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Substance Abuse And Attribution, Karen Ann Towell-Roberts
Substance Abuse And Attribution, Karen Ann Towell-Roberts
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The primary purpose of this study was twofold. First, an Attribution of Responsibility for Substance Use scale (ARSU) was developed with a sample of 140 university substance users and 69 substance abusers. Second, this study determined if the actor-observer hypothesis of traditional attribution theory (Jones and Davis, 1965) held using the ARSU.
The ARSU scale contains six questions which focus on an individual's reasons and perceptions of other individuals reasons for initiating and ending substance use. Subjects were also administered the 11 item Rotter's IE scale (Valecha, 1972).
Initial assessments indicated that the ARSU scale was valid and reliable for …