Bad habit

Bad habit

A bad habit is a negative behaviour pattern. Common examples include: procrastination, overspending, nail-biting and spending too much time watching television or using a computer. [cite book|title=The Complete Idiot's Guide to Breaking Bad Habits|author=Suzanne LeVert, Gary R. McClain|year=2001|isbn=0028639863|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=QYynTz-w-LQC|publisher=Alpha Books]

Will

A key factor in distinguishing a bad habit from an addiction or mental disease is the element of willpower. If a person still seems to have control over the behaviour then it is just a habit. [cite book|title=Diseases of the Will: Alcohol and the Dilemmas of Freedom|author=Mariana Valverde|year=1998|isbn=0521644690|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Kl5ugmvDgH0C|chapter=Disease or Habit? Alcoholism and the Exercise of Freedom]

Prevention

The best time to correct a bad habit is immediately, before it becomes established. So, bad habits are best prevented from developing in childhood. [cite book|title=Making Families Work and What to Do When They Don't|author=Bill Borcherdt|isbn=0789000733|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=NVDB5nijTWsC|publisher=Haworth Press|year=1996|pages=172]

Cure

There are many techniques for removing bad habits once they have become established. One example is "withdrawal of reinforcers" - identifying and removing the factors which trigger the habit and encourage its persistence. [cite book|isbn=0440154138|title=Don't Say Yes When You Want to Say No|author=Herbert Fensterheim, Jean Baer|year=1975|publisher=Dell|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Aog4MHedR-kC&pgis=1]

ee also

* Addiction
* Habit
* Habitus
* Obsession
* Sin
* Vice

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