Author:
Siddiqui Hasan,Rutherford M. D.
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Drug 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.
Methods
We presented participants (N = 252) with news articles that either provided genetic or anti-genetic explanations of addiction.
Results
There was no effect of article condition on stigma. Participants’ biological essentialism correlated with stigma in the context of both opioid and methamphetamine addiction. However, participants’ non-biological essentialism was a significantly stronger correlate with stigma.
Conclusions
This suggests that other essentialist beliefs, like belief that categories are discrete, may be more useful than biological essentialism for understanding addiction stigma.
Funder
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Psychiatry and Mental health,Health Policy
Cited by
2 articles.
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