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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jul 9.
Published in final edited form as: Subst Use Misuse. 2022 Jul 9;57(10):1511–1522. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2022.2091786

Table 3.

Frequency of occurrence of the types and sources of stigma by each subreddit for the random sample of n = 23 posts that described a stigmatizing experience, but did not contain a stigma-related keyword.

r/OpiatesRecovery
n (%)
r/Methadone
n (%)
r/suboxone
n (%)
Total
n (%)
Type of stigma
Condition stigma 13 (68.5) 4 (21.0) 2 (10.5) 19 (82.6)
Intervention stigma 2 (20.0) 6 (60.0) 2 (20.0) 10 (43.5)
Generic stigma 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Total mentions of types of stigma 15 10 4 29
Action-oriented stigma (Sources of stigma)
Courtesy 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Provider-based 1 (20.0) 3 (60.0) 1 (20.0) 5 (21.7)
Public 3 (50.0) 1 (16.7) 2 (33.3) 6 (26.1)
Self 8 (72.8) 2 (18.2) 1 (9.0) 11 (47.8)
Structural 1 (25.0) 3 (75.0) 0 (0) 4 (17.4)
Not Disclosed 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Total mentions of sources of stigma 13 9 4 26