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Record Nr.

UNINA9910548187303321

Autore

Cox W. Miles

Titolo

Why People Drink; How People Change : A Guide to Alcohol and People’s Motivation for Drinking It / / by W. Miles Cox, Eric Klinger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022

ISBN

9783030939281

3030939286

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (116 pages)

Disciplina

362.292

Soggetti

Psychology

Cognitive psychology

Social psychology

Clinical health psychology

Developmental psychology

Medicine and psychology

Behavioral Sciences and Psychology

Cognitive Psychology

Social Psychology

Health Psychology

Developmental Psychology

Behavioral Medicine

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Alcohol Use and Abuse in Everyday Life: The Centrality of Motivation -- Chapter 2. How People Decide What They Want, Including Having a Drink of Alcohol  -- Chapter 3. Alcohol and its Effects on the Body  -- Chapter 4. Genetics of Alcoholism -- Chapter 5. Personality and Alcohol Use -- Chapter 6. Sociocultural and Environmental Influences on Drinking Behavior -- Chapter 7. Why Drink Alcohol at All? Motives and Expectancies -- Chapter 8. Ways to Control Drinking: Changing the Motivational Nexus.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents up-to-date scientific information about alcohol



based on Cox and Klinger’s motivational model, which has been described as, “the most widely known and influential motivational model of alcohol use” (Cooper et al., 2016, p. 5). The book, however, was written to be understandable to a broad sector of the population, allowing for an interdisciplinary readership. Those who would find this book beneficial include academics who need nontechnical explanations of why people drink, such as professionals and students in psychology, psychiatry, and related fields, and teachers of high school health classes and university courses in addiction. While not aimed as a self-help book, this book might offer insight as to why a person might not be able to control the urge to drink, or answer questions people may have concerning the effect of alcohol on the brain.