Attitudes toward alcoholism in volunteer therapist aides: Do they change?

The Marcus Alcoholism Questionnaire was administered pre- and postexperience to discern attitudes held by volunteer helpers, recruited from the community to help in an alcoholism rehabilitation programme. Fortyfour volunteers completed all requirements of the 6-month programme. Pre-experience attitu...

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Published in:Drug and alcohol dependence 1986-07, Vol.17 (4), p.381-390
Main Authors: Leigh, Gillian, Gerrish, Robin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Age Factors
Alcohol treatment
Alcoholism - rehabilitation
Attitude change
Attitude to Health
Belief systems
Biological and medical sciences
Female
Health staff related problems. Vocational training
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Surveys and Questionnaires
Time Factors
Volunteer aides
Volunteers - psychology
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Summary:The Marcus Alcoholism Questionnaire was administered pre- and postexperience to discern attitudes held by volunteer helpers, recruited from the community to help in an alcoholism rehabilitation programme. Fortyfour volunteers completed all requirements of the 6-month programme. Pre-experience attitudes appeared fairly neutral or positive towards relevant aspects of alcoholism, and two patterns emerged using principal components analysis, one centering on the predisposing influence of alcoho and the alcoholic, and the other on the social consequences of drinking. Multivariate analyses showed some significant post-programme attitudinal changes, with the older volunteers differing in some aspects from their younger counterparts.
ISSN:0376-8716
1879-0046
DOI:10.1016/0376-8716(86)90089-X