Metadehumanization in severe alcohol-use disorders: Links with fundamental needs and clinical outcomes

Self‐dehumanisation in severe alcohol use disorder: Links with self‐stigma and environmental satisfaction

“…This study is part of a larger project on metadehumanisation in SAUD. The data used in this paper were extracted from the same large database used in Fontesse et al (2020). Participants' responses on the metadehumanisation scale have thus been reused.…”

“…While past studies offered preliminary insights on the relations between dehumanisation and stigma from the perpetrators' perspective (e.g., Harris & Fiske, 2006), nothing is known about the links between metadehumanisation (i.e., the perception of being dehumanised by others), self-dehumanisation (i.e., the self-perception of being less than human), and self-stigma (i.e., stigmatisation toward his/herself) in dehumanisation victims. It thus appears urgent to explore these variables, notably because dehumanisation and stigma are related to relapse factors in severe alcohol use disorder (SAUD) such as negative emotions, negative self-perceptions and disrupted coping strategies (Fontesse et al, 2020).…”

“…Thus, our study aims to complement previous research on self-stigma, metadehumanisation and self-dehumanisation by empirically exploring the relations between these processes and the role of the participants' evaluation of environment in this context. Moreover, these processes will be investigated in patients with SAUD as they report feeling stigmatised (Schomerus et al, 2011) and dehumanised (Fontesse et al, 2020); they thus constitute an ideal population to study these processes.…”

Examining Racial Discrimination’s Association With Depressive Symptoms Through Metadehumanization Among African Americans: Does Racial Identity Matter?

“…According to theoretical models of dehumanization, there is a strong tendency for people to dehumanize individuals from socially rejected or stigmatized groups (Cameron et al, 2016;Kteily et al, 2016). As a result, those who are socially rejected or stigmatized can then experience metadehumanization, or the perception of being dehumanized by out-group members (Cameron et al, 2016;Fontesse et al, 2019Fontesse et al, , 2020Kteily et al, 2016). Although there is no empirical research to suggest that racial discrimination is a type of dehumanization, there is evidence showing that African Americans are aware of how their racial group is socially rejected and stigmatized by the majority dominant culture (Bird & Bogart, 2001).…”

“…Also, for Muslims in the United States, metadehumanization was associated with more support for violent collective action (Kteily et al, 2016). Yet new perspectives in psychiatry and behavioral health have advocated for understanding how metadehumanization shapes psychological symptomatology (Fontesse et al, 2020). Preliminary evidence suggests feeling less than human at an individual level is associated with negative emotions (Sakalaki et al, 2017) and that metadehumanization specifically is associated with increased negative emotions and worse self-esteem (Demoulin et al, 2020).…”