Christopher D
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From: Christopher D. Green
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 8:30 AM
Subject: [tips] "Tanorexia"?
Can one be addicted to tanning? From today's Inside Higher Ed:
"More than 25 percent of university students surveyed exhibit symptoms of
"tanning dependence," including symptoms similar to alcohol and drug
addictions, according to an article in the new issue of the American Journal of
Health Behavior. Those with "tanorexia" are more likely than other students to
be thin and to smoke cigarettes, the study found. Forty percent of those
studied had used tanning booths."
Chris
As with all addictions, addiction is not only confined to
drugs,it is the payoff and benefits to the individual
that maintains the behavior.Tanning is reinforcing to the individual because
the tanned individual generates attention and makes an associative
attribution.I have speculated that it is the associative attribution that is
very critical in addiction.I know this because I had a vitamin C addiction
until I switched to bilberry. I may again switch
to tamarind juice.
Michael Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida
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