A social representations approach offers an empirical utility for addressing myriad social
concerns such as social order, ecological sustainability, national identity, racism, religious …

Objective Harmful drinkers represent an important Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) group in
public health terms, accounting for significant health and social costs. However, harmful …

Low problem recognition may be an important barrier to opportunities for self-change or help-
seeking in harmful drinkers. Little is known about how the beliefs harmful drinkers hold …

Narratives around alcohol are important in determining how people decide who or what
qualifies as problematic alcohol use. Narratives draw on common representations that are …

Alcohol problems are amongst the most stigmatised of conditions, resulting in multiple
additional harms for people with alcohol use disorder. Alcohol stigma encompasses widely …

The highly heterogeneous nature of alcohol use and problems has presented significant
challenges to those attempting to understand, treat or prevent what is commonly termed …

Under the disease model of alcoholism,'rock bottom'represents the point at which problem
drinkers hit a low, after which denial is overcome and recovery begins. More specifically, the …

Harmful drinkers are characterized by low problem recognition in that they typically see
themselves as 'non-problem'drinkers, ie, they describe themselves as free from alcohol …

This study described how participants came to terms with existential boredom in the course
of their lived experiences of alcoholism and recovery. A review of the literature revealed a …

This chapter highlights the key role played by self-control in people's social representations
of themselves and of others. Self-control is the ability to exercise restraint over one's …