One-Dimensional vs. Multidimensional Models
One-Dimensional Models (single Paradigm)
- A conceptual approach
- Could mean an emphasis on a specific cause of abnormal behavior
- Problems occur when information from other areas is ignored
Multidimensional Models (draws from multiple paradigms)
- Interdisciplinary, eclectic, and integrative
- “System” of influences that cause and maintain suffering
- Draws upon information from several sources
- View abnormal behavior as multiply determined

Tomàs, J.