Author ORCID Identifier
Clinkinbeard - https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1839-2877
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-30-2010
Publication Title
Journal of Drug Education
Volume
40
Issue
3
First Page
281
Last Page
298
Abstract
The following study, funded by the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), utilized the Addiction Belief Inventory (ABI; Luke, Ribisl, Walton, & Davidson, 2002) to examine addiction attitudes in a national sample of U.S. college/university faculty teaching addiction-specific courses (n = 215). Results suggest that addiction educators view substance abuse as a coping mechanism rather than a moral failure, and are ambivalent about calling substance abuse or addiction a disease. Most do not support individual efficacy toward recovery, the ability to control use, or social use after treatment. Modifiers of addiction educator attitudes include level of college education; teaching experience; licensure/certification, and whether the educator is an addiction researcher. Study implications, limitations, and directions for future research are discussed.
Recommended Citation
Broadus, A.D., Hartje, J.A., Roget, N.A., Cahoon, K.L., & Clinkinbeard, S.S. (2010). Attitudes about addition: A national study of addictions educators. Journal of Drug Education, 40(3), 281-298. https://doi.org/10.2190/DE.40.3.e
Comments
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Sage in Journal of Drug Education on November 30, 2010, available online: https://doi.org/10.2190/DE.40.3.e
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