Abstract The goal of the current study was to empirically assess social stigma toward opioid and heroin using persons with a sample of 743 students majoring in programs (i.e., criminology, nursing, and EMT/Paramedic) related to careers associated with first responders and healthcare providers. Consistent with the theoretical underpinnings of prior works, results from factor analyses revealed that there are four unique components of social stigma toward opioid and heroin users—dangerousness, blame, social distance, and fatalism. Additionally, findings from a series of multivariate regression models show that beliefs about addiction and exposure to heroin/opioid users are significant predictors of stigma toward opioid and heroin using persons. Results also suggest that students who associate drug use with minorities and unemployment tend to place greater social stigma on opioid and heroin users. Study limitations and implications regarding college coursework on substance use and addiction are discussed.

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在注册犯罪学、护理学和 EMT/护理人员课程的学生中探索对阿片类药物和海洛因使用者的社会污名

摘要 本研究的目标是使用 743 名主修与急救人员和医疗保健提供者相关的职业相关课程（即犯罪学、护理和 EMT/护理人员）的学生作为样本，凭经验评估对阿片类药物和海洛因的社会污名。 . 与先前工作的理论基础一致，因素分析的结果表明，对阿片类药物和海洛因使用者的社会污名有四个独特的组成部分——危险、责备、社交距离和宿命论。此外，一系列多元回归模型的结果表明，关于成瘾和接触海洛因/阿片类药物使用者的信念是对阿片类药物和海洛因使用者的污名的重要预测因素。结果还表明，将吸毒与少数族裔和失业联系起来的学生往往会给阿片类药物和海洛因使用者带来更大的社会耻辱。讨论了关于药物使用和成瘾的大学课程的研究限制和影响。