APPROACHES TO STIGMATIZATION: PROCESS, FORMS AND CONSEQUENCES
APPROACHES TO STIGMATIZATION: PROCESS, FORMS AND CONSEQUENCES

Summary/Abstract: Sociologist Erving Goffman introduced in 1963 the term ‘stigma’ in social sciences in his classic monograph “Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity” and examined the process of stigmatization in everyday social interaction. Stigmatization can take many forms, and the types of stigmata are numerous. The stigmatization process is very complex and has profound consequences on those affected by it. In this paper, the concept of social stigma is addressed, the process of stigmatization is approached and the most frequent forms of stigmata and stigmatization, as well as their effects, both psychological and social, are outlined.

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