Cultural Influences on Social Performance of Alcoholics: A Comparative Study

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Title
Cultural Influences on Social Performance of Alcoholics: A Comparative Study
Abstract
A study of the records of three groups of male alcoholics in a residential treatment centre in Montreal: 34 English-speaking Protestants, 28 English-speaking Catholics, and 29 French-speaking Catholics. Their mean age was 49 years. Over half the group had less than eleven years of education. Over 60 percent were unskilled workers. The author found that the social manifestations of alcoholism are influenced by cultural attributes towards drinking and alcoholism, and towards role expectations. English-speaking cultures emphasize the sociopathic characteristics of alcoholism; French-speaking cultures put more emphasis on the physical consequences of excessive drinking. Catholic alcoholics tended to adopt an "incapacitated" role while the Protestants adopted a "sociopathic" role.
Publication
Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol
Volume
Vol. 34
Issue
no. 3
Pages
905-916
Date
1973
Language
en
Citation
Negrete, J. C. “Cultural Influences on Social Performance of Alcoholics: A Comparative Study.” Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol Vol. 34, no. 3 (1973): 905–916.
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