Pub Date : 2025-03-29DOI: 10.1016/j.abrep.2025.100602
Daria J. Kuss
Modern technologies are inherently ubiquitous and mobile, making internet use the status quo. As our daily lives become increasingly mediated, social media have become ways of being and relating and impact on what we do and who we are. Despite the numerous benefits technology use offers to users, there is accumulating empirical evidence suggesting that problematic technology use is associated with online harms, which can impact the users’ mental health and wellbeing detrimentally. Online harms are a public health concern and must be addressed from a multistakeholder perspective, engaging governments, parents, schools, the industry, and healthcare services on an international scale. Governments are working on improving user safety, parents are calling for support by educational establishments to prevent online harms, whilst the technology industry is advised to increase their corporate social responsibility efforts. Meanwhile, healthcare services must be accessible to provide professional support for those affected.
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Pub Date : 2025-03-26DOI: 10.1016/j.abrep.2025.100600
Giulia Fioravanti , Sara Bocci Benucci , Simon Ghinassi
Problematic Social Network Use (PSNU) is a widespread and harmful public health issue. Therefore, it is unsurprising that the literature has focused on identifying possible risk factors contributing to this behavior. However, most identified factors were found to be shared with other problematic online behaviors. Therefore, the present overview aims to identify the psychological risk factors consistently associated with PSNU and evaluate whether the emerging risk factors were shared across Internet Gaming Disorder, Problematic Pornography Use, and Compulsive Online Shopping. A systematic search of four databases was conducted to identify systematic reviews/meta-analyses investigating the relationship between PSNU and psychological risk factors. Then, a bibliometric analysis was performed to examine whether the identified factors were shared across other problematic online behaviors. Thirty-five systematic reviews/meta-analyses were included, examining general and behavior-specific predisposing factors. General predisposing factors associated with PSNU included insecure attachment, high neuroticism, low conscientiousness, low self-esteem, depression, anxiety, stress, social anxiety, loneliness, and fear of missing out. Behavior-specific factors, though less frequently studied, highlighted the role of unmet psychological needs, Preference for Online Social Interaction, and motives related to emotion regulation and socialization. The bibliometric analysis revealed that many risk factors for PSNSU are shared with other problematic online behaviors. However, certain specificities emerged, including distinct motivations driving these behaviors. Findings suggest that PSNU shares a spectrum of risk factors with other problematic online behaviors, yet specific etiological and motivational differences remain. Overall, the findings underscore integrating shared and specific risk factors to improve tailored prevention and intervention strategies.
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Pub Date : 2025-03-24DOI: 10.1016/j.abrep.2025.100599
Md. Rohmotul Islam, Oli Ahmed, Lutfun Naher, Md. Nurul Islam
Despite the remarkable contribution of smartphones in improving our lives, concerns have been raised about their uncontrolled usage, emphasizing its consequences on individual sleep and well-being. Therefore, we investigated the relationship between problematic smartphone use (PSU) and both positive and negative dimensions of subjective well-being (SWB) − subjective happiness and depressive symptoms, as well as the mediating role of sleep quality. A sample of 384 Bangladeshi youths (mean age = 18.99; 49.3 % female) were recruited through a convenience sampling technique and interviewed using a structured questionnaire that assessed PSU, sleep quality, subjective happiness, and depressive symptoms. The mediation analysis results indicated that sleep quality mediated the association between PSU and subjective happiness and depressive symptoms. The results also showed that subjective sleep quality, sleep disturbances, and daytime dysfunction were particularly responsible for the mediation effect. Thus, the findings highlight the necessity of designing sleep quality-enhancing interventions for youth to subside PSU’s detrimental effects on subjective well-being.
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Pub Date : 2025-03-24DOI: 10.1016/j.abrep.2025.100598
Eszter Kotyuk , Zsolt Demetrovics , Róbert Urbán , Andrea Czakó , Kenneth Blum , Mark D. Griffiths , Marc N. Potenza , Yaniv Efrati
Background and aims
The addiction literature conceptualizes problematic substance use and addictive behaviors (e.g., gambling disorder, gaming disorder) as having shared etiologies and phenomenologies. The reward deficiency syndrome (RDS) model proposes blunted responses to natural rewards that potentially contribute to the development of addictive behaviors. The 29-item Reward Deficiency Syndrome Questionnaire (RDSQ-29) was developed to assess RDS-related psychological-behavioral characteristics. The aim of the present study was to validate the Hebrew version of the RDSQ-29 and to provide empirical evidence for the relevance of RDS in addictive behaviors and related psychological features.
Methods
The sample comprised 961 Jewish Israeli young adults from the general community (age 19–27 years; M = 23.40 years [SD = 1.95]) who were assessed for personality characteristics (attachment styles, RDS, compulsive personality), internet gaming disorder (IGD), problematic use of social media use (PUSM), compulsive buying-shopping disorder (CBSD), and gambling disorder (GD).
Results
The analysis confirmed the validity and factor structure of the RDSQ-29. RDSQ-29 scores showed a significant but weak association with anxiety, avoidance, and compulsive personality. Also, weak to modest relationships were found between RDSQ-29 scores and the severity of the four potential behavioral addictions.
Discussion
The findings suggest that the Hebrew translation of the RDSQ-29 is a psychometrically sound instrument to assess RDS. Given that different potentially addictive and other problematic behaviors are associated with RDS, its assessment might be useful in prevention or screening.
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Models based on substance use criteria have been employed to classify maladaptive engagement in various everyday activities as genuine addictions. However, symptom-based models have potential limitations, which includes in some cases reduced clinical utility and an increased risk of diagnostic inflation. The current article presents an alternative psychodynamic theoretical framework to elucidate the psychological processes underlying the development of putative behavioral addictions. According to this framework, behavioral addictions are conceptualized as strategies for regulating overwhelming feelings rooted in childhood trauma. Exposure to childhood trauma may lead to the segregation of unbearable trauma-related mental states from awareness through persistent dissociative processes. Thus, behavioral addictions may provide individuals with an illusory sense of control over unbearable feelings while simultaneously reinforcing the segregation of trauma-related mental states. The compulsive engagement in such activities can be seen as an attempt at self-medication, though it ultimately exacerbates discontinuities in self-experience. This theoretical framework is further illustrated through a clinical vignette, highlighting its implications for both assessment and treatment.
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Pub Date : 2025-03-19DOI: 10.1016/j.abrep.2025.100597
Shannon N. Ogden , Catherine Cortez , Stacy A. Sterling , Stacey E. Alexeeff , Natalie E. Slama , Cynthia I. Campbell , Derek D. Satre , Asma H. Asyyed , Monique B. Does , Andrea Altschuler , Yun Lu , Kelly C. Young-Wolff
Objective
To identify patterns of adolescent substance use and associated behavioral health characteristics among adolescents.
Methods
We conducted a cross-sectional study of 167,504 adolescents aged 13–17 who were screened for substance use, mental health symptoms, and interpersonal violence during well-check visits in a large healthcare system in California from 2021 to 2022. We conducted latent class analysis to identify patterns of substance use from four substance use behaviors (past-year alcohol, cannabis, other substance, and close friends’ use). We calculated the prevalence of depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation, bullying, physical abuse by an adult, sexual violence, and intimate partner violence for each substance use class compared to those with no reported substance use behaviors and estimated adjusted prevalence ratios using modified Poisson regression.
Results
In total, 29,288 (17 %) adolescents reported ≥ 1 substance use characteristic. From those, we identified five latent classes with different patterns of substance use: substance use among close friends (37 %), alcohol use (21 %), polysubstance use (20 %), cannabis use and some polysubstance use (18 %), and other substance use (5 %). All classes had higher adjusted prevalence of mental health and interpersonal violence outcomes compared to those with no substance use characteristics, with the greatest differences being among the polysubstance use class.
Conclusions
The high prevalence of mental health and interpersonal violence outcomes among adolescents with substance use, even among those who only report close friends’ substance use, highlights the need for routine screening during well-check visits. Comprehensive routine social and behavioral health screening among adolescents is vital for early identification and intervention.
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The Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0 (YFAS 2.0) was recently updated to assess food addiction according to the DSM-5 criteria for substance-related and addictive disorders. This study aimed to validating the YFAS 2.0 on the Hungarian sample.
Method
A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted with a sample of 605 participants. The instruments used for data collection included the YFAS 2.0, Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire Revised 21-Items (TFEQ-R21), The 21-item Barratt Impulsiveness Scale Revised (BIS-R-21), Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21). The factor structure, internal consistency and convergent validity of the Hungarian version of the YFAS 2.0 were evaluated.
Results
Proportion to the current sample Food Addiction was 18.5 %. Confirmatory factor analysis supported a good fit for the single-factor model. The YFAS 2.0 symptom count demonstrated a positive correlation with TFEQ-R-21 subscales, ranging from 0.12 to 0.54, with BIS-R-21 subscales ranging from 0.24 to 0.49, and with DASS-21 subscales ranging from 0.41 to 0.50. The H-YFAS 2.0 food addiction severity was significantly associated with TFEQ-R-21, BIS-R-21, and DASS-21 subscales of the scales. All of which were statistically significant (p < 0.001), indicating acceptable convergent validity.
Conclusion
The Hungarian version of the YFAS 2.0 has been validated in a nonclinical sample, demonstrating its utility as an effective tool for screening food addiction.
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Problem gambling (PG) is a relevant public health concern. Thus, this study aimed to identify the association of specific gambling activities and modalities with PG in Japan.
Methods
A cross-sectional study using data from a large-scale online survey was conducted in Japan between February 6 and 27, 2023. Candidate gambling activities and modalities include sports betting (offline/online), casinos (offline/online), lotteries (offline/online), electronic gaming machines, and trading activities. PG was defined as a score ≥ 8 on the Problem Gambling Severity Index. All estimates were weighted using a nationally representative survey conducted in Japan in 2019. To estimate the association between gambling engagement and the prevalence of PG, multivariable logistic regression models were fitted after adjusting for 13 confounding factors representing demographic, socioeconomic, health-related, and geographic characteristics.
Results
A total of 12,955 respondents aged 15–82 years who had gambled in the past year were included. Among the respondents, 12.2 % (95 % confidence interval [CI] 11.4–13.1) were reported PG. The weighted multivariable logistic regression models revealed significant associations of PG with online sports betting (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 2.41, 95 % CI 1.86–3.13), offline casinos (aOR 1.53, 95 % CI 1.16–2.02), online casinos (aOR 4.25, 95 % CI 3.09–5.86), and cryptocurrency trading (aOR 1.60, 95 % CI 1.22–2.10).
Conclusion
Experiences in online sports betting, online and offline casinos, and cryptocurrency trading demonstrated statistically significant associations with the prevalence of PG. These findings emphasize the need for legal awareness of casinos and restrictions on gambling access and betting amounts.
背景和目的问题赌博（PG）是一个相关的公共卫生问题。因此，本研究旨在确定日本特定赌博活动和模式与PG的关联。方法采用横断面研究，使用2023年2月6日至27日在日本进行的大规模在线调查数据。候选赌博活动和形式包括体育博彩（离线/在线），赌场（离线/在线），彩票（离线/在线），电子游戏机和交易活动。PG定义为问题赌博严重性指数得分≥8分。所有的估计都是根据2019年在日本进行的一项具有全国代表性的调查进行加权的。为了估计赌博参与与PG患病率之间的关系，在调整了代表人口统计学、社会经济、健康相关和地理特征的13个混杂因素后，拟合了多变量逻辑回归模型。结果共有12,955名年龄介乎15至82岁的受访者在过去一年曾参与赌博。在受访者中，12.2%（95%置信区间[CI] 11.4-13.1）报告PG。加权多变量logistic回归模型显示PG与在线体育博彩（调整优势比[aOR] 2.41, 95% CI 1.86-3.13），离线赌场（aOR 1.53, 95% CI 1.16-2.02），在线赌场（aOR 4.25, 95% CI 3.09-5.86）和加密货币交易（aOR 1.60, 95% CI 1.22-2.10）有显著关联。在线体育博彩、在线和离线赌场以及加密货币交易的经验表明，PG的流行与统计上显著相关。这些研究结果强调了对赌场的法律意识以及对赌博准入和投注金额的限制的必要性。
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Pub Date : 2025-02-28DOI: 10.1016/j.abrep.2025.100593
Stephanie Pike Moore , Craig S. Fryer , Eugenia Lee , Kymberle L. Sterling
Introduction
There is a general paucity of research describing the relationship between racial and ethnic discrimination (RED) and coping strategies on use of little filtered cigars and cigarillos (LCCs) across racial and ethnic identities. This research sought to unravel some of the complex, multilayered experiences of RED and subsequent coping strategies to examine the impact on LCC use.
Methods
Data come from a cross-sectional survey conducted among a nationally representative sample of U.S. young adults (n = 1,178) in May 2022. Respondents were asked about their exposure to LCC marketing (systemic RED), interpersonal experiences of RED, coping strategies, and use of LCCs as-sold (tobacco only) or as a blunt (with marijuana). Multivariable logistic regression was used to examine odds of LCC use examining systemic and interpersonal RED and the relationship between emotion-focused and problem-focused coping strategies among those who have experienced RED.
Results
Exposure to systemic RED was associated with increased odds of blunt use. Interpersonal experiences of RED were associated with increased odds of LCC use as-sold and as blunts. Among those who experienced any RED, the impact of problem-focused and emotion-focused coping was differential across racial and ethnic identities in the impact on LCC use modality.
Conclusion
Systemic and interpersonal RED are independently associated with LCC use. There are considerable differences in how young adults cope with RED which necessitates additional research to further elucidate the complex pathways between RED and product use to more effectively inform strategies to address the undeniable racial and ethnic inequities in tobacco-related health outcomes.
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Pub Date : 2025-02-27DOI: 10.1016/j.abrep.2025.100594
Yura Loscalzo, Marco Giannini
In the psychological literature, there has been a proliferation of new behavioral addictions, often biased by an aprioristic and confirmatory approach that applied the addiction framework without adequately considering other potential explanations of excessive behaviors. This position paper further extends the critiques previously pointed out in the literature by highlighting the methodological issues underlying the current behavioral addiction research and the need for future studies to avoid a confirmatory and aprioristic approach (whatever the etiological hypothesis). Analyzing repetitive behaviors in their own specifies could help find a balance between the risk of over-pathologizing common behaviors and not exploring new potential clinical disorders related to everyday (excessive) behaviors associated with functional impairment and deserving public health attention. Finally, we underline the value of recalling that if an existing diagnosis might explain the problematic behavior under consideration, a new clinical disorder should not be introduced in the literature.
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