Race, Gender, and Homelessness Stigma

Effects of Perceived Blameworthiness and Dangerousness

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2153370
AutoresFred E Markowitz (0000-0003-2026-791X, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA, autor de correspondencia), Jeffrey Syverson (Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA)
Año2021
Volumen42
Número7
Páginas919-931
Fecha de publicación2021-07-03
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDeviant Behavior (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0163-9625 • E-ISSN: 1521-0456
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01639625.2019.1706140
OpenAlexW2996382818
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas39
Referencias citadas56

Males and black persons are overrepresented among the homeless population and experience differential trajectories in homelessness and access to services. However, research has not fully examined the extent to which the race and sex of homeless persons affect stigmatizing responses toward them. Drawing on stigma and attribution theories and using data from experimental vignettes administered to a sample of public university students (n = 195), we examine the effects of the race and gender of homeless persons on perceptions of blameworthiness, dangerousness, and social distance. We find that black and male homeless persons are perceived as more dangerous, but not more blameworthy. Both perceived dangerousness and blameworthiness are associated with increased desired social distance. Also, we find that subjects who are more politically conservative desire greater social distance from homeless persons because they consider them more blameworthy and more dangerous

Affect (linguistics · Attribution · Black male · Perception · Population · Psychiatry · Race (biology · Social distance · Sociology · Stigma (botany · Demography · Employment and Welfare Studies · Gender Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social Psychology