Resilience to Stigma in Medical, Social, and Employment Contexts Among People Who Inject Drugs in Rural Ohio: Adapting the 10-Item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale.

ABSTRACT: People who inject drugs (PWID) experience stigma related to drug use and HIV prevention, which can impede engagement with the HIV prevention continuum. Resilience may buffer against stigma's harmful effects, but limited research has examined how resilience operates across different social contexts and stigma types among PWID. Using qualitative interviews and cognitive interviews, we adapted the 10-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale to measure resilience to drug use-related stigma and HIV prevention-related stigma among PWID in rural Appalachian Ohio in three contexts: medical, social, and employment. To validate the scale adaptations, we administered a quantitative survey. We assessed internal consistency using Cronbach's alpha and fit Poisson regression models to test the association b

SUBMITTER: Enderle MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12908228 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature