The Effect of Disclosure on Enacted Stigma Towards Individuals with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

ABSTRACT: Individuals with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) often experience stigmatization. Disease disclosure has been associated with lower enacted stigma (i.e., engaging in discriminatory treatment), but minimal research has investigated IBD disclosure and enacted stigma experimentally. The present study's aim was to examine the effect of IBD disclosure on enacted stigma in a vignette paradigm. Participants included 244 adults from the United States who were randomized into one of three vignette groups: disclosure of IBD, non-disclosure of IBD, and control (no IBD). Vignettes in both IBD groups depicted a person with frequent bowel movements. Each vignette group contained a workplace, social, and recreational setting. Participants completed measures of enacted stigma, IBD knowledge, and IBD fami

SUBMITTER: Jacks CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12370857 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature