Center on the Continuum of Care in the Addictions, University of Pennsylvania.
Center for Young Adult Addiction and Recovery, Kennesaw State University.
Health Commun. 2019 Oct;34(11):1296-1302. doi: 10.1080/10410236.2018.1481709. Epub 2018 Jun 4.
Previous research has found initial evidence that word choice impacts the perception and treatment of those with behavioral health disorders through explicit bias (i.e., stigma). A more robust picture of behavioral health disorder stigma should incorporate both explicit and implicit bias, rather than relying on only one form. The current study uses the Go/No-Go Association Task to calculate a ' (sensitivity) indexed score of automatic attitudes (i.e., implicit associations) to two terms, "addict" and "person with substance use disorder." Participants have significantly more negative automatic attitudes (i.e., implicit bias) toward the term "addict" in isolation as well as when compared to "person with a substance use disorder." Consistent with previous research on explicit bias, implicit bias does exist for terms commonly used in the behavioral health field. "Addict" should not be used in professional or lay settings. Additionally, these results constitute the second pilot study employed the Go/No-Go Association Task in this manner, suggesting it is a viable option for continued linguistic stigma related research.
先前的研究已经初步发现，通过明确的偏见（即污名化），选词会影响人们对患有行为健康障碍的人的看法和对待方式。更全面的行为健康障碍污名应该同时包含明确偏见和隐含偏见，而不是仅仅依赖于其中一种形式。本研究使用 Go/No-Go 联想任务来计算对两个术语“瘾君子”和“患有物质使用障碍的人”的自动态度（即隐含联想）的“（敏感性）指标得分”。与“患有物质使用障碍的人”相比，参与者对“瘾君子”这个词表现出更明显的负面自动态度（即隐含偏见），无论是单独使用还是在比较中使用。与先前关于明确偏见的研究一致，隐含偏见确实存在于行为健康领域常用的术语中。“瘾君子”这个词不应在专业或非专业环境中使用。此外，这些结果构成了以这种方式第二次使用 Go/No-Go 联想任务的试点研究，表明它是继续进行与语言相关的污名研究的可行选择。
