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Pathways Between Concealable Stigmatized Identities and Substance Misuse
Author(s) -
Talley Amelia E.,
Littlefield Andrew K.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
social and personality psychology compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.699
H-Index - 53
ISSN - 1751-9004
DOI - 10.1111/spc3.12117
Subject(s) - psychology , extant taxon , situational ethics , substance use , social psychology , stigma (botany) , identity (music) , cognition , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , physics , evolutionary biology , psychiatry , neuroscience , acoustics , biology
Individuals with concealable stigmatized identities often possess no obviously devalued attributes, yet are at greater risk for problematic substance use compared to their privileged counterparts. We present a conceptual model, which proposes that identity‐relevant content and characteristics have important implications for cognitive, affective, and behavioral consequences of stigma‐related stress. In doing so, we synthesize stigma‐related models from the extant literature and attempt to integrate these concepts with previous work detailing potential contributors to substance use behaviors specifically. Finally, we ask readers to consider the various ways in which the content and characteristics of an individual's stigmatized identity might combine with situational and additional individual difference factors to influence the likelihood of substance misuse.