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PSYCHOLOGICAL DISENGAGEMENT [1 record]

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Record 1 2015-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Psychology
CONT

Psychological disengagement is the defensive detachment of self-esteem from a particular domain. In the academic arena, disengagement can result from devaluing academic success or discounting the validity of academic outcomes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie sociale
CONT

Les recherches sur le désengagement psychologiques démontrent de façon saisissante comment les pressions sociales amènent les individus stigmatisés à abandonner «librement» les seuls domaines qui leur permettraient d'échapper aux déterminismes de leur stigmate. Encore une fois, cet abandon contribue à légitimer les allégations d'infériorité rattachées aux stigmates par l'invocation de différences de personnalité.

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