H4ll meeting| 12-13| 4th April room AA325 & online

[Marta Matos]

Dear all 

Next Monday Angela Romão will present her work since last year. Please see title and abstract at the bottom of this message. 

Presentation will be done in Portuguese. The meeting will be held in room AA325, but you can attend through zoom (link below). Due to holidays in April, the second meeting of the month will take place on 11th April. 

We hope to see you all on Monday!

Have a nice weekend. 

Entrar na reunião Zoom

https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/86868462876?pwd=QzFkaGJ3V2ZlT0lkY29yU3oxZFpDUT09

ID da reunião: 868 6846 2876

Senha de acesso: h4a

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Are informal caregivers dehumanized? The impact of Belief in a Just World on the minimization of their suffering

 

Informal caregivers undertake unpaid care in the intimate environment of those who have limitations in their physical, mental or cognitive functioning. The lack of attention received by such a large group that provides a significant contribution to society seems paradoxical. In three studies we examine if informal caregivers are dehumanized (Study 1, 2 and 3) and if Belief in a Just World (BJW) is a legitimizing mechanism of their disadvantaged situation (Study 2 and 3). In study 1, 140 newspaper articles were analyzed using thematic analysis. In Study 2, 155 participants (Mage = 30.04; 80% female) and in Study 3, 188 participants (Mage = 24.77; 88.3% female) were randomly assigned to two experimental conditions (Study 2: female informal caregiver target vs female target; Study 3: male informal caregiver target vs male target), completed a Free Word Association Task and measures that may impact the perception of suffering of informal caregivers. All studies showed that informal caregivers were dehumanized (they were perceived with Human Nature traits but with a lack of Uniquely Human traits), and that BJW had a unique impact on the minimization of their suffering (Study 2).

Marta, Sibila and Sara