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Perception of “Control” and its Relation to Behavior Change

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

G. Alan Marlatt
G. Alan Marlatt
Affiliation:
University of Washington, Seattle, U.S.A.
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In recent years, I have become increasingly interested in the question of self-initiated behavior change or the process by which individuals come to change their own behavior without the assistance of external treatment programs or formal intervention techniques. Based on a preliminary study of New Year's Resolutions as a framework within which to study self-initiated change (Marlatt and Kaplan, 1972), my interests have recently focused on addictive behaviors as an arena of investigation. Specifically, I am interested in studying the process of self-initiated change in individuals who attempt to modify or discontinue their use of alcohol and tobacco.

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Research Article
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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 9 , Issue 3 , July 1981 , pp. 190 - 193
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1981

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Cummings, C., Gordon, J. R. and Marlatt, G. A. (1980). Relapse: strategies of prevention and prediction. In The Addictive Behaviors, Miller, W. R. (Ed.), Oxford: Pergamon Press.Google Scholar
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