Our self-perception affects our behavior

I've been on a lecture where self-perception was discussed. That our behavior, our actions, how we communicate, what choices we make are reflections of our own self-perception and how we see ourselves.

Naturally I applied this reasoning to the case of relatives to people with addiction problems. Let's say that a child has grown up in a family with addiction problems. How does that affect the child's self perception? How does that continue to affect that person's self perception when they grow up? How does it affect their actions and choices in life?

Can that be an explanation to why children to people with substance addiction problems choose to continue living in that environment with substance addicted people around them also as grown-ups? Either they get a partner with an addiction or they get addicted themselves?

That was a lot of questions... What do you think?

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