A03

• strength

  • dynamic process
  • six stage model emphasizes the importance of having time to overcome an addiction such as smoking in a continuous process
  • not all addicts go through the stages in the same order
• strength

  • positive view of relapse
  • not failure, but an inevitable part of the dynamic, unilinear process
  • relapse might knock addict of recovery source
• weakness

  • based on self-report methods - social desirability
  • lied about how logical thought processes to present themselves in best possible light
  • reduces internal validity