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Addiction Motivation Reformulated: An Affective Processing Model of NegativeReinforcement

Addiction Motivation Reformulated: An Affective Processing Model of NegativeReinforcement This article offers a reformulation of the negative reinforcementmodel of drug addiction and proposes that the escape and avoidance of negativeaffect is the prepotent motive for addictive drug use. The authors positthat negative affect is the motivational core of the withdrawal syndrome andargue that, through repeated cycles of drug use and withdrawal,addicted organisms learn to detect interoceptive cues of negative affectpreconsciously. Thus, the motivational basis of much drug use isopaque and tends not to reflect cognitive control. When either stressorsor abstinence causes negative affect to grow and enter consciousness,increasing negative affect biases information processing in ways that promoterenewed drug administration. After explicating their model, theauthors address previous critiques of negative reinforcement models in light oftheir reformulation and review predictions generated by theirmodel. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Psychological Review American Psychological Association

Addiction Motivation Reformulated: An Affective Processing Model of NegativeReinforcement

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American Psychological Association
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Copyright © 2004 American Psychological Association
ISSN
0033-295x
eISSN
1939-1471
DOI
10.1037/0033-295X.111.1.33
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14756584
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Abstract

This article offers a reformulation of the negative reinforcementmodel of drug addiction and proposes that the escape and avoidance of negativeaffect is the prepotent motive for addictive drug use. The authors positthat negative affect is the motivational core of the withdrawal syndrome andargue that, through repeated cycles of drug use and withdrawal,addicted organisms learn to detect interoceptive cues of negative affectpreconsciously. Thus, the motivational basis of much drug use isopaque and tends not to reflect cognitive control. When either stressorsor abstinence causes negative affect to grow and enter consciousness,increasing negative affect biases information processing in ways that promoterenewed drug administration. After explicating their model, theauthors address previous critiques of negative reinforcement models in light oftheir reformulation and review predictions generated by theirmodel.

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Psychological Review – American Psychological Association

Published: Jan 1, 2004

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