TY - JOUR
T1 - Racial bias in sport medical staff’s perceptions of others’ pain
AU - Druckman, James N.
AU - Trawalter, Sophie
AU - Montes, Ivonne
AU - Fredendall, Alexandria
AU - Kanter, Noah
AU - Rubenstein, Allison Paige
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018/11/2
Y1 - 2018/11/2
N2 - Unequal treatment based on race is well documented in higher education and healthcare settings. In the present work, we examine racial bias at the intersection of these domains: racial bias in pain-related perceptions among National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division 1 sport medical staff. Using experimental vignettes about a student-athlete who injured his/her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), we find, like prior work, that respondents perceived Black (vs. White) targets as having higher initial pain tolerance. Moreover, this bias was mediated by perceptions of social class. We extend prior work by showing racial bias was not evident on other outcome measures, including perception of recovery process pain, likelihood of over-reporting pain, and over-use of drugs to combat pain. This suggests stricter boundary conditions on bias in pain perceptions than had been previously recognized.
AB - Unequal treatment based on race is well documented in higher education and healthcare settings. In the present work, we examine racial bias at the intersection of these domains: racial bias in pain-related perceptions among National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division 1 sport medical staff. Using experimental vignettes about a student-athlete who injured his/her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), we find, like prior work, that respondents perceived Black (vs. White) targets as having higher initial pain tolerance. Moreover, this bias was mediated by perceptions of social class. We extend prior work by showing racial bias was not evident on other outcome measures, including perception of recovery process pain, likelihood of over-reporting pain, and over-use of drugs to combat pain. This suggests stricter boundary conditions on bias in pain perceptions than had been previously recognized.
KW - Pain perceptions
KW - racial bias
KW - social class
KW - sports psychology
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U2 - 10.1080/00224545.2017.1409188
DO - 10.1080/00224545.2017.1409188
M3 - Article
C2 - 29173126
AN - SCOPUS:85037698515
VL - 158
SP - 721
EP - 729
JO - Journal of Social Psychology
JF - Journal of Social Psychology
SN - 0022-4545
IS - 6
ER -