Question

Goals of the relapse prevention model include dealing with feelings of guilt and a perceived loss of control if a relapse should occur, referred to as _______.
a. the abstinence violation effect
b. the balanced placebo effect
c. temporal disintegration
d. reverse tolerance

Answer 1

The answer is A

The abstinence violation effect

This effect  occurs when an individual, having made a personal commitment to abstain from using a substance or to stop engaging in some other unwanted behavior, has an initial lapse whereby the substance or behavior is engaged in at least once. Some individuals may then proceed to uncontrolled use. It occurs when the person attributes the cause of the initial lapse to internal, stable, and global factors within.