Conceptual Models of Families Affected by Addiction and the AFINet Approach

Richard Velleman; Torkel Richert; Gallus Bischof; Alicia S. Ventura

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-82583-5_3

Conceptual Models of Families Affected by Addiction and the AFINet Approach

Richard Velleman
, Torkel Richert
, Gallus Bischof
, Alicia S. Ventura

Department of Psychology

Sangath Community Health NGO
Addictions and Related-Research Group
Malmö University
Universität zu Lübeck
Boston Medical Center

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Abstract

A number of ideas have been put forward to help understand the relationship between, on the one hand, individuals within a family (or the family as a whole) who are affected when a member of that family develops an addiction-type problem (with alcohol or other drugs or gambling), and on the other hand, that person in the family who has developed such a problem. This chapter outlines some of the main perspectives that have been developed, including genetic and biological perspectives, psychological perspectives (including psychodynamic, ‘co-dependency’, stress-coping and family systems) and sociological/political models (such as feminism and community psychology). It then examines the implications of these various conceptual models for theory, policy and practice, before concluding with a summary of the AFINet approach.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Families Affected by Addiction
Editors	G. Bischof, R. Velleman, J. Orford, A. Nadkarni, M. Tiburcio
Place of Publication	Cham, Switzerland
Publisher	Springer
Pages	25-37
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031825835
ISBN (Print)	9783031825828
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-82583-5_3
Publication status	Published - 7 May 2025

Publication series

Name	Sustainable Development Goals Series
Volume	Part F393
ISSN (Print)	2523-3084
ISSN (Electronic)	2523-3092

Funding

Department of Health and Social Security, UK Government • The Department of Health Excellence Fund, UK Government • South & West Region R&D Programme, NHS, UK • West Midlands Region Responsive R&D Programme, NHS, UK • Home Office Drugs Prevention Initiative, UK Government • National Treatment Agency for Drug Misuse, England Medical Research Council (MRC, UK) • Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC, UK) • MRC/DfID/Wellcome Global Health Trials Committee (UK) • Alcohol Education and Research Council (UK)

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 5 Gender Equality

Keywords

Affected family members
Approaches
Conceptual models
Perspectives
Theory

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General

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Conceptual Models of Families Affected by Addiction and the AFINet Approach. / Velleman, Richard; Richert, Torkel; Bischof, Gallus et al.
Families Affected by Addiction. ed. / G. Bischof; R. Velleman; J. Orford; A. Nadkarni; M. Tiburcio. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2025. p. 25-37 (Sustainable Development Goals Series; Vol. Part F393).

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Conceptual Models of Families Affected by Addiction and the AFINet Approach

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