The relation between power
dynamics and group-based (e.g., racial and gender) inequality
Inter- and intra-group
processes related to overweight stigma
The psychological and
physical health implications of overweight stigma
Sexuality and sexual
violence
(2009) Awarded the Christine N. Witzel Seed Grant from the
Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention & The College of
Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Connecticut for research
proposal titled, A stress and coping model of weight stigma and
overweight women’s mental and physical health.
Publications
Pitpitan, E.V.,
& Pratto, F. (under
review). The
intrapersonal benefits and interpersonal costs for women who possess
sexual
agency. Sex Roles.
Pitpitan, E.V., & Quinn, D. M.
(under review). How weight stigma affects psychological health. A
stress-and-coping approach. Psychological Science.
Pratto, F., Lee, I., Tan, J. & Pitpitan,
E.V. (in press). Power Basis Theory: A psycho-ecological approach
to power.
To appear in D. Dunning (Ed.), Social Motivation. New York: Psychology
Press.
Pratto, F., & Pitpitan, E.V.
(under review). Experimental evidence that imposing risks on sexual
pursuers
can increase social equality and survival rates. Journal of
Experimental Social
Psychology.
Pratto, F., & Pitpitan, E.V.
(2008). Ethnocentrism and sexism: How stereotypes legitimize six types
of
power. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 2/6, 2159-2176.
Malamuth, N. & Pitpitan. E.V.
(2007). The effects of pornography are moderated by men's sexual
aggression
risk. In D. E. Guinn, & J. DiCaro (Eds.), Pornography:
Driving the
demand in international sex trafficking (pp. 124-143). Los
Angeles:
Captive Daughters Media.
Earnshaw, V.W., Pitpitan, E.V.,
& Chaudoir, S. (under review). Who’s at fault? Responding to rape
as a
function of attitudes, attributions of fault, and emotion. Sex Roles.
Levin, S., Matthews, M., Guimond, S., Sidanius, J., Pratto, F., Kteily,
N., Pitpitan, E. V., & Dover, T. (under
review). Assimilation, multiculturalism, and colorblindness: Mediated
and
moderated relationships between social dominance orientation and
prejudice.
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.
Recent Presentations
Pitpitan, E.V.,
&
Pratto,
F. (2010, November). The
intrapersonal benefits and interpersonal costs for women who possess
sexual
agency. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of
the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, Las Vegas, NV.
Pitpitan, E.V., Earnshaw, V., &
Chaudoir, S. (2010, July). Understanding collective- and
individual-based
responses to rape. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the
International
Society for Research on Aggression, Storrs, CT.
Pitpitan, E.V., Pratto, F., &
Lee, I-C. (2010, July). Person perception stemming from how others use
four
kinds of power and implications for stereotype theories. Paper
presented at the
annual meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology,
San
Francisco, CA.
Pitpitan, E.V., & Quinn, D.M.
(2010, June). Beyond BMI: How weight stigma affects obese women’s
health. Paper
presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for the Psychological
Study of
Social Issues, New Orleans, LA.
Contact information:
Department of Psychology
University of Connecticut
406 Babbidge Road, Unit 1020
Storrs, CT 06269-1020 USA
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