Racial bias in perceptions of others' pain.

The present work provides evidence that people assume a priori that Blacks feel less pain than do Whites. It also demonstrates that this bias is rooted in perceptions of status and the privilege (or hardship) status confers, not race per se. Archival data from the National Football League injury rep...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales:	Sophie Trawalter, Kelly M Hoffman, Adam Waytz
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/8993613b660f47fa86d422788c6de11e
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:8993613b660f47fa86d422788c6de11e
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:8993613b660f47fa86d422788c6de11e2021-11-18T08:08:55ZRacial bias in perceptions of others' pain.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0048546https://doaj.org/article/8993613b660f47fa86d422788c6de11e2012-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23155390/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203The present work provides evidence that people assume a priori that Blacks feel less pain than do Whites. It also demonstrates that this bias is rooted in perceptions of status and the privilege (or hardship) status confers, not race per se. Archival data from the National Football League injury reports reveal that, relative to injured White players, injured Black players are deemed more likely to play in a subsequent game, possibly because people assume they feel less pain. Experiments 1-4 show that White and Black Americans-including registered nurses and nursing students-assume that Black people feel less pain than do White people. Finally, Experiments 5 and 6 provide evidence that this bias is rooted in perceptions of status, not race per se. Taken together, these data have important implications for understanding race-related biases and healthcare disparities.Sophie TrawalterKelly M HoffmanAdam WaytzPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 7, Iss 11, p e48546 (2012)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN
topic	Medicine R Science Q
spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Sophie Trawalter Kelly M Hoffman Adam Waytz Racial bias in perceptions of others' pain.
description	The present work provides evidence that people assume a priori that Blacks feel less pain than do Whites. It also demonstrates that this bias is rooted in perceptions of status and the privilege (or hardship) status confers, not race per se. Archival data from the National Football League injury reports reveal that, relative to injured White players, injured Black players are deemed more likely to play in a subsequent game, possibly because people assume they feel less pain. Experiments 1-4 show that White and Black Americans-including registered nurses and nursing students-assume that Black people feel less pain than do White people. Finally, Experiments 5 and 6 provide evidence that this bias is rooted in perceptions of status, not race per se. Taken together, these data have important implications for understanding race-related biases and healthcare disparities.
format	article
author	Sophie Trawalter Kelly M Hoffman Adam Waytz
author_facet	Sophie Trawalter Kelly M Hoffman Adam Waytz
author_sort	Sophie Trawalter
title	Racial bias in perceptions of others' pain.
title_short	Racial bias in perceptions of others' pain.
title_full	Racial bias in perceptions of others' pain.
title_fullStr	Racial bias in perceptions of others' pain.
title_full_unstemmed	Racial bias in perceptions of others' pain.
title_sort	racial bias in perceptions of others' pain.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2012
url	https://doaj.org/article/8993613b660f47fa86d422788c6de11e
work_keys_str_mv	AT sophietrawalter racialbiasinperceptionsofotherspain AT kellymhoffman racialbiasinperceptionsofotherspain AT adamwaytz racialbiasinperceptionsofotherspain
_version_	1718422180526555136

Racial bias in perceptions of others' pain.

Ejemplares similares