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The importance of embedding diversity science frameworks in affective science: Illustrations from research on identity-based stigma.

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: Both affective experience and affect regulation can be influenced by various social, historical, political, and economic systems and structures. These contingent and particularized influences arise in part through the shaping of how people and communities construct, navigate, and are affected by personal and collective identities, intergroup relations, and social hierarchies. In this commentary, we argue that greater integration of affective science and diversity science-"the study of the interpretation and construction of human differences"-would enhance the field's understanding of a wide variety of consequential affective phenomena. Throughout, we illustrate this premise by drawing primarily on examples of research on affective consequences of, and affect regulation in the context of, identity-based stigma. We highlight several implications for methods, measurement, and inference. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).

Source: Emotion

DOI: 10.1037/emo0001754

Authors: Benjamin A. Swerdlow, Jennifer G. Pearlstein, Daphne Y. Liu, Sa-kiera T. J. Hudson

Institutions: Lake Forest College, Washington University in St. Louis, University of Missouri–St. Louis, University of California, Berkeley

Language: English

Topic: Social and Intergroup Psychology

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7202184317

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