Stigmatization, Tolerance and Repair

Anton J. M. Dijker is a social psychologist and works for the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences in the Department of Health Education and Promotion at the University of Maastricht. Willem Koomen is a social psychologist and works for the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences in the Department of Social Psychology at the University of Amsterdam.

• 1. Introduction; 2. Evolutionary origins of social responses to deviance; 3. Mental representations of deviance and their emotional and judgmental implications; 4. Meeting individuals with deviant conditions: understanding the role of automatic and controlled psychological processes; 5. Individual differences in responding to deviance; 6. Variations in social control across societies, cultures, and historical periods; 7. A focus on persons with a deviant condition I: their social world, coping and behavior; 8. A focus on persons with a deviant condition II: socio-economic status, self-esteem and well-being; 9. Theorizing about interventions to prevent or reduce stigmatization.