Open AccessImmediate Survival Focus: Synthesizing Life History Theory and Dual Process Models to Explain Substance Use
Author(s) -
George B. Richardson,
Patrick H. Hardesty
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
evolutionary psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 1474-7049
DOI - 10.1177/147470491201000408
Subject(s) - dual (grammatical number) , cognition , psychology , process (computing) , substance use , dual process theory (moral psychology) , cognitive science , prosocial behavior , focus (optics) , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , computer science , neuroscience , clinical psychology , art , literature , operating system , physics , optics
Researchers have recently applied evolutionary life history theory to the understanding of behaviors often conceived of as prosocial or antisocial. In addition, researchers have applied cognitive science to the understanding of substance use and used dual process models, where explicit cognitive processes are modeled as relatively distinct from implicit cognitive processes, to explain and predict substance use behaviors. In this paper we synthesized these two theoretical perspectives to produce an adaptive and cognitive framework for explaining substance use. We contend that this framework provides new insights into the nature of substance use that may be valuable for both clinicians and researchers