Somebody to Lean on: Understanding Self-Stigma and Willingness to Disclose in the Context of Addiction
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Public Stigma and OUD
1.2. Self-Stigma and OUD
1.3. Individual-Level Factors Associated with Self-Stigma
1.4. Current Study
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Research Design
2.3. Measures
2.4. Procedures
2.5. Analytic Strategy
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
5.1. Limitations
5.2. Future Directions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | n | % | |
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Sex | Male | 45 | 53.6 |
Female | 39 | 46.4 | |
Race | White | 80 | 95.2 |
Black | 5 | 6 | |
Asian | 1 | 1.2 | |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | 2.4 | |
Something else | 1 | 1.2 | |
Ethnicity | Non-Hispanic | 80 | 95.2 |
Hispanic | 4 | 4.8 | |
Residence | Rural | 25 | 29.8 |
Urban | 59 | 70.2 |
Self-Stigma & Perceived Judgement | Willingness to Disclose | |||||
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β | t | p | β | t | p | |
Sex * | −0.53 | −2.49 | 0.013 * | −0.06 | −0.27 | 0.784 |
Age | −0.16 | −1.16 | 0.248 | 0.17 | 1.57 | 0.117 |
Race | 0.40 | 1.28 | 0.201 | 0.09 | 0.29 | 0.774 |
Rural/Urban Status | −0.10 | −0.41 | 0.680 | 0.15 | 0.51 | 0.613 |
Support Group Attendance * | −0.54 | −2.28 | 0.023 * | −0.57 | −2.53 | 0.011 * |
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Ma, Q.; Whipple, C.R.; Kaynak, Ö.; Saylor, E.; Kensinger, W.S. Somebody to Lean on: Understanding Self-Stigma and Willingness to Disclose in the Context of Addiction. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2024, 21, 1044. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21081044
Ma Q, Whipple CR, Kaynak Ö, Saylor E, Kensinger WS. Somebody to Lean on: Understanding Self-Stigma and Willingness to Disclose in the Context of Addiction. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2024; 21(8):1044. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21081044
Chicago/Turabian StyleMa, Qing, Christopher R. Whipple, Övgü Kaynak, Erica Saylor, and Weston S. Kensinger. 2024. "Somebody to Lean on: Understanding Self-Stigma and Willingness to Disclose in the Context of Addiction" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 21, no. 8: 1044. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21081044