Representacion social del alcoholismo de personas alcohólicas Social representation of alcoholism in alcoholic persons

• Main Author: Armando Alonso Alvarez
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Estadual de Maringá 2004-08-01
• Series: Psicologia em Estudo
• Subjects: representación social; alcoholismo; alcohólicos; social representation; alcoholism; alcoholics
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-73722004000200002
• ISSN: 1413-7372; 1807-0329

Este trabajo realiza una valoración general de la categoría representación social así como de su importancia en la investigación psicosocial del alcoholismo. Se estudian 100 sujetos alcohólicos, 50 en tratamiento y 50 sin tratamiento, de la ciudad de São João del Rei. A los mismos se les aplicó entrevista y asociación libre. Se analiza tanto la representación social de la muestra de alcohólicos como una comparación de los subgrupos que la integran. Se concluye que no es posible hablar de una representación general del alcoholismo, existe una representación diferente en los subgrupos en función de si reciben o no tratamiento y del consumo o no del alcohol.<br>This article carries out a general evaluation on the Social Representation category and its importance in the psychosocial investigation of alcoholism. One-hundred alcoholic persons were studied, 50 in treatment and 50 without treatment, residents in São João del Rei/MG. The techniques of interview and free association were applied. The social representation of alcoholism is analyzed in the sample as well as in each subgroup that was part of it. It was concluded that there is no general representation of alcoholism, but there are differences in the social representation of alcoholism among the subgroups, depending whether they receive treatment or not and if there is alcohol consumption.