whether the participant was male or female, along with the emotions conveyed by the victim (anger, shame, or no affect). Participants (N = 198) heard an audiotaped accounting of a woman's discriminatory (vs. nondiscriminatory) conflict. When the victim e…
Passive-Avoidance Learning in Mice following Methamphetamine or Nembutal Injection during Inescapable Exposure to Shock
Following injection of methamphetamine, nembutal or saline, 24 hybrid mice were given 10 inescapable 2-sec. shocks. 22 hr. after initial training Ss were tested on a passive-avoidance task. This task was not acquired as readily by methamphetamine Ss as by Ss treated with nembutal or saline. Results were interpreted to indicate that prior shock-exposure results in the acquisition of a freezing response which subsequently facilitates passive-avoida…
Fear Reduction and Active Avoidance Learning after Alcohol Administration during Prior CS-Shock Exposure
Alcohol administered to rats during avoidance training interfered with the rate of acquiring avoidance response by reducing fear in the avoidance situation
Effects of Alcohol on Discriminative Active Avoidance Behavior in Mice
Alcohol improved initial avoidance responses and disrupted later responses and impaired discrimination learning, but did not affect behavior if the avoidance response had been previously established
Social Stress Influences Tumor Growth
Growth of syngeneic P815 mastocytoma in DBA/2J male mice was evaluated following social and physical stress exposure. Although social isolation following tumor cell transplantation enhanced tumor growth, it appeared that it was the abrupt change in social conditions, rather than the isolation per se which was responsible for the exacerbation of tumorigenicity. Moreover, it was found that the animals' behavior after social change could modify this…
Amphetamine models of paranoid schizophrenia
Amphetamine models of paranoid schizophrenia
Adaptation to the Tumor-Enhancing Effects of Stress
Growth of P815 mastocytoma in syngeneic DBA/2J male mice was evaluated following several stress regimens. Although escapable shock did not enhance tumor growth, an equivalent amount of inescapable shock applied in a yoked paradigm markedly augmented tumor development. If mice received repeated stress sessions on 5-10 consecutive following tumor cell transplantation, the tumor-enhancing effects of an acute session were abrogated. This effect was n…
Stress and cancer
Amphetamine-induced stereotypy
Amphetamine-induced stereotypy
Circulating Lymphocyte Subsets in Major Depression and Dysthymia With Typical or Atypical Features
OBJECTIVE: Inconsistent results have been reported concerning circulating lymphocyte subsets in depression. To establish whether the immune alterations in depression could be related to neurovegetative symptoms, lymphocyte subsets were assessed in major depressive and dysthymic patients who exhibited either typical or atypical features (ie, the latter characterized by mood reactivity and reversed neurovegetative features). METHOD: Blood was colle…
The Buffering Role of Social Support Perceptions in Relation to Eating Disturbances among Women in Abusive Dating Relationships
Relations Between Trauma Experiences and Psychological, Physical and Neuroendocrine Functioning Among Somali Refugees
The Desire to Gamble
Cortisol Rise Following Awakening Among Problem Gamblers
Anger and shame elicited by discrimination
Discrimination often elicits anger, and yet group members typically do not take actions to confront their situation. It may be that other emotions that run contrary to action‐taking also arise (e.g., shame), limiting the active expression of anger. Indeed, Study 1 ( N = 36) revealed that, using a failure feedback paradigm, women expressed greater shame when their failure was due to discrimination, compared to a lack of personal merit. In contrast…
The Interplay of Appraisals, Specific Coping Styles, and Depressive Symptoms Among Young Male and Female Gamblers
The present study assessed gambling appraisals and specific coping styles among 400 young male (n = 230) and female (n = 170) gamblers. Of particular interest was to determine whether gender variations in stress-related responses are associated with the degree of gambling pathology, depressive symptoms, and attitude to seeking treatment. Results showed that greater appraisals of threat, illusions of control, and negative outcome expectancies were…
Supportive and Unsupportive Social Interactions in Relation to Cultural Adaptation and Psychological Distress Among Somali Refugees Exposed to Collective or Personal Traumas
The present study evaluated the traumatic stressors experienced by Somali refugees to Canada ( N = 169) that might be associated with poorer cultural adaptation and greater depressive and trauma symptoms. As well, it was suggested that indices of social support might mediate the relations between traumatic experiences and psychological outcomes. Regression analyses indicated that collective trauma experiences (e.g., civil warfare) were associated…
Animation-Based Education as a Gambling Prevention Tool
Decomposing identity
The present investigation examined the relationship between perceived discrimination and depressive symptoms among First Nations adults in Canada (N = 220). It was considered that specific aspects of ethnic identity (in-group affect, centrality, in-group ties) could serve as resilience and/or vulnerability factors. Whereas in-group affect (positive feelings regarding one's group) was directly associated with decreased depressive symptoms and buff…
Religiosity as Identity
As a social identity anchored in a system of guiding beliefs and symbols, religion ought to serve a uniquely powerful function in shaping psychological and social processes. Religious identification offers a distinctive "sacred" worldview and "eternal" group membership, unmatched by identification with other social groups. Thus, religiosity might be explained, at least partially, by the marked cognitive and emotional value that religious group me…
Coping with identity threat
Religiosity is typically related to positive outcomes following distress, yet it remains unclear how religiosity may alter responses when one’s religious identity itself is challenged. The present investigation examined the role of appraisal-coping processes in the relations between religious orientations, emotions, and action intentions following identity threat. Study 1 (N 63) assessed associations with religious orientations (intrinsic and ext…
Love thine enemy? Evidence that (ir)religious identification can promote outgroup tolerance under threat
The divide between religious traditionalists and secular humanists has been widening for decades; yet, little is known about factors that attenuate hostility between these groups. Two studies examined whether (ir)religious identification could mitigate negative feelings toward (ir)religious outgroups. Following priming to make salient religious groups in daily life or group-based threat, Atheists and Christians in Britain (Study 1, n = 113), and …
The impact of stressors on second generation Indian residential school survivors
From 1863 to 1996, many Aboriginal children in Canada were forced to attend Indian Residential Schools (IRSs), where many experienced neglect, abuse, and the trauma of separation from their families and culture. The present study examined the intergenerational impact of IRS exposure on depressive symptomatology in a convenience sample of 143 First Nations adults. IRS experiences had adverse intergenerational effects in that First Nations adults w…
Bearing Witness
Recognizing discrimination does not necessarily translate into victim support. Willingness to provide support to a female victim of gender discrimination was hypothesized to vary as a function of whether the participant was male or female, along with the emotions conveyed by the victim (anger, shame, or no affect). Participants (N = 198) heard an audiotaped accounting of a woman's discriminatory (vs. nondiscriminatory) conflict. When the victim e…
Psychology (43 works) · Social Psychology (23 works) · Clinical Psychology (21 works) · Psychiatry (19 works) · Medicine (18 works) · Developmental psychology (17 works) · Social Psychology (13 works) · Clinical Psychology (11 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (10 works) · Internal Medicine (9 works)