5/3/2023 0 Comments Hedonic principle![]() So there is a continuity from sensation seeking to hedonic management to addictions – which represent an extreme kind of hedonic management. Hedonic management (Brown) represents a set of activities which people carry out to maintain an acceptable level of hedonic tonality. ![]() Studies of sensory deprivation show that the need for sensation is fundamental, although it can be expressed cognitively and behaviorally in a number of ways (Apter). In phylogenetic terms, hedonic management is related to Zuckerman’s conception of sensation-seeking which takes its origin from exploratory drives. The purpose, however, is to go beyond partial models, adopting Goodman’s view that there is a basic underlying process for all addictions. In this theoretical article, a hedonic management model is presented which has particular application to addiction. Finally, we discuss the relevance of the model, the links that relate it to other scientific fields like psychoanalysis (mechanisms of defence and narcissism), Apter's reversal theory (1982, 1989, 1992) and coping, theories of learning and the sciences that deal with groups of people (social psychology, sociology, ethnology, ethology, economics), without forgetting the field of addictions which can expect serious advancement through a hedonic management model. In the third part of the article, we propose a programme of research in human hedonology in terms of eleven points. The principle of the double function of activities is postulated and explicated as a basis of the hedonic management model which takes in account the organisation of human activities in a hedonic management action system. Hedonic solutions are described on two orthogonal axes that allow them to be integrated into a unified descriptive field. Addictions are then considered as extreme versions of this function, being learned as acquired drives. For the hedonic management model, the control of psychological states by means of different activities is a basic and natural function of the whole human being. Then, Loonis (2001b) completes the model with his structural dimension. In the second part of the article, we present the hedonic management model, describing first the phenomenological and functional dimensions of its creator (Brown, 1988, 1997). The metaphoric vision of addictions seems today out of date, the broadened concept referring to an infinite set of psychic, cerebral and physiological sources of stimulations. ![]() Although this categorization is still imperfect, it does allow us to organize and to conceive of the relationships between addictions as they are observed and to provide for the researcher a breeding ground for observation. ![]() Based on a synthesis of the relevant scientific literature, we propose seven categories of stimulations that are able to lead to addictive use. In the first part we show the clinical and formal utility of a broadened concept of addiction, which refers to the different types of stimulations which enter into the addictive experience, rather than to psychoactive substances. This background theoretical article argues for a broadened conception of addictions, while presenting a hedonic management model intended to formalize Goodman's “basic underlying addictive process” (1990). Une pierre, minuscule et modeste, dans l’édifice collectif de la science, mais, peut-être, un jour, chercheurs ou thésards, y trouveront-ils une inspiration pour aller plus loin… Ce petit ouvrage présente, en une douzaine d’articles, l’œuvre scientifique du Dr. Développant par la suite le concept de gestion hédonique et proposant un programme de recherche en hédonologie. Il a proposé plusieurs hypothèses stimulantes autour d’un concept élargi d’addiction : le bruit de fond cérébral, les addictions de la vie quotidienne, un modèle général d’addiction basé sur l’observation d’une double fonction des activités humaines et d’un système d’actions hédoniques. Au cours de ces années de réflexions acharnées, il a fait beaucoup de découvertes intéressantes : le test projectif familial, les structures et les fonctions des fantaisies sexuelles. De la fin des années 1990, jusqu’au milieu de la première décennie de ce siècle, le docteur Éric Loonis a mené une importante activité scientifique, marquée par de nombreuses conférences et communications, tant à l’international qu’au national, la publication de plus d’une quinzaine d’articles scientifiques dans des revues de renom, certaines en anglais et la sortie d’une douzaine d’ouvrages à destination des étudiants, des chercheurs ou du grand public.
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