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Strong-willed but not successful: The importance of strategies in recovery from addiction

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Introduction
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.

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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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10.1016/j.abrep.2016.09.002

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
HUMS
Department:
Philosophy Faculty
Role:
Author
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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EISSN:
2352-8532
ISSN:
2352-8532
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Pubs id:
pubs:647768
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uuid:3ddf619f-0e01-486b-8326-283f21143bc5
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pubs:647768
Source identifiers:
647768
Deposit date:
2016-10-02

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