Negative evaluations and discrimination against smokers

• Yamamoto Takehiro

  Tohoku University

• Sato Hiromi

  Tohoku University

• Ohbuchi Ken-ichi

  Tohoku University

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 喫煙者に対する否定的評価と差別
• キツエンシャ ニ タイスル ヒテイテキ ヒョウカ ト サベツ

Abstract

The present study examined the negative evaluations and discrimination against smokers among the Japanese. In Study 1, 52 students rated one of four target-persons differentially depicted in terms of gender and smoking habit using scales to measure coolness, sociability, intellectuality, and earnestness. The results showed that participants rated smokers more negatively than nonsmokers except for sociability. Those who perceived smoking as controllable rated smokers’ earnestness even more negatively, suggesting that the negative evaluations are partially moderated by the perceived controllability of smoking. To examine a hypothesis that negative evaluations of smokers would mediate discrimination, in Study 2 we measured how participants (96 students) responded to target persons asking for a loan or a job, as well as their ratings of the targets on the Big Five personality dimensions. The results support the hypothesis of mediation.

Journal

• The Japanese journal of psychology

  The Japanese journal of psychology 85 (2), 121-129, 2014

  The Japanese Psychological Association

Keywords

• smoking
• stereotype
• discrimination
• life-style

Details

• CRID: 1390001205077512832
• NII Article ID: 130004922549
• NII Book ID: AN00123620
• DOI: 10.4992/jjpsy.85.12044
• ISSN: 18841082
• ISSN: 00215236
• NDL BIB ID: 025521609
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I025521609
• Text Lang: ja
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• Abstract License Flag: Disallowed