Social Psychology of Drug Policy: Dislocation and Dissonance Theory

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cityu.schoolDivision of Arts and Sciences
cityu.siteVancouver, BC
cityu.site.countryCanada
dc.contributor.authorWilson, Carmen
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-06T23:18:45Z
dc.date.available2018-12-06T23:18:45Z
dc.date.issued2018-11
dc.description.abstractThe war on drugs is, arguably, a failed social policy, and yet it persists. This thesis uses scholarly review and analysis to ask: What is the social and individual psychology that accounts for the endurance of a demonstratively failed drug policy? From there, this inquiry goes on to ask what is the social and individual psychology that informs change in appropriate drug policy? This study finds that there is a relationship between addiction and dislocation due to stigma, and that one of the main driving forces behind the continuation of drug prohibition is cognitive dissonance. Two empirically validated treatments for addiction are reviewed. Family therapy is connected to the theory of dislocation, and motivational interviewing is connected to dissonance theory.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11803/767
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisher.institutionCity University of Seattle (CityU)
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
dc.rightsopenAccess
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/
dc.subjectdrug policy
dc.subjectaddiction
dc.subjectsocial psychology
dc.subjectdecriminalization
dc.subjectdrug prohibition
dc.subjectwar on drugs
dc.subjectcognitive dissonance
dc.subjectdislocation theory
dc.titleSocial Psychology of Drug Policy: Dislocation and Dissonance Theory
dc.typeThesis
thesis.degree.disciplineCounselling
thesis.degree.grantorCity University of Seattle
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Counselling
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