Halbe, Mira (2025) The Moderating Role of Length of Addiction on the Relationship Between Root Cause Beliefs and Perceived Ability to Recover. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
There are different positions regarding whether the root of addiction is physiological or psychological. An issue in this field is how beliefs about the root cause influence the addict and their belief about feasability of recovery from their addiction. In this paper, it is hypothesized that the extent to which an addict subscribes to either a psychological or a physiological root cause belief has a significant effect on their perceived ability to recover. Further, it is hypothesized that the amount of time someone has struggled with addiction will have a significant moderating effect on the relationship between root cause belief and perceived ability to recover. The current study will investigate these relationships via correlational research using a self-reporting questionnaire. Participants (n = 35) were recruited through the social circles of the bachelor students involved in the execution of the study. The data was assessed using simple linear regression for the main effects of psychological and physiological root cause beliefs and multiple linear regression for the moderating effects of length of addiction. The study's findings indicated non-significant regarding the main effects and thus did not support the first hypothesis. The second hypothesis was partially supported. The moderating effect of length of addiction in the context of physiological root cause beliefs was significant, while the effect was non- significant for psychological root cause beliefs. The study emphasizes the need for additional research on addiction esp, especially addicts' perceptions about their addiction and how these influence their recovery. Keywords: roots of addiction, brain disease model of addiction, addiction recovery, addiction duration
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Manchev, M.N. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Feb 2025 13:17 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Feb 2025 13:17 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/4719 |
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