title: Perceptions of deviant stereotypes by alcoholism, mental health, and school personnel in New Zealand and the United States.
abstract: The present study examines the ideologies regarding deviance held by alcoholism workers (AW), mental health service providers (MH), and school personnel (SP) in the United States (U.S.) and New Zealand (N.Z.). The two countries subscribe to different sociopolitical systems. The U.S. can be viewed as an individualistic/capitalistic society; N.Z. can be characterized as a social welfare state. It was anticipated that sociopolitical differences would result in differing ideologies regarding deviant persons. It was also anticipated that each group of service providers would, because of their training histories, evidence different ideologies, for example, that the AW sample would differ significantly from the MH sample. No specific predictions concerning these differences were attempted.
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology*; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003415:Crime; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003617:Dangerous Behavior; D006801:Humans; D002189:Marijuana Abuse / Q000523:psychology*; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D009520:New Zealand; D012718:Set, Psychology; D013240:Stereotyping; D013663:Teaching; D014481:United States