Class
Article
College
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department
English Department
Faculty Mentor
Melissa Ferguson
Presentation Type
Poster Presentation
Abstract
Discrimination among marginalized groups has been shown to affect individuals’ view of themselves (Yang & Gao, 2019; Strehlow et al., 2021; Rivera, 2021). This study seeks to observe self-attribution rates in minoritized groups, specifically in people of color and adolescent females. From a Qualtrics survey, researchers observed adolescents’ experiences with and attributions of discrimination. Respondents had the opportunity to attribute discrimination as resulting from race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, weight, immigration status, or “other”. For adolescents who chose “other”, they were allowed to describe an additional attribution in their own words. Specifically for this study, only participants who chose “other” as an attribution response were included in the sample, resulting in 167 unique cases. Using a phenomenological approach, researchers noted nine categories which emerged from the “other” responses. The largest proportion of responses (44%) fell under the self-attribution category. This category was characterized by respondents who perceived discrimination as occurring due to their own character. Because of the prominence of self-attribution, only this category of “other” responses was included in the current analyses. To observe indicators of self-attribution, the researchers conducted Chi Square Tests of Independence and a logistic regression to observe the relationship between self-attribution and marginalized status in women and racial/ethnic groups. The Chi Square Test of Independence found no significance between ethnic/racial groups. X2 (4, 167) = 1.970, p = 0.74 or gender categories X2 (1, 167) = 1.439, p = 0.23. However, a logistic regression demonstrated significance only for the gender category, in which adolescent males were significantly more likely to attribute to the self p= 0.03. Given past research, this finding was unexpected. Other outcomes may be observed in reality, as this study didn’t have the power to observe anything other than large effects. Because of low power due to sample size, this should be looked at more in the future.
Location
Logan, UT
Start Date
4-8-2022 12:00 AM
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Attribution of Discrimination to the Self in Racial Minorities and Adolescent Females
Logan, UT
Discrimination among marginalized groups has been shown to affect individuals’ view of themselves (Yang & Gao, 2019; Strehlow et al., 2021; Rivera, 2021). This study seeks to observe self-attribution rates in minoritized groups, specifically in people of color and adolescent females. From a Qualtrics survey, researchers observed adolescents’ experiences with and attributions of discrimination. Respondents had the opportunity to attribute discrimination as resulting from race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, weight, immigration status, or “other”. For adolescents who chose “other”, they were allowed to describe an additional attribution in their own words. Specifically for this study, only participants who chose “other” as an attribution response were included in the sample, resulting in 167 unique cases. Using a phenomenological approach, researchers noted nine categories which emerged from the “other” responses. The largest proportion of responses (44%) fell under the self-attribution category. This category was characterized by respondents who perceived discrimination as occurring due to their own character. Because of the prominence of self-attribution, only this category of “other” responses was included in the current analyses. To observe indicators of self-attribution, the researchers conducted Chi Square Tests of Independence and a logistic regression to observe the relationship between self-attribution and marginalized status in women and racial/ethnic groups. The Chi Square Test of Independence found no significance between ethnic/racial groups. X2 (4, 167) = 1.970, p = 0.74 or gender categories X2 (1, 167) = 1.439, p = 0.23. However, a logistic regression demonstrated significance only for the gender category, in which adolescent males were significantly more likely to attribute to the self p= 0.03. Given past research, this finding was unexpected. Other outcomes may be observed in reality, as this study didn’t have the power to observe anything other than large effects. Because of low power due to sample size, this should be looked at more in the future.