Research shows that ethnic minorities are at increased risk of loneliness compared to the general population of the United Kingdom. We hypothesized that stigma salience increases loneliness among ethnic minorities, conducting two experimental studies with ethnic minorities (Study 1: N = 134, Study 2: N = 267) in which participants were randomly assigned to a stigma salience (recalling a personal experience of discrimination based on ethnicity) or control condition (recalling a past meal in Study 1 and the experience of reading a book in Study 2). Across these two studies, we demonstrated that stigma salience consistently increased self‐reported loneliness relative to the control conditions. Study 1 additionally showed evidence for an indirect effect of stigma salience on loneliness through feelings of anxiety. Study 2 replicated the effect of self‐relevant (but not non‐self‐relevant) stigma salience on loneliness and provided suggestive evidence for a more specific indirect effect through identity‐related social anxiety.

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耻辱显着增加了少数族裔的孤独感

研究表明，与英国普通民众相比，少数族裔面临更高的孤独风险。我们假设耻辱显着会增加少数族裔的孤独感，并针对少数族裔进行了两项实验研究（研究 1：氮= 134，研究 2：氮= 267），其中参与者被随机分配到耻辱显着性（回忆基于种族的歧视的个人经历）或控制条件（回忆研究1中过去的一顿饭和研究2中读书的经历）。在这两项研究中，我们证明，相对于对照条件，耻辱显着性持续增加自我报告的孤独感。研究1还表明，耻辱显着性通过焦虑感对孤独感产生间接影响。研究2复制了自我相关（而非非自我相关）耻辱显着性对孤独感的影响，并为通过身份相关的社交焦虑产生更具体的间接影响提供了暗示性证据。