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Changing Perceptions About Self‐Change and Moderate‐Drinking Recoveries From Alcohol Problems: What Can and Should Be Done? 1
Author(s) -
Cunningham John A.,
Sobell Linda C.,
Sobell Mark B.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1999.tb01387.x
Subject(s) - newspaper , skepticism , perception , psychology , alcohol , social psychology , public opinion , political science , chemistry , sociology , media studies , law , epistemology , philosophy , biochemistry , neuroscience , politics
Despite abundant indications that resolutions from alcohol problems without treatment are common, there appears to be little awareness that such recoveries occur and a general skepticism regarding their possibility. This paper presents results from a study investigating the impact of hypothetical newspaper articles about self‐change and moderate‐drinking recoveries on subjects' beliefs. It is concluded that newspaper articles do not appear to have much impact on the public's perceptions. The importance of modifying the general public's knowledge about recoveries from alcohol problems without treatment are discussed.