Alcoholics' beliefs about and attitudes to controlled drinking and total abstinence

Richard, Glen P.; Burley, Peter M.

doi:10.1111/j.2044-8260.1978.tb00259.x

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“…As may be clear from inspection of the diagram, these concepts {A, B, C) are shown to covary perfectly and hence, despite the gross absolute discrepancies, intercorrelations among them would all be 1-00, leading, for example to the inference that A is just as similar to B in meaning as it is to C. A glance at the diagram informs us of the falsity of such a conclusion. Thus, all one can conclude from the Richard & Burley (1978) study is that the concept of' myself' and 'controlled drinker' covary to a greater degree than 'myself and 'total abstainer'. The psychological distance technique, in fact, says nothing about distances between concepts.…”

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confidence: 87%

“…However, as Richard & Burley (1978) suggest, the fact that controlled drinking programmes are being used as a viable alternative to total abstinence suggests the need for information regarding the beliefs and attitudes of problem drinkers regarding controlled drinking, particu-747 larly in relation to the traditional goal of total abstinence.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…First, Richard & Burley (1978) failed to define (for subjects as well as other researchers) what they meant by the terms which they used. This is a particularly serious omission when we consider the term 'controlled drinker'.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The second major fault is probably even more serious, and involves the way in which the results were analysed. As indicated, Richard & Burley (1978) used what they call the psychological distance technique to measure distances in meaning between different roles (i.e. total abstainer, controlled drinker, myself).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The present study aimed at overcoming the shortcomings of the Richard & Burley (1978) investigation into the perception of drinking roles by problem drinkers. The number of roles was increased; the definitions of each role were provided and an additional bipolar personality construct was used, added to the original 15, taken from a study by Hoy (1977).…”

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The perception of drinking roles by recovering problem drinkers

McCartney

O’Donnell

1981

Psychol. Med.

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SynopsisThe perception of and attitude to drinking patterns in recovering problem drinkers (N= 29) is analysed, utilizing a similar methodology to that of Richard & Burley (1978). Fault is found, however, in the latter study both in a failure to define variables and in the authors' statistical handling of the results. In the present study, it was found that controlled drinking is only seen as close to the problem drinker's concept of himself when it entails reasonably high levels of consumption. The importance of this finding for therapy is outlined. The possible negative effects of role conflict are mentioned. It is also found that problem drinkers perceive themselves as having quite different characteristics from those they themselves attribute to alcoholics. This finding is interpreted in terms of the fundamental attribution error (Jones & Nisbett, 1972).

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 87%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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