Lesson 8: Managing Internal Causes Of Relapse - Slide 23
5. Emotional States
- Negative emotional states affect our thinking and behavior, and therefore outcomes
- The most common negative emotional states that affect outcome are anger, depression, and anxiety:
- Example of anger affecting outcome:
- An angry person has poorer recall of
a disagreement than a calm person
- In this situation anger is an internal
determinant of memory
- Anger affects the outcome, how well you remember details of events that happen while you are angry
Notes:
Pg. 39. G.A. Marlatt, “Relapse Prevention: Theoretical Rationale and Overview of the Model,” in Marlatt and Gordon, eds., Relapse Prevention
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