“…The study of implicit theories has been used to understand how the general population understands behaviours and conditions such as juvenile delinquency (Tyson & Hubert, 2000), alcoholism (Furnham & Hume-Wright, 1992), depression (Furnham & Kuyken, 1991) and schizophrenia (Furnham & Bower, 1992). Furthermore studies have indicated (a) that professionals can hold implicit theories and (b) that in relation to the same condition, these can differ among different professional groups (Kuyken, Brewin, Power, & Furnham, 1992;Roskin, Carsen, Rabiner, & Marell, 1988).…”