@article{ref1,
title="Does endorsement of the disease concept of alcoholism predict humanitarian attitudes to alcoholics?",
journal="International journal of the addictions",
year="1989",
author="Crawford, J. R. and Thomson, N. A. and Gullion, F. E. and Garthwaite, P.",
volume="24",
number="1",
pages="71-77",
abstract="It has been widely assumed that the disease concept of alcoholism is a powerful vehicle for the promotion of humanitarian attitudes to alcoholics. However, Crawford and Heather have argued that individual differences in attitudes to alcoholics are liable to be a reflection of broader attitudes to deviancy rather than a function of endorsement/rejection of a disease conception. This argument was subjected to empirical scrutiny by means of a questionnaire distributed to 200 members of the public. The questionnaire (1) measured attitudes to four deviant groups--alcoholics, drug addicts, compulsive gamblers, and juvenile delinquents--and (2) recorded whether respondents endorsed or rejected a disease conception of these deviant conditions. Attitudes to the non-alcoholic deviant groups were better predictors of humanitarian attitudes to alcoholics than was endorsement of a disease conception of alcoholism.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0020-773X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}