Concealment stigma: The social costs of concealing

People with concealable stigmatized identities often conceal to avoid facing prejudice and discrimination. Yet, this strategy carries risk; concealment may engender social costs. Across five studies in which participants (total n = 1992) were recruited from an online pool (Prolific) institutional undergraduate pool, we found that people who conceal, relative disclose, viewed as less moral sociable (Studies 1-2B) regardless of the identity being concealed 2A-2B), these effects moderated by whether or not outgroup was claimed course (Study 2C) motivation for 3). Results suggest is strongly stigmatized, a fact places members already-stigmatized groups challenging situation wherein they must risk either stigma their concealment. Pre-registrations, materials, code, data all are available on Open Science Framework: https://osf.io/g7zjw/.