2 papers
cs.CL2026
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…
cs.CL2024
Words Matter: Reducing Stigma in Online Conversations about Substance Use with Large Language Models
Layla Bouzoubaa, Elham Aghakhani, Rezvaneh Rezapour
Stigma is a barrier to treatment for individuals struggling with substance use disorders (SUD), which leads to significantly lower treatment engagement rates. With only 7% of those…