Option 2: Relapse Prevention Paper.
Interview someone who has tried to change a habitual pattern of behaviour (drugs or alcohol only) and failed at least once.
Write a 9-10 page paper that is a critical analysis of the individual’s story in relation to the empirical literature covered in this course. In addition to an introduction and conclusion, the interview data needs to be organized according to the Marlatt model framework using the following headings: Seemingly irrelevant decisions High-risk situations No coping response Decreased self-efficacy Positive outcome expectancies Initial use Abstinence violation effect Dissonance/conflict/self-attribution Increased probability of relapse