Addiction Phenomenology In Substance Use And Non-Substance Use Disorders

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dc.contributor.authorMcLachlan, Andre Daviden_NZ
dc.date.accessioned2008-03-14T13:20:29Z
dc.date.available2008-08-01T11:43:12Z
dc.date.issued2008en_NZ
dc.description.abstractThere is growing research evidence and public concern over the burgeoning of disorders which share common features with substance addictions. In order to investigate the presence and role of addiction features in disorders outside of substance addictions, symptoms of addiction were explored within three addiction groups: alcohol dependence (AD), an established addiction (n = 24); pathological gambling (PG) a disorder with growing empirical support as an addiction (n = 20); and compulsive shopping (CS), a proposed 'novel' addiction(n = 20). Participants were recruited from either the general population, or from the Auckland Salvation Army Bridge residential alcohol and drug treatment programme; Salvation Army Oasis Gambling Service; Pacific Peoples Addiction Service Incorporated; or Te Kahui Hauora O Ngati Koata Trust. Participants completed a battery of self-report measures comprising a demographics questionnaire; Addictive Disorder Questionnaire (ADQ); anxiety and depression subscales of the Symptom Checklist 90 Revised (SCL-90R); Barratt Impulsivity Scale II-r; and substance specific adaptations of the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS). Three general categories of addiction symptoms: physiological, salience and dyscontrol, were identified as broad aspects of addiction, common across all three groups. Measurable aspects of addiction, including impulsivity, obsessions, anxiety and depression were found to be endorsed similarly across the three addictions, irrespective of the severity of their addiction. Compulsions were found to be higher in the AD group. Higher anxiety was found to be correlated with higher addiction in the behavioural addictions (CS and PG), whereas depression and anxiety were associated with higher addiction severity in the AD group. The results provide support for broadening addiction diagnostic definitions, to be more encompassing of the psychological and physiological experiences of each symptom; and developing different diagnostic categories for non-substance addictions that reflect the severity of the addiction. Results also provide evidence for developmental phases of addiction, from an early 'hedonistic' impulsive phase, to a compulsive phase, in which increased dyscontrol, mood and anxiety, marks the severity of the addiction.en_NZ
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dc.identifier.citationMcLachlan, A. D. (2008). Addiction Phenomenology In Substance Use And Non-Substance Use Disorders (Thesis, Master of Social Sciences (MSocSc)). The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10289/2314en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/2314
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherThe University of Waikatoen_NZ
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dc.subjectAddictionen_NZ
dc.subjectGamblingen_NZ
dc.subjectAlcohol Dependenceen_NZ
dc.subjectCompulsive Shoppingen_NZ
dc.titleAddiction Phenomenology In Substance Use And Non-Substance Use Disordersen_NZ
dc.typeThesisen_NZ
pubs.place-of-publicationHamilton, New Zealanden_NZ
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychologyen_NZ
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Waikatoen_NZ
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Social Sciences (MSocSc)en_NZ
uow.date.accession2008-03-14T13:20:29Zen_NZ
uow.date.available2008-08-01T11:43:12Zen_NZ
uow.date.migrated2009-06-09T23:30:07Zen_NZ
uow.identifier.adthttp://adt.waikato.ac.nz/public/adt-uow20080314.132029en_NZ
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