Substance Abusers

Role of Personal and Professional Role Traits in Caregivers' Causal Attributions

Bibliographic Data

ID13655028
AuthorsMarsha Cline Holleman (The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, corresponding author), John I Thornby, Joseph M Merrill
Year2000
Volume86
Issue2
Pages407-407
Publication date2000-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.86.2.407-413
PMID10840887
OpenAlexW4231274095
LanguageEN
References cited14

Substance abuse continues to be a major health problem compounded by caregivers' negative attitudes toward these patients. We investigated attributions 55 primary care physicians and 315 senior medical students make toward substance abusers. Half of both groups expressed negative causal attributions, with women slightly less negative than men. Mental models based on LISREL regression coefficients showed that higher negative attributions by both physicians and students were related to their increased authoritarianism and depressed mood. Medical students choosing careers in primary care specialties, including psychiatry, expressed a less negative attributional style toward substance abusers than those students entering nonprimary careers. Health professional educators may find that using attribution theory to redefine successful outcomes in management of substance abuse can result in better attitudes for caregivers

Attribution · Authoritarianism · Depressed mood · LISREL · Mental health · Mood · Psychiatry · Structural equation modeling · Substance abuse · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Clinical Psychology · Health Policy Implementation Science · Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychology · Social Psychology · Workplace Health and Well-being

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