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THEORIES ON
DRUG ABUSE
Selected Contemporary
Perspectives
Editors:
DAN J. LETTIERI, Ph.D.
MOLLIE SAYERS
HELEN WALLENSTEIN PEARSON
NIDA Research Monograph 30
March 1980
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THEORIES ON
DRUG ABUSE
Selected Contemporary
Perspectives
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Contents
FOREWORD xi
A GUIDE TO THE VOLUME xiii
Part 1
THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES
AND OVERVIEWS
Theories on One’s Relationship to Self
AN INTERACTIONAL APPROACH
TO NARCOTIC ADDICTION
David P. Ausubel 4
THE CAP CONTROL THEORY OF DRUG ABUSE
Steven R. Gold 8
THE BAD-HABIT THEORY OF DRUG ABUSE
Donald W. Goodwin 12
INTERACTIVE MODELS OF NONMEDICAL DRUG USE
Richard L. Gorsuch 18
AN EXISTENTIAL THEORY OF DRUG DEPENDENCE
George B. Greaves 24
AN EGO/SELF THEORY OF SUBSTANCE DEPENDENCE:
A CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOANALYTIC PERSPECTIVE
Edward J. Khantzian 29
A GENERAL THEORY OF ADDICTION
TO OPIATE-TYPE DRUGS
Alfred R. Lindesmith 34
THEORY OF DRUG USE
Harvey Milkman and William Frosch 38
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CONTENTS (Continued)
AN AVAILABILITY-PRONENESS
THEORY OF ILLICIT DRUG ABUSE
Reginald G. Smart 46
PERCEIVED EFFECTS OF SUBSTANCE
USE: A GENERAL THEORY
Gene M. Smith 50
A LIFE-THEME THEORY OF CHRONIC DRUG ABUSE
James V. Spotts and Franklin C. Shontz 59
DRUG USE AS A PROTECTIVE SYSTEM
Leon Wurmser 71
Theories on One’s Relationship to Others
PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIAL, AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL
FACTORS IN JUVENILE DRUG USE
lsidor Chein 76
INCOMPLETE MOURNING AND ADDICT/
FAMILY TRANSACTIONS: A THEORY
FOR UNDERSTANDING HEROIN ABUSE
Sandra B. Coleman 83
THE SOCIAL DEVIANT AND INITIAL
ADDICTION TO NARCOTICS AND ALCOHOL
Harris E. Hill 90
FRAMEWORK FOR AN INTERACTIVE THEORY OF DRUG USE
George J. Huba, Joseph A. Wingard, and Peter M. Bentler 95
A SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK
FOR STUDYING DRUG USE
Richard Jessor and Shirley Jessor 102
TOWARD A THEORY OF DRUG SUBCULTURES
Bruce D. Johnson 110
DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES IN
ADOLESCENT DRUG INVOLVEMENT
Denise B. Kandel 120
SELF-ESTEEM AND SELF-DEROGATION
THEORY OF DRUG ABUSE
Howard B. Kaplan 128
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CONTENTS (Continued)
THE IOWA THEORY OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE
AMONG HYPERACTIVE ADOLESCENTS
Jan Loney 132
REINFORCEMENT AND THE COMBINATION OF EFFECTS:
SUMMARY OF A THEORY OF OPIATE ADDICTION
William E. McAuliffe and Robert A. Gordon 137
ADDICTION TO AN EXPERIENCE: A SOCIAL-
PSYCHOLOGICAL-PHARMACOLOGICAL
THEORY OF ADDICTION
Stanton Peele 142
A FAMILY THEORY OF DRUG ABUSE
M. Duncan Stanton 147
SELF-ESTEEM THEORY OF DRUG ABUSE
R.A. Steffenhagen 157
BIOLOGICAL, PSYCHOGENIC, AND
SOCIOGENIC FACTORS IN DRUG DEPENDENCE
W.K. van Dijk 164
A THEORY OF OPIOID DEPENDENCE
Abraham Wikler 174
Theories on One’s Relationship to Society
THE SOCIAL BASES OF DRUG-INDUCED EXPERIENCES
Howard S. Becker 180
DRUG ABUSE AS LEARNED BEHAVIOR
Calvin J. Frederick 191
PSYCHOSOCIAL THEORY OF DRUG ABUSE:
A PSYCHODYNAMIC APPROACH
Herbert Hendin 195
TOWARD A SOCIOLOGY OF DRUG USE
Irving F. Lukoff 201
ACHIEVEMENT, ANXIETY, AND ADDICTION
Rajendra K. Misra 212
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF DRUG ABUSE
Lee N. Robins 215
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CONTENTS (Continued)
A THEORY OF DRUG DEPENDENCE BASED ON ROLE,
ACCESS TO, AND ATTITUDES TOWARD DRUGS
Charles Winick 225
THE SOCIAL SETTING AS A CONTROL
MECHANISM IN INTOXICANT USE
Norman E. Zinberg 236
Theories on One’s Relationship to Nature
ADDICTION TO PLEASURE: A BIOLOGICAL AND
SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY OF ADDICTION
Nils Bejerot 246
METHADONE MAINTENANCE: A
THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE
Vincent P. Dole and Marie E. Nyswander 256
A CHRONOBIOLOGICAL CONTROL THEORY
Mark Hochhauser 262
A BIOANTHROPOLOGICAL OVERVIEW OF ADDICTION
Doris F. Jonas and A. David Jonas 269
EMERGING CONCEPTS CONCERNING DRUG ABUSE
William R. Martin 278
SOMATOSENSORY AFFECTIONAL DEPRIVATION
(SAD) THEORY OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL USE
James W. Prescott 286
A THEORY OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG
ABUSE: A GENETIC APPROACH
Marc A. Schuckit 297
OPIATE RECEPTORS AND THEIR
IMPLICATIONS FOR DRUG ADDICTION
Eric J. Simon 303
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CONTENTS (Continued)
Part 2
THEORY COMPONENTS
CONTENTS--PART 2 310
INITIATION 313
CONTINUATION 336
TRANSITION: USE TO ABUSE 357
CESSATION 378
RELAPSE 402
REFERENCES 421
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