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| Title |
Negative attributions towards people with substance use disorders in South Africa: Variation across substances and by gender
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Psychiatry, August 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-244x-12-101 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Katherine Sorsdahl, Dan J Stein, Bronwyn Myers |
| Abstract |
Little research has examined attitudes towards people who use substances in low and middle income countries (LMIC). Therefore, the present study examined the attributions made by the general South African population about people who use substances and whether these attributions differ by the type of substance being used, the gender of the person using the substance, or the characteristics of the person making the attribution. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 6 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 50% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 33% |
| Egypt | 1 | 17% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 160 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| France | 2 | 1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 157 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 32 | 20% |
| Student > Bachelor | 26 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 18 | 11% |
| Researcher | 17 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 10 | 6% |
| Other | 25 | 16% |
| Unknown | 32 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 46 | 29% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 29 | 18% |
| Social Sciences | 19 | 12% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 5% |
| Neuroscience | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 17 | 11% |
| Unknown | 37 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 September 2012.
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#13,242,166
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Outputs from BMC Psychiatry
#2,776
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#90,225
of 167,775 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Psychiatry
#50
of 86 outputs
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