Psychosocial Charactersitic of Drug Addicts

Journal Title: Jaunųjų mokslininkų darbai - Year 2010, Vol 26, Issue 2

Abstract

The carried out analysis of the research results by characterizing the drug-addicted personality and by assigning to it the characteristic features revealed among the groups of the respondents certain contradictions between evaluations. Presenting opinion on the psychosocial features of an addict, the respondents defined such a person by different parameters, however, in both groups of the respondents the overall negative assessment of a drug addict was identified. Although it is more positive in the group of addicts, the results of the research enable claiming that the respondents understand and evaluate an “addicted personality” as non-popular, unhappy, rejected by people around, having poor health and being more rebellious than humble. The analysis of the obtained data among the groups of respondents partially confirms the attitude(stereotype) formed in society that people using drugs are considered hopeless by society and that they are avoided. With reference to the empirical research data it can be hypothetically claimed that such a stigmatized evaluation and incorrectly formed attitude to drug addicts deepens their discrimination and is detrimental to prevention. The empirical research data may have practical significance in studying the social-psychological aspects and in analyzing the specific features of people with addictions. The empirically carried out analysis of different attitudes of the groups of respondents can be used in solving problems of addictions prevention, social rehabilitation and integration.

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Aurelija Pociutė

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Aurelija Pociutė (2010). Psychosocial Charactersitic of Drug Addicts. Jaunųjų mokslininkų darbai, 26(2), 36-43. https://www.europub.co.uk/articles/-A-155091