Arrest history, stigma, and self-esteem: a modified labeling theory approach to understanding how arrests impact lives.
Criminal justice system involvement
Discrimination
Factor analysis
Self-esteem
Stigma
Journal
Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology
ISSN: 1433-9285
Titre abrégé: Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 8804358
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Sep 2022
Sep 2022
Historique:
received:
11
06
2021
accepted:
28
01
2022
pubmed:
15
2
2022
medline:
17
8
2022
entrez:
14
2
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Modified labeling theory theorizes that when people acquire a label, personally held views about that label gain relevance and exert negative effects. We assessed whether being arrested reduces self-esteem to different extents based on the degree to which individuals hold stigmatizing beliefs about people with arrest records. Adults living in the South Bronx, New York City (N = 532, 56% of whom had ever been arrested) indicated their level of agreement with statements about people with arrest records. We used exploratory factor analysis to identify categories of stigmatizing views, and calculated scores for the two following categories: "stereotype awareness" and "stereotype agreement." Self-esteem was assessed with the Rosenberg self-esteem scale. Using fitted linear regression models, we assessed interaction between arrest history and each stigma score, and calculated mean differences representing the association between arrest history and self-esteem score, for those with stigma scores one standard deviation (SD) below and above the mean. For each type of stigma, participants with stigma scores one SD below the mean had similar self-esteem scores, regardless of arrest history. However, among participants with stigma scores one SD above the mean, those who had experienced an arrest had lower self-esteem scores than those who had not (mean difference = - 2.07, 95% CI - 3.16, - 0.99 for "stereotype awareness"; mean difference = - 2.92, 95% CI - 4.05, - 1.79 for "stereotype agreement"). Being arrested affects self-esteem to a greater degree among persons who hold stigmatizing views about people with arrest records. These findings support a modified labeling theory of arrest-related stigma.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35157092
doi: 10.1007/s00127-022-02245-7
pii: 10.1007/s00127-022-02245-7
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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1849-1860Subventions
Organisme : NHLBI NIH HHS
ID : R01HL134856
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIDA NIH HHS
ID : R01DA023733
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIDA NIH HHS
ID : R01DA024029
Pays : United States
Organisme : National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
ID : R01HL134856
Organisme : National Institute on Drug Abuse
ID : R01DA023733
Organisme : National Institute on Drug Abuse
ID : R01DA024029
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© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany.
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