Skip to main content
Have a personal or library account? Click to login
Stigma and Stereotyping of Veterans who May Benefit from a Psychiatric Service Dog: A Test of the Stereotype Content Model and Weiner’s Attribution-Affect-Action Model Cover

Stigma and Stereotyping of Veterans who May Benefit from a Psychiatric Service Dog: A Test of the Stereotype Content Model and Weiner’s Attribution-Affect-Action Model

Open Access
|Mar 2023

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

Stereotype Content Model (SCM).

Note: Figure 1 recreated by the authors from Fiske and colleagues (2002).

Figure 2

A Representation of Weiner’s Attribution-Affect-Action Model.

Figure 3

Two-dimensional Depiction of Mean Ratings for Warmth and Competence for the Veterans and EMTs Separated by Median Splits of the Variables.

Table 1

Competence and Warmth Mean Values for the Veterans, First Responder, and Quadrant.

COMPETENCEWARMTH
Veteran with PTSD (n = 129)3.38 (0.59)3.64 (0.62)
Veteran with SUD (n = 113)2.98 (0.64)3.21 (0.65)
Veteran with mobility limitation (n = 96)3.28 (0.55)3.47 (0.60)
First Responder with PTSD (n = 123)3.60 (0.61)3.74 (0.64)
Quadrant 1 (admired) (n = 415)3.43 (0.60)3.63 (0.63)
Quadrant 2 (paternalistic) (n = 118)2.98 (0.64)3.21 (0.65)

[i] Note: A 5-point response scale was used (1 = not at all to 5 = extremely).

Table 2

Affective Reaction Means and Standard Deviations for Each Stereotype Quadrant.

ADMIRATIONCONTEMPTENVYPITY/SYMPATHY
Quadrant 1 (admired)3.45 (0.93)1.61 (0.90)1.41 (0.68)3.44 (0.81)
Quadrant 2 (paternalistic)2.92 (0.96)2.00 (0.98)1.58 (0.82)3.42 (0.85)

[i] Note: A 5-point response scale was used (1 = not at all to 5 = extremely).

Table 3

Attribution-Affect-Action Correlations.

RESPONSIBILITYSYMPATHYCONTEMPT
Sympathy–0.25**
Contempt0.26**–0.01
Deserve access SD–0.50**0.37**–0.13**
Deserve to receive SD–0.40**0.40**–0.14**
Healthcare coverage–0.41**0.32**–0.18**
Support tax coverage–0.35**0.30**–0.12**
Support tax increase–0.29**0.23**–0.10*
Donate funds–0.18**0.28**–0.05
Volunteer SD non-profit–0.18**0.19**–0.08
Donate money to SD non-profit–0.22**0.26**–0.03
Support insurance coverage–0.17**0.20**–0.09*
Support employer coverage–0.24**0.23**–0.07
Support tax increase for VAC–0.24**0.19**–0.04

[i] Note: ** = correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed); * = significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).

Table 4

Means and Standard Deviations for Responsibility, Contempt, Sympathy, and Support Variables.

VIGNETTE/QUADRANTRESPONSIBILITYCONTEMPTSYMPATHY
Veteran + PTSD1.38 (0.50)1.63 (0.91)3.51 (0.79)
Veteran + PML1.52 (0.73)1.66 (0.89)3.40 (0.80)
First Responder + PTSD1.35 (0.65)1.56 (0.88)3.39 (0.83)
Quadrant 11.41 (0.63)1.61 (0.89)3.44 (0.81)
Veteran + SUD/Q22.64 (1.00)2.00 (0.98)3.42 (0.85)
VIGNETTE/QUADRANTGENERAL SUPPORTCHARITABLE SUPPORTCORPORATE SUPPORT
Veteran + PTSD4.39 (0.67)3.48 (0.72)3.95 (0.85)
Veteran + PML4.40 (0.68)3.55 (0.71)4.07 (0.98)
First Responder + PTSD4.19 (0.85)3.48 (0.78)4.13 (0.93)
Quadrant 14.32 (0.74)3.50 (0.74)4.04 (0.92)
Veteran + SUD/Q23.94 (0.90)3.32 (0.82)3.95 (0.92)

[i] Note: A 5-point response scale was used for all variables; Q2 = Quadrant 2.

Language: English
Page range: 73 - 89
Submitted on: Nov 11, 2022
Accepted on: Feb 24, 2023
Published on: Mar 22, 2023
Published by: Virginia Tech Publishing
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2023 Linzi Elizabeth Williamson, Daniel Pelletier, Maryellen Gibson, Paul de Groot, Joanne Moss, Colleen Anne Dell, published by Virginia Tech Publishing
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.