Showing papers in "Addictive Behaviors in 2017"

TL;DR: The findings supported the notion of addictive social media use reflecting a need to feed the ego and an attempt to inhibit a negative self-evaluation, indicating that women may tend to develop more addictive use of activities involving social interaction than men.

TL;DR: It is suggested that social desirability bias is associated with key health measures and that the associations are not primarily due to depressive symptoms, and methods are needed to reduce social desIRability bias.

TL;DR: Findings of the IRT analysis suggest IGD is manifested through a different set of symptoms depending on the level of severity of the disorder, and IGDT-10 is a valid and reliable instrument to assess IGD as proposed in the DSM-5.

TL;DR: The short version of the Smartphone Addiction Scale [SAS-SV] is adapted into Spanish and into French to examine the scale's psychometric properties in both languages, and the prevalence of potential excessive smartphone use among Spanish and Belgian adults is estimated and the addictive symptomatology measured is compared.

TL;DR: It is concluded that approach bias modification is effective for reducing both approach bias and unhealthy consumption behaviour.

TL;DR: A targeted review of the literature regarding the prevalence of Internet Gaming Disorder in any population is undertaken, organized in a linear manner spanning the emergence of the earliest publications regarding gaming addiction in the 1990s, through the end of 2016.

TL;DR: Given that never-smoking participants who had tried e-cigarettes were more likely to initiate cigarette use later, limiting young adults' access to these products may be beneficial.

TL;DR: Through a systematic examination of the literature, it is emphasized that problematic cybersex is an umbrella construct that regroups various types of distinct dysfunctional online behaviors and clear diagnostic guidelines exist for clinicians and researchers.

TL;DR: ITD is associated with ADHD among young adults and that young adults with both IGD and ADHD have higher impulsivity and hostility, and interventions for IGD should be developed.

TL;DR: The results of this study suggest that trauma memories among males, and problems with affect regulation among females, may increase the risk of problematic Internet use during late adolescence.

TL;DR: The study finds no effect of PDMP status on various measures of nonmedical prescription opioid use, but finds evidence of a reduction in the number of days of opioid misuse in the past year and suggests that PDMPs were associated with a significant decline in doctor shopping among individuals without increasing reliance on illegal sources.

TL;DR: It was found that agreeableness and conscientiousness were negatively associated with IA, whereas extraversion, neuroticism, and openness to experience were positivelyassociated with IA.

TL;DR: As the most commonly prescribed opioids became less accessible due to supply-side interventions, the use of heroin as an initiating opioid has grown at an alarming rate and is likely to be an important factor contributing to the growth in heroin-related over dose fatalities in recent years.

TL;DR: This review highlights the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary effectiveness of social media interventions for smoking cessation and examines the specific intervention design components and strategies employed to promote user engagement and retention.

TL;DR: Lifetime marijuana users had more positive perceptions of marijuana compared to non-users on a wide-range of marijuana-related constructs and compares users and non- users on a Wide range of other marijuana- related constructs among college students across 11 universities.

TL;DR: Experimental research that directly assesses the smoking patterns of co-administered marijuana and tobacco products as compared with to those ofarijuana and tobacco only products is needed to determine the potential long-term health consequences of using blunts, spliffs, or other co- Administered products.

TL;DR: In this time, new online applications such as Facebook and Twitter evolved making technology a part of everyday life and blurring the distinction between addictive and functional Internet use.

TL;DR: An overview of cognitive and neurobiological data currently available on internet gaming disorder is provided, with a particular focus on impulsivity, compulsivity, and sensitivity to reward and punishment.

TL;DR: Using the proposed DSM-5 cut-off score, the C-VAT 2.0 shows preliminary validity in a sample of gamers in treatment for gaming disorder, but the discriminating value of the instrument should be studied further.

TL;DR: Findings suggest that there is an age-related risk for problematic cannabis use among medical cannabis users, such that younger users should be monitored for cannabis use patterns that may lead to deleterious consequences.

TL;DR: Being a member of a classroom with a higher percentage of MMORPG gamers appeared to be a protective factor for IA, and the importance of contextual factors at the level of the classroom in determining differences in IA symptoms during adolescence is emphasized.

TL;DR: ARPU is significantly associated with IGD; whales share significant characteristics with addicted video gamers; Dolphins might be classified as risky consumers; Minnows and Freeloaders are rather non-pathological gamers.

TL;DR: Findings from this study suggest gamification may represent one method by which intervention efficacy could be substantially improved and the potential methodological and economic benefits associated with gamified PNF interventions are emphasized.

TL;DR: Results of this study validated the existence of metacognitive processes in the activation of desire thinking and escalation of craving, while indicating that desire thinking has the potential to influence negative affect.

TL;DR: Exposure to fentanyl-contaminated heroin is an emerging trend among young adult NMPO users in Rhode Island, and overdose prevention programs addressing FCH use are urgently needed.

TL;DR: Smoking cessation does not appear to have a negative effect, and often has a positive effect on substance use outcomes, and smoking cessation advice should be offered, without hesitation, to smokers who report substance use and those in treatment for substance use disorder.

TL;DR: A meta-analysis of studies using three neurocognitive tasks, the Go/No Go, the Stroop, and the Stop-Signal tasks, found a medium overall effect size indicating that compared with healthy individuals, individuals with IGD are more likely to exhibit impaired response inhibition.

TL;DR: It is suggested that telephone MI might be considered as an alternative to face-to-face MI for treating and preventing substance abuse and the effectiveness of other alternative modes remains inconclusive given the controversial findings and a limited number of studies.

TL;DR: This study presents a methodology to filter Twitter content for NMUPD behavior, while also identifying underlying themes with minimal human intervention and suggests that this could be a viable methodology for use in big data substance abuse surveillance, data collection, and analysis in comparison to other studies that rely upon content analysis and human coding schemes.

TL;DR: The results demonstrate the effectiveness of the SDiC for IGD, especially regarding gaming time and self-efficacy, and age of onset may be a useful predictor of IGD prognosis.