Possible community consequences of attitudes toward and models of deviant behavior

Abstract

Interest expressed about the attitudes of college students toward social problems stems not only from awareness that they are future community leaders, but also from the aggressive manner in which they assert certain beliefs. Students' attitudes toward the war in Viet Nam, racial issues, and university policies have received wide publicity. There has been, however, relatively little discussion of their attitudes concermng the equally significant problems of psychological disorders and antisocial behavior. The present study was designed primarily to evaluate college students' attitudes about such problems.With heightened interest in psychological disorders a greater variety of persons have been sanctioned to assist in managing disturbed individuals. In metropolitan areas, for example, police recruits receive training in dealing with marital conflicts, suicidal and homicidal individuals, psychotics, neurotics, and character disorders, and there is increasing interest in the use of nonprofessionals in helping roles (Durlak, 1970). Consequently, a second purpose of this study was to compare the perceived "helpfulness" of various categories of persons.

''Behavioral therapy--Bag of tricks or point of view? Treatment for homosexuality': Reply": Discussion.

“…For example, treatments based on learning theory credit the majority of both conventional and unconventional behavior to the same normal processes which lead to all learning (e.g., Ullmann & Krasner, 1969). Additionally, such approaches do not foster diagnostic labeling and, thus should help minimize the stigmatization of persons who behave unconventionally (Sieveking, et al, 1972).…”