Stigma and self-stigma in addiction

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Matthews, Steve and Dwyer, Robyn. (2017). Stigma and self-stigma in addiction. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry. 14(2), pp. 275 - 286. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-017-9784-y
AuthorsMatthews, Steve and Dwyer, Robyn
Abstract

Addictions are commonly accompanied by a sense of shame or self-stigmatization. Self-stigmatization results from public stigmatization in a process leading to the internalization of the social opprobrium attaching to the negative stereotypes associated with addiction. We offer an account of how this process works in terms of a range of looping effects, and this leads to our main claim that for a significant range of cases public stigma figures in the social construction of addiction. This rests on a social constructivist account in which those affected by public stigmatization internalize its norms. Stigma figures as part-constituent of the dynamic process in which addiction is formed. Our thesis is partly theoretical, partly empirical, as we source our claims about the process of internalization from interviews with people in treatment for substance use problems.

Year2017
JournalJournal of Bioethical Inquiry
Journal citation14 (2), pp. 275 - 286
PublisherSpringer Netherlands
ISSN1176-7529
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-017-9784-y
Scopus EID2-s2.0-85019009663
Open accessOpen access
Page range275 - 286
Publisher's version
Place of publicationNetherlands
EditorsL. Rich
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