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Dingle, Cruwys, and Frings

Dingle, Cruwys, and Frings identified two pathways: an identity loss pathway and an identity gain pathway1.

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Dingle, Cruwys, and Frings identified two pathways: an identity loss pathway and an identity gain pathway

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“identified two pathways: an *identity loss* pathway (the dominant "redemption narrative" — people lose a pre-addiction identity and try to renew it in recovery) and an *identity gain* pathway”
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"recovery for individuals with an identity gain pathway requires building an aspirational new identity"
Asserted by Dingle, Cruwys, and Frings · stance: pro
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2015
2015
publication of Dingle, Cruwys, and Frings (2015)
2015
publication of Frontiers in Psychology