Richardson George B, Montgomery LaTrice, Brubaker Michael D
1 School of Human Services, College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
J Drug Educ. 2016 Dec;46(3-4):113-130. doi: 10.1177/0047237917744330.
Only 7.6% of adolescents in need of substance abuse treatment actually receive it. Many adolescents are hesitant to seek treatment due to public stigma (i.e., negative attitudes and beliefs of the general public toward individuals who abuse substances). However, decades of research indicate that interpersonal contact with stigmatized groups helps reduce stigma. This study used structural equations and data from 638 undergraduate students to test the relationships between students' total interpersonal contact with individuals who abuse substances and their attitudes toward those individuals. We found that total contact did not have significant effects on stigma and was associated with better helping attitudes toward adolescents who abuse alcohol but not marijuana. In addition, African Americans and females endorsed greater stigmatization of adolescents who abuse alcohol but better helping attitudes toward those who had received treatment. Increasing contact with individuals who abuse substances, irrespective of type and valence, may not be widely useful as a way of improving attitudes toward such people.
需要药物滥用治疗的青少年中，只有7.6%的人实际接受了治疗。许多青少年由于公众的污名化（即公众对滥用药物者的负面态度和看法）而不愿寻求治疗。然而，数十年的研究表明，与受污名化群体的人际接触有助于减少污名。本研究使用结构方程和来自638名本科生的数据，来检验学生与滥用药物者的人际接触总量与其对这些人的态度之间的关系。我们发现，接触总量对污名没有显著影响，且与对酗酒青少年而非大麻滥用青少年的更好帮助态度相关。此外，非裔美国人和女性对酗酒青少年的污名化程度更高，但对接受过治疗的酗酒青少年的帮助态度更好。增加与滥用药物者的接触，无论接触类型和性质如何，作为改善对这类人的态度的一种方式，可能并不具有广泛的效用。
