ABSTRACT
Psychological models explaining the development, maintenance, and mechanisms of change for substance misuse and other addictive behaviors represent one component of a biopsychosocial framework to inform the development of preventive, treatment, and recovery interventions. This chapter examines the premises and evidence related to seven types of psychological theory or model: cognitive, information processing, psychodynamic, personality, learning (classical conditioning, operant conditioning, social learning), expectancies, and rational, reasoned, or planned behavior theories. The importance of theory to the logic models shaping intervention strategies, as well as attending to the interactive nature of biological, psychological, and social context factors are emphasized.
