A young person who has acquired the malfunctioning behaviour of smoking and seeks help to get rid of smoking. In this situation which of the following factors would be seen by the therapist?

Antecedent factors Maintaining factors Malfunctioning behaviours Both 1 and 2

Maintaining factors

Maintaining factors are those factors which lead to the persistence of the faulty behaviour. An example would be a young person who has acquired the malfunctioning behaviour of smoking and seeks help to get rid of smoking.