Journal article
Strong-willed but not successful: The importance of strategies in recovery from addiction
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Philosophers, cognitive and social psychologists and laypeople often subscribe to the view that willpower is central to recovery from addiction. But there are reasons to suspect that willpower is much less important to explaining recovery than this view suggests.
Methods
Here we report findings from a qualitative longitudinal study on how substance dependent people see their agency and self-control, and how their self-control develops over time. 69 opioid, ...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1016/j.abrep.2016.09.002
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- Publisher:
- Elsevier Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Addictive Behaviors Reports Journal website
- Publication date:
- 2016-09-13
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-09-10
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2352-8532
- ISSN:
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2352-8532
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pubs:647768
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uuid:3ddf619f-0e01-486b-8326-283f21143bc5
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- pubs:647768
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647768
- Deposit date:
- 2016-10-02
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- Copyright holder:
- Snoek, Levy and Kennett
- Copyright date:
- 2016
- Notes:
- © 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license.
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