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COMPENSATING
MODEL
In
this model, addictive behavior is seen as a well-learned
habit that can be analyzed and modified in the same way
as other habits. What is changed here is the concept of
compulsive habit, for the use is no longer seen as a state
of being, irresistible impulse to accomplish something irrational.
The model of addictive behavior has as an interest the study
of the determinants of addictive habits, including: situational
antecedents, environmental antecedents, beliefs, expectations,
family history, individual history and former learning experiences
with the substance. The fact that the state of a disease
is product of a long-term addictive component (liver cirrhoses,
lung cancer) doesn't imply, necessarily, that the behavior
itself is a disease. The addictive behaviors are realized
in situations perceived as stressful; and there is, in the
use of PAS (psychoactive substance) an immediate gratification,
in other words, a maximum state of pleasure, or reduction
of tension o excitement. Example: The acts of drinking or
smoking in these situations are poorly adaptive confrontation
mechanisms because they lead to negative consequences, such
as the alteration of emotional and physical health.
Some advantages of this model:
makes the person able to take control and assume responsibility
for the changing process of an addictive habit. Makes the
person capable of learning efficient habit changing methods.
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