000076949 001__ 76949 000076949 005__ 20200117221618.0 000076949 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1556/2006.7.2018.45 000076949 0248_ $$2sideral$$a109772 000076949 037__ $$aART-2018-109772 000076949 041__ $$aeng 000076949 100__ $$aVan Gordon, W. 000076949 245__ $$aOntological addiction theory: Attachment to me, mine, and I 000076949 260__ $$c2018 000076949 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000076949 5203_ $$aBACKGROUND: Ontological addiction theory (OAT) is a novel metaphysical model of psychopathology and posits that human beings are prone to forming implausible beliefs concerning the way they think they exist, and that these beliefs can become addictive leading to functional impairments and mental illness. The theoretical underpinnings of OAT derive from the Buddhist philosophical perspective that all phenomena, including the self, do not manifest inherently or independently. AIMS AND METHODS: This paper outlines the theoretical foundations of OAT along with indicative supportive empirical evidence from studies evaluating meditation awareness training as well as studies investigating non-attachment, emptiness, compassion, and loving-kindness. RESULTS: OAT provides a novel perspective on addiction, the factors that underlie mental illness, and how beliefs concerning selfhood are shaped and reified. CONCLUSION: In addition to continuing to test the underlying assumptions of OAT, future empirical research needs to determine how ontological addiction fits with extant theories of self, reality, and suffering, as well with more established models of addiction. 000076949 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby-nc-nd$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ 000076949 590__ $$a4.873$$b2018 000076949 591__ $$aPSYCHIATRY$$b17 / 142 = 0.12$$c2018$$dQ1$$eT1 000076949 591__ $$aPSYCHIATRY$$b23 / 146 = 0.158$$c2018$$dQ1$$eT1 000076949 592__ $$a1.624$$b2018 000076949 593__ $$aClinical Psychology$$c2018$$dQ1 000076949 593__ $$aPsychiatry and Mental Health$$c2018$$dQ1 000076949 593__ $$aMedicine (miscellaneous)$$c2018$$dQ1 000076949 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000076949 700__ $$aShonin, E. 000076949 700__ $$aDiouri, S. 000076949 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-3797-4218$$aGarcia-Campayo, J.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000076949 700__ $$aKotera, Y. 000076949 700__ $$aGriffiths, M.D. 000076949 7102_ $$11007$$2745$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Medicina, Psiqu. y Derm.$$cArea Psiquiatría 000076949 773__ $$g7, 4 (2018), 892-896$$pJ. behav. addict.$$tJournal of behavioral addictions$$x2062-5871 000076949 8564_ $$s70175$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/76949/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000076949 8564_ $$s124837$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/76949/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000076949 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:76949$$particulos$$pdriver 000076949 951__ $$a2020-01-17-21:52:22 000076949 980__ $$aARTICLE