Researchers For Addiction

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Black et al 2006
first degree relatives of a pathological gambler are more likely to be gamblers
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blaszczynski et al 1990
poor tolerance to boredom creates gambling, pathological gamblers had significantly higher boredom proneness scores compared to a control group
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vink et al 2005
1,572 dutch twin pairs, concordance rate of 44%
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Zimmerman 2001
found people hooked on video gambling became compulsive in a year where horses etc took 3, disputing the biological approach
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Gartner et al 2009
points out screening for genetic sensitivities to smoking is unsuccessful as no one gene has been outlined in connection to smoking
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Gelkopf et al 2002
suggests individuals purposely turn to things to self medicate their psychological issues like using alcohol to numb depression
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Gordon 2008
irrational beliefs, people believe they have control and have an exaggerated self esteem, believing they have special skills etc
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Blanco et al 2000
recall bias, people often only remember the wins, relapse
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Kassel et al 2007
people smoke because they believe it will enhance their mood and relieve stress
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Tate et al 1994
told a group of people quitting smoking they shouldn't get side effects and so they experienced less than the control group; people expect bad experiences from quitting
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Backbier 1994
people relapse as they see the stress of quitting as outweighing the positives
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Moolchan et al 2005
nicotine patches reduce relapse rates better when accompanied by cbt, suggesting its not just purely biological
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Griffiths 2009
gamblers playing slot machines continue because of the psychological rewards, getting a buzz and money from winning.
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Lambos et al 2007
families and friends of a gambler are more likely to approve of gambling, reinforcing the gambler.
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Mayeux 2008
found a positive relationship between smoking and popularity of boys aged 16, which acts as a positive reinforcement
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Hogarth et al 2010
found the amount a smoker craved smoking depended on the smoking related stimuli presented to the smoker
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Rubinson 1989
adults who have less belief in their ability to quit are more likely to suffer relapse
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Finn 2005
supports the role model aspect as people who smoke are 1.88 times more likely to have kids who smoke
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Driessen et al 2008
30% of drug users suffered from PTSD, suggesting traumatic stress is a risk factor
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Bandura 1977
behaviours are learnt, social learning theory
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Abrams and Hogg 1990
Social identity theory, assumes people, especially adolescents adapt to the norms of their social groups
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Brown 1997
Social groups have more of an impact on those under 20
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Cloniger 1987
three traits that predispose people; novelty seeking (wanting new experiences); Harm avoidance (worrying and pessimistic) and reward dependence (the extent of how quickly a person learns to repeat rewarded behaviours)
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Teeson et al 2002
does personality effect addiction or visa versa?
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Ajzen 1989
Theory of planned behaviour; Behavioural attitude; subjective norms and perceived behavioural control
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Majer et al 2004
investigated cognitive factors and found self efficacy to be prominent, and encouraging an addict's belief in their ability to abstain was linked to positive outsomes
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Armitage et al 1999
Theory of planned behaviour is too rational
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Klag 2006
points out TPB misses out motivation as people who quit for their children for example, are more likely to refrain from relapse
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Hollander et al 2000
found gamblers treated with SSRIs showed significant improvement regarding their gambling addiction compared to a control
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Sindelar et al 2007
investigated the effect of rewards on people trying to quit drugs using money rewards, with a control group and a group receiving a random money reward every time they tested negative on a drug test, being 60% more likely to produce a negative test
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Stead et al 2006
study of 18,000 people, people were 50% more likely to refrain from relapse if they received a regular phone call from a therapist
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Blanco 2002
SSRI's showed no effect on gamblers
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Ladouceur 2001
randomly allocated people to a control and a cbt group, 80% of those who completed treatment no longer fitted the DSM criteria for a pathologica gambler
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Crits-Christoph 2003
reducing cocaine use lead to a reduction in the contraction of HIV- Real world application
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