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Mad, bad and dangerous to know : dimensions and measurement of attitudes toward injecting drug users
(Fous, méchants et dangereux : ampleur et mesure des comportements vis-à-vis des toxicomanes intraveineux)
Auteur(s) :
ROSS, M. W. ;
DARKE, S.
Année
1992
Langue(s) :
Anglais
ISBN :
0376-8716
Refs biblio. :
10
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Note générale :
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 1992, 30, 71-74
Résumé :
FRANÇAIS :
Le but de l'étude est de mettre au point un test psychométrique servant à évaluer les attitudes vis-à-vis des toxicomanes intraveineux. Il en ressort trois dimensions : - les toxicomanes sont un facteur d'inquiétude pour le public, - les toxicomanes sont des criminels qui doivent être mis à l'écart de la société, - les tendances sociales sont le rejet et le dégoût face aux toxicomanes.
ENGLISH :
Attitudes toward injecting drug users were assessed using a 53-item questionnaire which was administered to 143 workers at a drug and alcohol research unit and aids treatment facility. Factor analysis revealed three interpretable dimensions : intravenous drug use as a matter of both public concern and personal inadequacy; intravenous drug users as criminals who should be removed from society; and social avoidance of, and personnal distate for, intravenous drug users. The scale and subscales had good test-retest reliability and internal consistency. Its potential use as a measure of attitudes toward injecting drug users for both treatment research and aids research is discussed.
Le but de l'étude est de mettre au point un test psychométrique servant à évaluer les attitudes vis-à-vis des toxicomanes intraveineux. Il en ressort trois dimensions : - les toxicomanes sont un facteur d'inquiétude pour le public, - les toxicomanes sont des criminels qui doivent être mis à l'écart de la société, - les tendances sociales sont le rejet et le dégoût face aux toxicomanes.
ENGLISH :
Attitudes toward injecting drug users were assessed using a 53-item questionnaire which was administered to 143 workers at a drug and alcohol research unit and aids treatment facility. Factor analysis revealed three interpretable dimensions : intravenous drug use as a matter of both public concern and personal inadequacy; intravenous drug users as criminals who should be removed from society; and social avoidance of, and personnal distate for, intravenous drug users. The scale and subscales had good test-retest reliability and internal consistency. Its potential use as a measure of attitudes toward injecting drug users for both treatment research and aids research is discussed.
Affiliation :
Natl. Ctr HIV Soc. Res., Univ. N.S.W., 345 Crown St, Surry Hills NSW 2010
Australie. Australia.
Australie. Australia.