title: Attitudes about addiction: a national study of addiction educators.
abstract: The following study, funded by the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), utilized the Addiction Belief Inventory (ABI; Luke, Ribisl, Walton, & Davidson, 2002) to examine addiction attitudes in a national sample of U.S. college/university faculty teaching addiction-specific courses (n=215). Results suggest that addiction educators view substance abuse as a coping mechanism rather than a moral failure, and are ambivalent about calling substance abuse or addiction a disease. Most do not support individual efficacy toward recovery, the ability to control use, or social use after treatment. Modifiers of addiction educator attitudes include level of college education; teaching experience; licensure/certification, and whether the educator is an addiction researcher. Study implications, limitations, and directions for future research are discussed.
authors.affiliation: University of Nevada, Reno, USA. broadusad@gmail.com
authors.forename: Angela D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Broadus
authors.forename: Joyce A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Hartje
authors.forename: Nancy A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Roget
authors.forename: Kristy L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Cahoon
authors.forename: Samantha S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Clinkinbeard
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001290:Attitude; D005178:Faculty; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009014:Morals; D009042:Motivation; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012927:Social Control, Informal; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013695:Temperance / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult