Thesis--Helsinki. / Errata slip inserted. Bibliography: p. 152-164.

Thesis (doctoral)--Lund University, 1998. / Added t.p. with thesis statement inserted.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Denver Conservative Baptist Seminary, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 313-330).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, 1977. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 64-66).

Thesis--University of Göteborg, 1970.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2000. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 91-105).

M.A. (Social Work) / PROBLEM STATEMENT Although there is no lack of literature and research findings regarding alcoholism, very little research has been done about social workers rendering therapeutic services to alcoholics. This study focused on certain aspects about social workers dealing with alcoholics in order to provide a clearer picture about :- • their motivation for rendering therapeutic services to alcoholics despite the apparent poor prognosis and high relapse statistics of alcoholics; • their level of general contentment and social functioning; and • their personality traits/characteristics. Only social workers in possession of an appropriate qualification, and who have been working with alcoholics for at least two (2) years, took part in the study. The results of this study can be used for future screening and training of social workers rendering therapeutic services to alcoholics. Comparative or exploratory studies on concepts such as the job satisfaction and effectiveness of these social workers, can also be undertaken. AIM OF THE STUDY The aim of this study was to investigate the level of general contentment, social functioning and personality traits of social workers rendering therapeutic services to alcoholics, by using the following measurement scales :- * the Hudson scale for the measurement of general contentment; * the Heimler scale for the measurement of social functioning; * the 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire for the assessment of personality traits. With this goal in mind the following objectives were set for the study :- * the exploring of concepts from the literature; * the administration of the selected measurement scales to the sampling group; * the analyzing of data with the intent to gain insight and knowledge about these social workers. RESEARCH DESIGN Exploratory research by means of quantitative methods of data wereundertaken in this study. Structured measurement scales were used to measure the level of general contentment, social functioning an personality traits of social workers rendering therapeutic services to alcoholics. An availability sampling or sometimes called accidental sampling method was used where twenty five (25) social workers, who were willing to participate in the study, were included.

M.A. (Psychology) / Please refer to full text to view abstract

The purpose of this project was to clarify the methodological considerations involved in the posttreatment follow-up evaluation of alcohol-abuse patients. A two-part project was undertaken in an attempt to answer the follow-up questions of how and when to measure treatment effects with discharged alcoholics. In Part I, a large-scale survey was utilized to examine return rates across various program evaluation methods and time frames. In Part II, the predictive validity of scores received at short-term follow-up in relation to scores received at 1-year follow-up was assessed for measures of psychosocial functioning and alcohol consumption.

The thesis draws on historical and social policy perspectives to examine the factors influencing development and change in alcohol treatment policy between 1950 and 1990. The study uses data from primary and secondary documentation and from taped interviews. Three themes are highlighted as particularly relevant to an examination of policy trends. The first of these is the emergence and evolution of a `policy community'. Spearheaded by psychiatrists in the 1960s, the `policy community' broadened to include other professional groups and the voluntary sector by the 1990s. The second theme concerns the role of research in influencing the nature and direction of treatment policy. The study indicates increasing use of research as the rationale for policy and illustrates the move towards a `contractor' relationship between research workers and policy makers. The final theme deals with the influence on policy of ideological frames and changing conceptualisations of the alcohol problem. Two major shifts were important for treatment, the re-discovery of the disease concept of alcoholism in the 1950s and the emergence of a new public health model of alcohol problems in the 1970s. Within these broad themes, the study includes an examination of tensions - between different professional perspectives, between government departments with differing responsibilities, between different ideologies - and of moves to secure consensus in the formulation and implementation of treatment policy. The final chapter addresses shifts in thinking from the re-emergence of a `disease' model of alcoholism in the 1950s, to a `consumptionist' (population-based) model in the 1970s, towards a `harm reduction' approach to alcohol problems management in the 1990s. The thesis concludes that over the past forty years competing paradigms of the alcohol problem have emerged and gained policy salience within particular historical-social contexts in the search for policy consensus to manage the problematic aspects of alcohol consumption.