title: Interpersonal needs of drug addicts: are they similar across cultures?
abstract: Needs for interpersonal resources were compared in groups of Israeli and USA drug abusers and in matched groups of normal subjects. Across cultures, drug addicts displayed a similar pattern of needs, while the patterns displayed by normal subjects were dissimilar. The results suggest that drug addicts display patterns of need that deviate from the cultural norm and approach the patterns displayed by addicts in other cultures.
authors.affiliation: Tel-Aviv University Law School, Institute of Criminology and Criminal Law, Israel.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Teichman
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Teichman
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Converse
authors.forename: U G
authors.initials: UG
authors.lastname: Foa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003469:Culture; D005006:Ethnicity; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States