Stigma, Health, Attitudes, Diversity, and Ethnicity Lab

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Discrimination and Intergroup Relations Research

^††Richmond, B., Toosi, N. R., Wellman, J. D., & Wilkins, C. L. (2024). Ignorance of critical race theory predicts White Americans’ opposition to it. Journal of Social Issues, 80, 240-371. DOI: 10.1111/josi.12601

^††Nguyen, T. C. & Wellman, J. D. (2024). Prototypically American: The influence of accent and race on evaluation of job candidates. Psychology of Language & Communication, 28(1) 91-112. DOI: 10.58734/plc-2024-0005

††Beam, A. J. & Wellman, J. D. (2024). The consequences of prototypicality: Testing the prejudice distribution account of bias towards gay men. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 11(1), 79-89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000581

Wellman, J. D., ^††Nguyen, T. C., Garcia, D. M. & ^††Egbule, P. (2023). Evaluating the social cost: The mention of diversity and group identification moderate responses to high-status ingroup claims of bias. European Journal of Social Psychology, 53 (7), 1383-1401. DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.2982

Wellman, J. D., ^††Araiza, A. M., ^††Nguyen, T.-V. C., ^††Beam, A. J., & Pal, S. (2022). Identifying as fat: Examining weight discrimination and the rejection-identification model. Body Image, 41, 46–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2022.02.008

Wilkins, C. L., Wellman, J. D., Toosi, N. R., Miller, C. A., Lisnek, J. A., & Martin, L. A. (2022). Is LGBT progress seen as an attack on Christians?: Examining Christian/sexual orientation zero-sum beliefs. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 122(1), 73–101. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000363

Pal, S. & Wellman, J. D. (2022). Threat, fundamentalism and islamophobia: Assessing the factors associated with negative attitudes towards Muslims. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 14(4), 635-638. https://doi.org/10.1037/rel0000347

Wellman, J. D., ^††Beam, A. J., Wilkins, C. L., Newell, E. E., & ^††Mendez, C. A. (2021). Masculinity threat impacts bias and negative emotions towards feminine gay men but not masculine gay men. Psychology of Men & Masculinities. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1037/men0000349

Beer, F. & Wellman, J. D. (2021). Implication of stigmatization on investors financial risk tolerance: The case of gay men. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance Advance online publication. DOI: 1016/j.jbef.2021.100513

Wellman, J. D., Wilkins, C. L., Newell, E. E., & ^††Stewart, D. K. (2019). Conflicting motivations: Understanding how low-status group members respond to ingroup discrimination claimants. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 45(8), 1170-1183. doi: 10.1177/0146167218808500

Wilkins, C. L., Wellman, J. D., ^†Flavin, E. L., & ^†Manrique, J. A. (2018). When men perceive anti-male bias: Status-legitimizing beliefs increase discrimination against women. Psychology of Men and Masculinity, 19(2), 282-290. doi: 10.1037/men0000097

Wilkins, C. L., Wellman, J. D., & ^††Schad, K. (2017). Reactions to anti-male sexism claims: The moderating roles of status legitimizing belief endorsement and group identification. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 20(2), 173-185, doi: 10.1177/1368430215595109

Wellman, J. D., ^†Liu, X., & Wilkins, C. L. (2016). Priming status‐legitimizing beliefs: Examining the impact on perceived anti‐White bias, zero‐sum beliefs, and support for Affirmative Action among White people. British Journal of Social Psychology, 55: 426–437. doi:10.1111/bjso.12133

Wilkins, C. L., Wellman, J. D., Babbitt, L., Toosi, N. R., & ^††Schad, K. (2015). You can win but I can’t lose: Bias against high-status groups increases their zero-sum beliefs about discrimination. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 57, 1-14. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2014.10.008

Wellman, J. D., & McCoy, S. K. (2014). Walking the straight and narrow: Examining the role of traditional gender norms in sexual prejudice. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 15(2), 181-190. doi: 10.1037/a0031943

Wilkins, C. L., Wellman, J. D., & Kaiser, C. R. (2013). Status legitimizing beliefs predict positivity toward whites who claim anti-white bias. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 49 (6), 1114-1119. doi: 10.1016/j.jesp.2013.05.017

McCoy, S. K., Wellman, J. D., Cosley, B., Saslow, L. & Epel, E. (2013), Is the belief in meritocracy palliative for members of low status groups? Evidence for a benefit for self-esteem and physical health via perceived control. European Journal of Social Psychology, 43: 307–318. doi: 10.1002/ejsp.1959

Health & Stigma Research

Wijayatunga, N. N. Wellman, J.D., & ^†† Tomasko, K. (2023). Exploring factors associated with gender differences in perceived stress among adults with higher body weight in the United States – a cross-sectional analysis. Obesities 3, 287-295. https://doi.org/10.3390/obesities3040023

Hmaidan, S., Goulder, A., Bos, L., Shen, M. J., Wellman, J. D., Prescott, L., Brown, A. (2023). Too close for comfort? Attitudes of gynecologic oncologists towards caring for dying patients. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 40(11), 1168-1173. https://doi.org/10.1177/10499091221145165

Wellman, J. D. &^††Araiza, A. M. (2021). Examining the impact of perceived weight discrimination on reported eating and exercise among White and Latino/a adults. Eating Behavior. DOI 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2021.101529

Wellman, J. D., ^††Araiza, A. M., ^† Solano, C., & ^††Berru, E. (2019). Sex differences in the relationship between weight stigma, depression and binge eating. Appetite, 133, 166-173. DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2018.10.029

Shen, M. J. & Wellman, J. D. (2019). Evidence of palliative care stigma: The role of negative stereotypes in preventing willingness to utilize palliative care. Palliative & Supportive Care, 17 (4), 374-380. DOI: 10.1017/S1478951518000834 (Shared First Author)

Wellman, J. D., ^††Araiza, A.M., Newell, E. E., & McCoy, S. K. (2018). Weight stigma facilitates unhealthy eating and weight gain via fear of fat. Stigma & Health, 3(3), 186-194. DOI: 10.1037/sah0000088

^††Araiza, A. M. & Wellman, J. D. (2017). Weight stigma predicts inhibitory control and food selection in response to the salience of weight discrimination. Appetite, 114, 382-390. DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2017.04.009 (Shared First Author)