Individual Explanation - Personality

Question 1

Neuroticism + self medication

Answer 1

High N = more anxious, tense + prone to depression
-eyesnck argue - addiction is a way to cope
-Baumeister: low self esteem people act self defeating (bad thoughts about self) need drug to escape self awareness

-withdrawal: does not feel good without drug
-relapse: only feel normal when gaming drugs

Question 2

Evaluation - causal relationship

Answer 2

Most research are correlational
Does not find root cause of problem
-could be personality make someone be more addicted or vice versa
-or could be gene

Cuomo et al - semi structure interview
Prisoner with addiction high P and N score
-maybe due to childhood trauma making personality this way
-but study suffer from participant bias, not consider mental health problem