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  • Addiction research often contrasts "brain disease" and "moral weakness" models.
  • Focus is typically on capacities (e.g., abstinence) rather than identity persistence.
  • Limited research explores how addiction impacts judgments of personal identity over time.

Observation:

  • Vignette-based experiments (N=3,620) assessed lay attitudes on addiction and identity.
  • Key agent characteristics and substances of addiction were systematically manipulated.

Findings:

  • Participants viewed individuals addicted to drugs as significantly different from their pre-addiction selves.
  • Perceived negative changes in moral character were the primary driver of altered identity judgments.
  • Addiction was seen as a deviation from an individual's 'good true self'.

Implications:

  • Challenges simplistic views of addiction by highlighting identity transformation.
  • Suggests that moral judgments heavily influence perceptions of addiction and personal continuity.
  • Informs therapeutic approaches by acknowledging the profound impact of addiction on self-perception.