Healthcare professionals’ stigmatization of men with anabolic androgenic steroid use and eating disorders

摘要: Abstract Building upon previous research on the stigmatization of individuals with eating disorders (EDs), present study sought to evaluate healthcare providers’ attitudes toward male anabolic androgenic steroid (AAS) users. Healthcare providers ( N  = 148) were first randomly assigned read one four vignettes describing a AAS user, ED patient, cocaine or healthy control. Each provider then rated, scale −3 +3, how strongly either word in 22 word-pairs described his her feelings person vignette. Results indicated that perceived and use patients less favorably than user adult, suggesting two groups may be stigmatized by health providers. Given psychiatric medical risks associated EDs, reducing bias help reduce personal suffering public burden related these behaviors.