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Content: These media representations can affect people’s endorsement of stereotypes, especially if people do not have frequent, close contact with members of the groups being represented outside of what they see in the media. Some people, including some researchers, argue that stereotypes can reflect reality and can be based on the prevalence of characteristics in groups (e.g., Wolsko et al., 2000 ), which can justify stereotypes and suggest they are not necessarily bad or harmful. However, even the argument that stereotypes are based on some kernel of truth becomes problematic when stereotypes are overgeneralized to all members of a particular group because these overgeneralizations are inaccurate. Stereotype inaccuracy and overgeneralization have consequences that can be harmful in many ways for the mental health and general well-being of the targets of these stereotypes. We aim here to describe research findings on the adverse effects of stereotyping for mental health and general well-being that can occur in the following ways: ( 1) through stereotype threat, (2) through internalization of stereotypes, and (3) through stereotypes leading to discrimination. Further, we will discuss how intersectionality theory may better help us to understand the effects of stereotypes. Thus, the goal of this article is to provide a better understanding of the ways that stereotypes can affect mental health and general well-being for many different social groups targeted by stereotypes, as well as of the importance of future research and policy interventions focused on stereotypes. View chapter Purchase book
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