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Table 1 Components of TOP (with an example provided)

From: The theory of preloading: A cognitive-behavioural motivational model

  1. Intervention Factors
  2. Assets: What assets does the person have? Are they affluent, intelligent, sociable, humorous, in a malleable job, have high levels of positive social support, many friends, etc.?
  3. Deficits: What deficits does the person have? Do they have poor social skills, a lack of money, few friends, etc.?
  4. Excesses: Behavioural excesses associated with the problem
  5. Inappropriate Stimulus Control: Do they respond inappropriately (naturally or through prior learning) to different stimuli? Do they have a gambling problem, are they affectively labile, do they find it difficult to cessate behaviours or interactions once they have begun, etc.?
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Harm Reduction Journal

ISSN: 1477-7517