Research shows that ethnic minorities are at increased risk of loneliness compared to the general population of the United Kingdom. We hypothesized that stigma salience increases loneliness among ethnic minorities, conducting two experimental studies with ethnic minorities (Study 1: N = 134, Study 2: N = 267) in which participants were randomly assigned to a stigma salience (recalling a personal experience of discrimination based on ethnicity) or control condition (recalling a past meal in Study 1 and the experience of reading a book in Study 2). Across these two studies, we demonstrated that stigma salience consistently increased self‐reported loneliness relative to the control conditions. Study 1 additionally showed evidence for an indirect effect of stigma salience on loneliness through feelings of anxiety. Study 2 replicated the effect of self‐relevant (but not non‐self‐relevant) stigma salience on loneliness and provided suggestive evidence for a more specific indirect effect through identity‐related social anxiety.

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污名化显著性增加了少数族裔的孤独感


研究表明，与英国普通人口相比，少数族裔面临孤独的风险更高。我们假设耻辱显著性会增加少数族裔的孤独感，对少数族裔进行了两项实验研究（研究 1：N = 134，研究 2：N = 267），其中参与者被随机分配到耻辱显著性（回忆基于种族的个人歧视经历）或对照条件（回忆研究 1 中的过去一餐和研究 2 中读书的经历）。在这两项研究中，我们证明相对于对照条件，耻辱显著性始终增加了自我报告的孤独感。研究 1 还显示了耻辱感显着性通过焦虑感对孤独感产生间接影响的证据。研究 2 复制了自我相关（但并非非自我相关）耻辱显著性对孤独感的影响，并为通过身份相关的社交焦虑的更具体的间接影响提供了暗示性证据。