Criminality labelling influences reactions to others’ pain
Disparities in healthcare for underrepresented and stigmatized groups are well documented. Current understanding is that these inequalities arise, at least in part, from psychosocial factors such as stereotypes and in-group/out-group categorization. Pain management, perhaps because of the subjective...
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| author | Isabelle Boutet Jean-Christophe Goulet-Pelletier Safae Maslouhi Daniel Fiset Caroline Blais |
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| description | Disparities in healthcare for underrepresented and stigmatized groups are well documented. Current understanding is that these inequalities arise, at least in part, from psychosocial factors such as stereotypes and in-group/out-group categorization. Pain management, perhaps because of the subjective nature of pain, is one area of research that has spearheaded these efforts. We investigated how observers react to the pain of individuals labelled as criminals. Face models expressing pain of different levels of intensity were portrayed as having committed a crime or not (control group). A sample of n = 327 college students were asked to estimate the intensity of the pain expressed by face models as well as their willingness to help them. Trait empathy was also measured. Data was analyzed using regression, mediation and moderation analyses. We show for the first time that observers were less willing to help individuals with a criminal history. Moreover, a moderation effect was observed whereby empathic participants were more willing to help control face models compared to less empathic participants. However, criminality history did not influence participant's pain estimation. We conclude that negative stereotypes associated with criminality can reduce willingness to help individuals in pain even when pain signals are accurately perceived. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-39fc0f7adcd6496b84b5baeee7cc21872023-01-05T08:38:19ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402022-12-01812e12068Criminality labelling influences reactions to others’ painIsabelle Boutet0Jean-Christophe Goulet-Pelletier1Safae Maslouhi2Daniel Fiset3Caroline Blais4University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada; Corresponding author.University of Ottawa, Ottawa, CanadaUniversity of Ottawa, Ottawa, CanadaUniversité du Québec en Outaouais, Gatineau, CanadaUniversité du Québec en Outaouais, Gatineau, CanadaDisparities in healthcare for underrepresented and stigmatized groups are well documented. Current understanding is that these inequalities arise, at least in part, from psychosocial factors such as stereotypes and in-group/out-group categorization. Pain management, perhaps because of the subjective nature of pain, is one area of research that has spearheaded these efforts. We investigated how observers react to the pain of individuals labelled as criminals. Face models expressing pain of different levels of intensity were portrayed as having committed a crime or not (control group). A sample of n = 327 college students were asked to estimate the intensity of the pain expressed by face models as well as their willingness to help them. Trait empathy was also measured. Data was analyzed using regression, mediation and moderation analyses. We show for the first time that observers were less willing to help individuals with a criminal history. Moreover, a moderation effect was observed whereby empathic participants were more willing to help control face models compared to less empathic participants. However, criminality history did not influence participant's pain estimation. We conclude that negative stereotypes associated with criminality can reduce willingness to help individuals in pain even when pain signals are accurately perceived.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844022033564PainCriminalityPsychosocial influencesEmpathyHealthcare inequalities |
| spellingShingle | Isabelle Boutet Jean-Christophe Goulet-Pelletier Safae Maslouhi Daniel Fiset Caroline Blais Criminality labelling influences reactions to others’ pain Heliyon Pain Criminality Psychosocial influences Empathy Healthcare inequalities |
| title | Criminality labelling influences reactions to others’ pain |
| title_full | Criminality labelling influences reactions to others’ pain |
| title_fullStr | Criminality labelling influences reactions to others’ pain |
| title_full_unstemmed | Criminality labelling influences reactions to others’ pain |
| title_short | Criminality labelling influences reactions to others’ pain |
| title_sort | criminality labelling influences reactions to others pain |
| topic | Pain Criminality Psychosocial influences Empathy Healthcare inequalities |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844022033564 |
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