Addiction as Consumer Choice: Exploring the Cognitive Dimension

by Gordon R. Foxall

Book Overview

A striking characteristic of addictive behavior is the pursuit of immediate reward at the risk of longer-term detrimental outcomes. It is typically accompanied by the expression of a strong desire to cease from or at least control consumption that has such consequences, followed by lapse, further resolution, relapse, and so on. Understood in this way, addiction includes substance abuse as well as behavioral compulsions like excessive gambling or...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367339021
• ISBN13: 9780367339029
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"