Addiction - Risk factors

Question 1

What type of stress is addiction associated with relieving

Answer 1

Anxiety

Question 2

Evaluation of stress as a risk factor

Answer 2

Addictions only reduce stress temporarily (Hajek)

Question 3

Peer pressure is what?

Answer 3

The reason why adolescents stay taking drugs and associated with increased levels of smoking (eiser)

Question 4

Evaluation of peers as a risk factor?

Answer 4

SLT supports it: Duncan found exposure to smoking models increases likelihood of smoking

Question 5

Age as a risk factor?

Answer 5

Brown: significant others become increasingly important on health related attitudes

Question 6

Evaluation of age as a risk factor?

Answer 6

Bad science; it is difficult to quantify why someone starts a behaviour looking at social factors

Question 7

Personality as a risk factor of addiction?

Answer 7

Francis: found a link between addiction and high scores on neuroticism tests

Question 8

Evaluation of personality as a risk factor

Answer 8

Lack of information around causation and correlation

Question 9

What are the risk factors regarding addiction?

Answer 9

Stress, peers, age and personality