Sociodemographic Characteristics and the Stigmatization of Prescription Opioid Addiction.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between participants' sociodemographic characteristics and the degree to which they stigmatize people with an opioid addiction.

Methods

A randomized, between-subjects case vignette study (n = 2605) was conducted with a nationwide online survey. We investigated how the stigmatization toward a hypothetical individual who misused prescription opioids differed across participants' sociodemographic factors (ie, age, gender, education, race, and income).

Results

Our results showed that study participants who were male, white, low-income, college graduates, and younger rated the hypothetical individual with an opioid addiction with lower stigma. In addition, we showed that participant gender moderated the r

SUBMITTER: Goodyear K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7495887 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar/Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature