Dietz, Miriam (2023) Shattering Stigma: The Influence of Stereotypes on People with Drug Addiction. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Drug use is rather common in society, concurrent with substance use disorders (SUDs). However, SUDs often go underrecognized and underdiagnosed. This may be partially explained by negative stereotypes that laypeople hold towards people with SUD which consequently lead to adverse effects. As existing literature neglects the differentiation between stereotypes about different types of addiction and investigating its consequences, the current research aims to fill this gap. Two pre-registered (N = 599, British participants) experiments show that when laypeople contemplate an individual with (unspecified) drug addiction, they tend to associate them with an individual with heroin and cocaine addiction. This leads to negative consequences (e.g., less perceived health, willingness to provide support, and more social distance and perceived criminality) as compared to a control condition. Furthermore, a drug addiction label alone may activate stereotypes and lead to similar negative consequences compared to a label paired with a prototypically described person with drug addiction. A counter-prototypical representation of people with drug addiction seems to alleviate these adverse effects. Theoretical and practical implications about drug addiction labels and prototypicality are being discussed and future research directions are given.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Koc, Y. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Applied Social Psychology (ASP) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Jul 2023 09:42 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jul 2023 09:42 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/2632 |
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