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conceptcreep1 CONSTRUCTConcept creepHASLAM · CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

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Clinical psychology

the gradual widening of psychology's concepts of harm and pathology, such as abuse, trauma and addiction, to cover milder or broader phenomena.

In clinical psychology, concept creep refers to the gradual widening of psychology's concepts of harm and pathology, such as abuse, trauma and addiction, to cover milder or broader phenomena. This meaning comes from Haslam (2016) in Psychological Inquiry.[1]

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  1. Haslam, N. (2016). Concept Creep: Psychology's Expanding Concepts of Harm and Pathology. Psychological Inquiry, 27(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/1047840x.2016.1082418

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