TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1999//
TI  - Human survival and the self-destruction paradox: An integrated theoretical model
JO  - Journal of mind and behavior
A1  - Walters, G.D.
SP  - 57
EP  - 78
VL  - 20
IS  - 1
N2  - Borrowing from evolutionary biology, existentialism, developmental psychology, and social learning theory, an integrated model of human behavior is applied to several forms of self-destructive behavior, to include anorexia nervosa, suicide, substance abuse, and pathological gambling. It is argued that self-destructive behavior is a function of how the individual psychologically construes survival and copes with perceptions of isolation and separation from the environment. The paradox of self-destructive behavior in organisms motivated by self-preservation is resolved by taking note of the fact that self-destruction stems from people's efforts to survive psychologically and resolve the subject-object duality, even when this places their physical well-being in jeopardy.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0271-0137
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -