ABSTRACT

First published in 1998. This study explains addiction in terms of social psychological processes, looks at the fundamental nature of addiction and its causes, pharmacology, attribution and volitional theories, as well as a context for drug problems.

chapter 1|11 pages

Attribution Theory

Explaining Explanation

chapter 5|7 pages

Pharmacology and Compulsion

chapter 8|25 pages

The Nature of the Evidence

Methodological Problems

chapter 9|21 pages

Attribution

A Dynamic Approach to How People Explain Their Actions

chapter 11|14 pages

A Context for Drug Problems