Powerlessness in the moral self: a social cognitive perspective on drug users

Title

Powerlessness in the moral self: a social cognitive perspective on drug users

Creator

Kim D.

Description

Powerlessness resides in devalued self-images of drug users. This study, drawing on social and moral psychology, examined the moral functioning of drug users compared to non-drug users. Self-reported data concerning moral identity and moral judgment on drug use were assessed and compared between groups. Drug users appeared to have significantly weaker moral identity centrality and pro-drug moral judgment than non-drug users. They also showed dissociation in the relationship between moral identity and moral judgment. As a result, the study proposed a moral identity model of drug use to better approach social cognitive powerlessness in drug users moral self. 2021 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Source

Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions, Vol-21, No. 2, pp. 162-178.

Date

2021-01-01

Publisher

Routledge

Subject

Drug user; empowerment; moral model; moral psychology; negative identity; social identity; social psychology; social work; stigma

Coverage

Kim D., Department of Social Work, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, India

Rights

Restricted Access

Relation

ISSN: 1533256X

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Article

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1080/1533256X.2021.1893967

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