Journal article
Belief that addiction is a discrete category is a stronger correlate with stigma than the belief that addiction is biologically based
Abstract
BackgroundDrug addiction is stigmatized, and this stigma contributes to poor outcomes for individuals with addiction. Researchers have argued that providing genetic explanations of addiction will reduce stigma, but there has been limited research testing this prediction.MethodsWe presented participants (N = 252) with news articles that either provided genetic or anti-genetic explanations of addiction.ResultsThere was no effect of article …
Authors
Siddiqui H; Rutherford MD
Journal
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, Vol. 18, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
DOI
10.1186/s13011-022-00512-z
ISSN
1747-597X