Drinker's own drinking, experience of alcohol-related harms, and concern for drinking predict drinker's attitudes towards non-drinkers.

While the stigma experienced by non-drinkers is well-documented, little is known about the factors that influence it. This study aims to test a sequential mediation model in which the amount of alcohol consumed by a drinker, predicts their experienced alcohol-related harm, which in turn predicts the concern they have for drinking and their negative attitudes towards non-drinkers. A sample of 787 Australian drinkers (M The model was shown to be a good fit and demonstrated a sequential mediation with significant indirect effects from alcohol consumption The findings suggest that the stigma directed at non-drinkers may be enacted as a defence against an unwanted self-reflection from a drinker's concern for their own drinking.