The stigma of alcoholism: The role of sex and sex role violations

TL;DRAbstract

This experiment is designed to explore two questions. The first question examines perceptions of women who are alcoholic in order to determine whether they are more stigmatized overall than men who are alcoholic. This question compared vignettes depicting either a man or a woman displaying symptoms of alcoholism. These vignettes were also compared to a control vignette which depicted a man or a woman engaged in blameworthy behavior that was nonalcoholic in order to ensure that targets are being stigmatized for alcoholism rather than for blameworthy behavior in general. The second question examines sex role violations and compares the level of stigmatization of men and women who are alcoholic in both role violation and non-role violation conditions for each sex. An example of a male role violation is a vignette that depicts the target a indecisive in a household situation that requires problem solving. An example of a female role violation is a vignette that depicts the target as promis

Chat with Paper

AI Agents for this Paper