Charvat J L
Department of Psychology, University of Missouri, Kansas City, USA.
J Psychoactive Drugs. 1998 Jan-Feb;30(1):69-79. doi: 10.1080/02791072.1998.10399672.
The relationships between authoritarian ideology and attitudes and beliefs about illegal drugs, the War on Drugs, and prevention strategies were investigated among 353 university faculty, administrators, and students. A confidential mail survey assessed five variables: right-wing authoritarianism, attitude toward drug legalization, attitude toward drug decriminalization, belief regarding the controlled use of illegal drugs, and the tendency to endorse a "just say no" approach to substance abuse prevention. Multivariate analyses revealed that highly authoritarian participants were significantly more opposed to both drug legalization and drug decriminalization than less authoritarian participants. Only nonauthoritarian participants favored decriminalization, though they did not favor legalization. Compared to those scoring lower on authoritarianism, higher-scoring authoritarian participants held significantly more dichotomous beliefs about illegal drugs (i.e., that abstinence or compulsive drug abuse are the only possibilities related to involvement with illegal drugs). They were also less likely to recommend to potential drug users that they consider following guidelines for their use that may potentially function as protective factors against drug abuse, preferring instead to endorse the slogan "just say no to drugs." Comparisons between groups revealed that students scored significantly higher on authoritarianism and demonstrated significantly greater opposition to drug decriminalization than did faculty and administrators.
在353名大学教师、管理人员和学生中，对威权主义意识形态与关于非法药物、禁毒战争及预防策略的态度和信念之间的关系进行了调查。一项保密邮件调查评估了五个变量：右翼威权主义、对毒品合法化的态度、对毒品非刑罪化的态度、对非法药物控制使用的信念，以及支持“对药物滥用预防只说不”方法的倾向。多变量分析显示，高度威权主义的参与者比威权主义程度较低的参与者更显著地反对毒品合法化和毒品非刑罪化。只有非威权主义参与者支持非刑罪化，不过他们不支持合法化。与威权主义得分较低的人相比，得分较高的威权主义参与者对非法药物持有显著更多的二元信念（即认为禁欲或强迫性药物滥用是与涉及非法药物相关的唯一可能性）。他们也不太可能向潜在吸毒者建议考虑遵循可能作为预防药物滥用保护因素的使用指南，而是更倾向于支持“对毒品说不”的口号。组间比较显示，学生的威权主义得分显著更高，并且比教师和管理人员更显著地反对毒品非刑罪化。
