Thesis Abstract and Dissertation Abstracts
A Discursive Analysis of Addicted Users Accounts of Opiate Addiction
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Course / Degree: MA Clin Psych
Institution / University: University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Published in: 2005
The transcripts of four focus groups, consisting of a total number of 15 informants, were qualitatively analysed using a thematic method that focused on the informants strategic use of discourse. The analysis revealed important differences between using and non-using informants in terms of the self employed discursive practices that they used in constructing their experience of addiction. Differences included variations in the attribution of agency to either the opiate or the informant and the degree to which opiate use was presented as cause for concern or not. These and other differences were explored in detail together with their potential implications, functions and apparent effects on the users capacity to maintain abstinence as opposed to continuing to use.
Thesis Keywords/Search Tags:
drugs, drug addiction, addict, substance abuse, dependence, heroin, opiate, discursive, discourse, withdrawal, language qualitative, treatment recovery
This Thesis Abstract may be cited as follows:
Sinisi, V. (2005) A discursive analysis of addicted users accounts of opiate addiction. A research report submitted to the Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts (Clinical Psychology).
Submission Details: Thesis Abstract submitted by Vincenzo Sinisi from South Africa on 26-Nov-2005 06:14.
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Vincenzo Sinisi Contact Details: Email: enzo@hixnet.co.za
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