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Cultural Influences on Social Performance of Alcoholics: A Comparative Study
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Cultural Influences on Social Performance of Alcoholics: A Comparative Study
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| 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.
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Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol
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Vol. 34
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no. 3
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905-916
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1973
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en
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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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