Can we call behaviours addictive?

Lemon, J

Can we call behaviours addictive?

Lemon, J

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Publisher:: Clinical College of the Australian Psychological Society
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Clinical Psychologist, 2002, 6, pp. 44 - 49
Issue Date:: 2002-01

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dc.contributor.author	Lemon, J
dc.date.accessioned	2009-12-21T02:39:00Z
dc.date.issued	2002-01
dc.identifier.citation	Clinical Psychologist, 2002, 6, pp. 44 - 49
dc.identifier.issn	1328-4207
dc.identifier.other	C1	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/5533
dc.description.abstract	The question of whether behaviours can be addictive in the same sense as psychoactive substances has been debated in psychology for some time. Increased understanding of the brain reward system tends to support this notion. The way in which behaviours may modulate that system, coupled with self-report and behavioural analysis, suggests three characteristics of substances or behaviours that may lead to addictions. The reward system must register a relatively rapid and substantial improvement in hedonic state, the user unable to find alternative ways of obtaining this improvement, and the performance of the addictive behaviour leads to maladaptive functioning and a state of chronic 'ysphoria. Cognitive and social factors may also influence the development and maintenance of addiction.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Clinical College of the Australian Psychological Society
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dc.subject	Psychology
dc.subject	Cognitive Sciences
dc.title	Can we call behaviours addictive?
dc.type	Journal article
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utslib.location	Sydney, Australia	en_US
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Abstract:

The question of whether behaviours can be addictive in the same sense as psychoactive substances has been debated in psychology for some time. Increased understanding of the brain reward system tends to support this notion. The way in which behaviours may modulate that system, coupled with self-report and behavioural analysis, suggests three characteristics of substances or behaviours that may lead to addictions. The reward system must register a relatively rapid and substantial improvement in hedonic state, the user unable to find alternative ways of obtaining this improvement, and the performance of the addictive behaviour leads to maladaptive functioning and a state of chronic 'ysphoria. Cognitive and social factors may also influence the development and maintenance of addiction.

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