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Myth of Addiction: An Application of the Psychological Theory of Attribution to Illicit Drug Use [Hardcover]

John Booth Davies (Author)

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ISBN-10: 3718651971 | ISBN-13: 978-3718651979 | Publication Date: January 1, 1992

Current attitudes towards drug misuse in the media, government and even treatment centers often exaggerate the pharmacological power of drugs. Their coercive influence is widely believed to be so great that to experiment with a drug is tantamount to addiction. This book argues that such beliefs are largely inaccurate and harmful. Research shows that explanations for drug use vary according to circumstances. Drug users may explain that they have lost their willpower and capacity for personal decision-making, because this is the explanation expected of them, but most actually use drugs because they want to and because they see no good reason for giving them up. Addicted behavior is therefore a form of learned helplessness that encourages passivity and irresponsibility.

#outer_postBodyPS { display: none; } #psGradient { display: none; } #psPlaceHolder { display: none; } #psExpand { display: none; } Current attitudes towards drug misuse in the media, government and even treatment centers often exaggerate the pharmacological power of drugs. Their coercive influence is widely believed to be so great that to experiment with a drug is tantamount to addiction. This book argues that such beliefs are largely inaccurate and harmful. Research shows that explanations for drug use vary according to circumstances. Drug users may explain that they have lost their willpower and capacity for personal decision-making, because this is the explanation expected of them, but most actually use drugs because they want to and because they see no good reason for giving them up. Addicted behavior is therefore a form of learned helplessness that encourages passivity and irresponsibility.

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Hardcover: 192 pages
Publisher: Routledge (January 1, 1992)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3718651971
ISBN-13: 978-3718651979
Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
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Attribution theory is a general title for a body of theory and research into the ways in which people explain why things happen. Read the first page

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paradoxical attribution, attribution items, attributional research, helpless addict, attributional terms, addiction system, functional attribution, positivity bias, alcohol dependence syndrome, attribution theory, retrospective recall, smoking behaviour

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Gamblers Anonymous, Alcohol Dependence Syndrome, Walden Two, Lady Barnett, Retrieval of Construction

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This book cites 46 books:

Social Psychology by Leonard Berkowitz on 4 pages
Addiction Controversies by D. M. Warburton on 4 pages
Compulsive Gamblers (Applied Psychology) by Mark G. Dickerson on page 67, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
Walden Two by B. F. Skinner on page 33, and Back Matter
Attribution Theory: Social and Functional Extensions by Miles Hewstone in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)

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Drink, Drugs and Dependence: From Science to Clinical Practice by Woody Caan on page 176, and page 231
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Young People and Mental Health by Peter Aggleton in Front Matter, and page 45
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