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Preventing substance use and misuse among young adults
(Dublin Business School, 2009)The purpose of this research was to identify effective ways of eliminating or reducing addiction problems among young adults in Ireland through examining the effects of various risk factors, including cross-cultural ... -
Quality of life, psychological well-being and internal health locus of control in substance abuse treatment
(Dublin Business School, 2003)The aim of the current study is to measure the relationship between Quality of Life, Psychological Well-Being and Locus of Control of participants in three different conditions. The first condition is Soilse Methadone ... -
Why is not everyone an addict ?
(Dublin Business School, 2009)The aim of this current research was to investigate 'Why is not everyone an addict? There were three main areas of inquiry. The first explored the relationships between other pathologies and addiction. Freud places alcoholic ... -
A comparative study of the Patrick Carnes construct of co-addiction and the construct of codependency
(Dublin Business School, 2008)The concept of codependency and coaddiction has achieved a prominent place in the fields of substance abuse and sexual / behavioural addiction and indeed in the addiction literature. The manner in which definitions of ... -
Cannabis : harmful or harmless? A literature review
(Dublin Business School, 2008)Cannabis use is growing in the Irish population. Generally users and nonusers alike are unaware as to the full potential of the possible negative consequences from cannabis use. This paper aims to investigate these negative ... -
The existence of addictive personality, explored from addiction to benign substances and activities among college students
(Dublin Business School, 2008)The aim of current research was trying to explore whether there was addictive personality through the examination of the existence of addictive tendency through six benign addictive areas - alcohol, cigarette, coffee, ...