Strong-willed but not successful: The importance of strategies in recovery from addiction

Introduction: Philosophers, cognitive and social psychologists and laypeople often subscribe to the view that willpower is central to recovery from addiction. But there are reasons to suspect that willpower is much less important to explaining recovery than this view suggests. Methods: Here we repor...

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Main Authors: Anke Snoek, Neil Levy, Jeanette Kennett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-12-01
Series:Addictive Behaviors Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352853216300396