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- Title
Dehumanization of women and men in elective abortion: A preregistered replication in China.
- Authors
Tian, Qirui; Pacilli, Maria Giuseppina; Giovannelli, Ilaria
- Abstract
Although abortion in China has been legalized for several decades, it is still controversial and the woman and man involved are at risk of being stigmatized. The current research replicated two studies conducted in Italy by investigating how the abortion decision of the woman and man influence received moral outrage, dehumanization, and perceptions of female professional competence. Study 1, which only included female participants, found higher moral outrage toward a woman having an abortion when the pregnancy was depicted as referring to a "child" (vs. "foetus"), and higher dehumanization of the woman in terms of human nature. Study 2, which included both male and female participants, and clarified responsibility for the abortion decision with respect to the woman and the man, revealed higher moral outrage and a reduction in the attribution of human uniqueness to the man, and of human nature to both the woman and the man. Moral outrage mediated dehumanization when participants had low positive attitudes toward abortion in Study 1 and high positive attitudes in Study 2. Both studies showed a negative impact of the decision to have an abortion on the woman's perceived traditional professional competence. The results generally align with the findings from Italy and yield some practical implications on reducing abortion stigma. Future abortion stigma research should consider more gender‐related factors.
- Subjects
CHINA; ETHICS; DEHUMANIZATION; ANALYSIS of variance; WOMEN; MEN; ABORTION; CONSUMER attitudes; ATTITUDES toward abortion; CRONBACH'S alpha; PROFESSIONAL competence; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; REPLICATION (Experimental design)
- Publication
Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 2023, Vol 26, Issue 3, p400
- ISSN
1367-2223
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ajsp.12567