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Stigma and Support in Online Sexual Violence Narratives on Reddit
Shirlene Rose Bandela, Karan Bindal, Vaibhav Garg +1
Online communities increasingly provide spaces where survivors of sexual violence can share their experiences and seek support. Although prior research has examined stigma and soci…
Beyond Binary Detection: A Multi-Dimensional Taxonomy of Cancer Misinformation on Reddit
Aria Pessianzadeh, Pooriya Jamie, Naima Sultana +6
Cancer-related discussions on social media provide important spaces for information exchange and peer support, but can also expose users to misinformation with implications for pre…
Self-Stigma Is Not a Monolith, but Generic Empathy Is: Persona-Conditioned LLM Support for People Who Use Drugs
Layla Bouzoubaa, Rezvaneh Rezapour
Self-stigma predicts treatment avoidance and disengagement among people who use drugs (PWUD), yet conversational systems aiming to provide support typically treat self-stigma expre…
The cognitive, affective, and behavioral expression of self-stigma among people who use drugs in online substance use communities
Layla Bouzoubaa, Hyung Wook Choi, Milan Varghese +2
Objectives: To develop a codebook for self-stigma across cognitive, affective, and behavioral domains, and to estimate the prevalence, co-occurrence, and temporal patterns of these…
Reddit After Roe: A Computational Analysis of Abortion Narratives and Barriers in the Wake of Dobbs
Aria Pessianzadeh, Alex H. Poole, Rezvaneh Rezapour
The 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization reshaped the reproductive rights landscape, introducing new uncertainty and barriers to abortio…
Like a Therapist, But Not: Reddit Narratives of AI in Mental Health Contexts
Elham Aghakhani, Rezvaneh Rezapour
Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used for emotional support and mental health-related interactions outside clinical settings, yet little is known about how people eval…