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How can we conceptualize behavioral addiction without pathologizing common behaviors
Daniel Kardefelt-Winther,Alexandre Heeren,Adriano Schimmenti,Antonius J. van Rooij,Pierre Maurage,Michelle Colder Carras,Johan Edman,Alex Blaszczynski,Yasser Khazaal,Joël Billieux +9 more
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An operational definition of behavioural addiction is proposed together with a number of exclusion criteria, to avoid pathologizing common behaviours and provide a common ground for further research.About:
This article is published in Addiction.The article was published on 2017-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 385 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Behavioral addiction.read more
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Social Networking Sites and Addiction: Ten Lessons Learned.
Daria J. Kuss,Mark D. Griffiths +1 more
TL;DR: 10 lessons learned concerning online social networking sites and addiction based on the insights derived from recent empirical research will be presented and recommendations for research and clinical applications are provided.
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Is smartphone addiction really an addiction
Tayana Panova,Xavier Carbonell +1 more
TL;DR: It is recommended that problematic technology use is to be studied in its sociocultural context with an increased focus on its compensatory functions, motivations, and gratifications and moving away from the addiction framework when studying technological behaviors and using other terms such as “problematic use” to describe them.
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A weak scientific basis for gaming disorder: Let us err on the side of caution
Antonius J. van Rooij,Christopher J. Ferguson,Michelle Colder Carras,Daniel Kardefelt-Winther,Jing Shi,Jing Shi,Espen Aarseth,Anthony M. Bean,Karin Helmersson Bergmark,Anne Birgitte Brus,Mark Coulson,Jory Deleuze,Pravin Dullur,Elza Dunkels,Johan Edman,Malte Elson,Peter J. Etchells,Anne Fiskaali,Isabela Granic,Jeroen Jansz,Faltin Karlsen,Linda K. Kaye,Bonnie Kirsh,Andreas Lieberoth,Patrick M. Markey,Kathryn L. Mills,Rune Kristian Lundedal Nielsen,Amy Orben,Arne Poulsen,Nicole Prause,Patrick Prax,Thorsten Quandt,Adriano Schimmenti,Vladan Starcevic,Gabrielle Stutman,Nigel E. Turner,Jan Van Looy,Andrew K. Przybylski +37 more
TL;DR: There could be benefits to formalizing gaming disorder, but they do not yet outweigh the wider societal and public health risks involved and the colleagues at the WHO are urged to err on the side of caution for now and postpone the formalization.
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Online activities, prevalence of Internet addiction and risk factors related to family and school among adolescents in China.
TL;DR: The rates of Internet Addiction varied by gender, grade, the quality of family relationships and school situation, suggesting these factors should be considered when designing and implementing interventions.
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The association between problematic smartphone use, depression and anxiety symptom severity, and objectively measured smartphone use over one week
TL;DR: Investigation of self-reported levels of PSU, depression, anxiety, and daily depressive mood relate to objectively measured smartphone use over one week found depression and anxiety severity were not related to screen time minutes, but negatively correlated with frequency of phone screen unlocking.
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