Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Substance and Behavioral Addictions
- The Cambridge Handbook of Substance and Behavioral Addictions
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part I Concepts of Addiction
- Part II Clinical and Research Methods in the Addictions
- Part III Levels of Analysis and Etiology
- Part IV Prevention and Treatment
- Part V Ongoing and Future Research Directions
- 24 Precision Behavioral Management (PBM): A Novel Genetically Guided Therapy to Combat Reward Deficiency Syndrome (RDS) Relevant to the Opiate Crisis
- 25 Novel Psychoactive Substances: A New Challenge for Prevention and Treatment
- 26 Impaired Physicians
- 27 Feedback Models for Gambling Control: The Use and Efficacy of Online Responsible Gambling Tools
- 28 Food versus Eating Addictions
- 29 Measurement, Prevention, and Treatment of Exercise Addiction
- 30 Tanning as an Addiction: The State of the Research and Implications for Intervention
- 31 Considering the Overlap and Nonoverlap of Compulsivity, Impulsivity, and Addiction
- 32 Anhedonia in Addictive Behaviors
- 33 Mindfulness-Based Interventions Applied to Addiction Treatments
- 34 American Legal Issues in Addiction Treatment and Research
- Index
- References
30 - Tanning as an Addiction: The State of the Research and Implications for Intervention
from Part V - Ongoing and Future Research Directions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 July 2020
- The Cambridge Handbook of Substance and Behavioral Addictions
- The Cambridge Handbook of Substance and Behavioral Addictions
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part I Concepts of Addiction
- Part II Clinical and Research Methods in the Addictions
- Part III Levels of Analysis and Etiology
- Part IV Prevention and Treatment
- Part V Ongoing and Future Research Directions
- 24 Precision Behavioral Management (PBM): A Novel Genetically Guided Therapy to Combat Reward Deficiency Syndrome (RDS) Relevant to the Opiate Crisis
- 25 Novel Psychoactive Substances: A New Challenge for Prevention and Treatment
- 26 Impaired Physicians
- 27 Feedback Models for Gambling Control: The Use and Efficacy of Online Responsible Gambling Tools
- 28 Food versus Eating Addictions
- 29 Measurement, Prevention, and Treatment of Exercise Addiction
- 30 Tanning as an Addiction: The State of the Research and Implications for Intervention
- 31 Considering the Overlap and Nonoverlap of Compulsivity, Impulsivity, and Addiction
- 32 Anhedonia in Addictive Behaviors
- 33 Mindfulness-Based Interventions Applied to Addiction Treatments
- 34 American Legal Issues in Addiction Treatment and Research
- Index
- References
Summary
Skin cancer is a major public health issue with global rates of disease steadily on the rise. Intentional tanning behaviors, including sunbathing and indoor tanning, are high-risk practices strongly associated with an increased risk of skin cancer. Despite the known health risks, both indoor and outdoor tanning remain popular, particularly among young adult non-Hispanic white women. While all tanning increases the risk of skin cancer, in a subset of those who tan the behavior becomes frequent and excessive, with addiction-like properties. “Tanning addiction” is thus associated with the characteristics of other addictions such as craving for the behavior, a reinforcing effect, an inability to quit, and resulting adverse health consequences related to the behavior. Motivations driving tanning addiction may stem from both psychological factors such as appearance norms and from the physiologic effects of exposure to ultraviolet light on brain reward pathways influencing mood. In this chapter we present the concept of tanning as an addiction, reviewing its definition, measurement, and prevalence in the population, and outlining the empirical evidence for the behavioral and biological drivers of tanning addiction. The implications of this research, we suggest, warrants greater attention to this emerging addiction, and necessitates the development of effective prevention and treatment interventions in those at risk of addictive tanning.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of Substance and Behavioral Addictions , pp. 362 - 372Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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