How would you recognize it if a friend or family member displayed an addictive behavior? Provide information from the chapter to support your response

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: An addicted person displays symptoms that include compulsion or excessive preoccupation with a particular behavior and an overwhelming need to perform it; a loss of control; negative consequences such as physical damage, legal trouble, financial problems, or academic failure; and denial or an inability to perceive that the behavior is self-destructive.

Health & Biomechanics

You might also like to view...

Consider how the conveniences of the modern world, those things intended to simplify our lives, actually contribute to our stress levels.

What will be an ideal response?

Health & Biomechanics

The vessels of the lymphatic system have valves

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Health & Biomechanics

What is the greatest exercise risk for college students?

A. Use of steroids B. Overdoing exercise C. Use of ergogenic aids D. Lack of knowledge

Health & Biomechanics

According to the American Social Health Association, nearly 90% of Americans will acquire at least one STI in their lifetime

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Health & Biomechanics