Pub Date : 2025-06-01Epub 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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Positive alcohol expectancies are linked to increased alcohol use among college students. Difficulties regulating emotion have been shown to moderate this relationship, though little research accounts for differences based on the valence of the emotion being regulated.
Objective
To examine the independent moderating roles of positive and negative emotion dysregulation on the association between positive alcohol expectancies and alcohol use.
Methods
College students (N = 165, Mage = 20.48, SDage = 1.90; 66.1 % Female; 66.7 % White; 65.5 % non-Hispanic) who reported regular substance use (≥ 3 times in the past week) completed a one-time survey. Linear regression analyses with moderation were conducted.
Results
Correlational analyses suggested that positive alcohol expectancies, positive emotion dysregulation, and negative emotion dysregulation were positively associated with greater alcohol use. Linear regression analyses indicated that difficulties with positive emotion regulation moderated the relationship between positive alcohol expectancies and alcohol use. However, difficulties with negative emotion regulation did not moderate this relationship. College students who reported greater positive alcohol expectancies and concurrently greater difficulties with positive emotion regulation also report greater alcohol consumption, compared to those who reported greater positive alcohol expectancies and fewer difficulties regulating positive emotion.
Discussion
Difficulties with positive, not negative, emotion regulation may serve as a risk factor for hazardous alcohol use in college students. Findings may inform the modification of existing intervention programs across university counseling centers and other health sectors to promote the development of positive emotion regulation skills for individuals who endorse positive emotion regulation difficulties, thereby reducing hazardous alcohol use amid this high-risk developmental period.
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Pub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2024-12-05DOI: 10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100576
Kia Kejlskov Egan , Veronica Pisinger , Ulrik Becker , Janne Schurmann Tolstrup
Background
Individuals with problematic alcohol use often face anxiety and depressive symptoms, which can hinder treatment engagement, compliance, and effectiveness. Psychosocial therapy through video conference (e-alcohol therapy) may reduce these barriers. We explored whether 1) anxiety or/and depressive symptoms modify the effect of proactive e-alcohol therapy on treatment initiation, compliance, and alcohol intake, 2) proactive e-alcohol therapy impacts anxiety or/and depressive symptoms compared to standard care.
Methods
Participants with problematic alcohol use were recruited online and randomly assigned to proactive e-alcohol therapy or standard care. Problematic alcohol use was defined by an 8+ score on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test. Anxiety and depressive symptoms were measured using the Patient Health Questionnaire-4.
Results
356 individuals participated; 133 showed moderate-severe symptoms of anxiety and depression at baseline. There were no significant differences between individuals with and without moderate-severe anxiety or/and depressive symptoms in the effect of proactive e-alcohol therapy versus standard care on treatment initiation (3 mo: p = 0.64; 12 mo: p = 0.97), compliance (3 mo: p = 0.40; 12 mo: p = 0.58), or alcohol intake (3 mo: p = 0.86; 12 mo: p = 0.90). No significant differences were found in the proportion of participants with moderate-severe anxiety and depressive symptoms between the two intervention groups after 3 months (OR 0.6; 95 % CI 0.3 to 1.4; p = 0.27).
Conclusions
We found no evidence that anxiety or/and depressive symptoms modify the effect of proactive e-alcohol therapy on treatment initiation, compliance, or alcohol intake. Proactive e-alcohol therapy matched standard care in reducing anxiety or/and depressive symptoms over a 3-month follow-up.
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Pub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2025-01-21DOI: 10.1016/j.abrep.2025.100586
Annika Brandtner , Matthias Brand , Astrid Müller
Background
The rise of e-commerce has led to an increase in online compulsive buying-shopping disorder (OCBSD), an addictive disorder potentially driven by preoccupations like mental imagery, yet their occurrence and predictors have not been thoroughly explored.
Methods
This study investigated the expression of and associations with mental imagery in women with pathological (n = 56) or non-problematic buying-shopping (n = 56) applying hierarchical regression analyses. Participants were classified based on a structured diagnostic interview, completed self-report questionnaires assessing experiences of gratification and compensation during shopping, and a 14-day end-of-day ambulatory assessment, evaluating mental imagery intensity.
Results
Women with pathological buying-shopping reported significantly more intense shopping-specific mental imagery compared to women with non-problematic buying-shopping. Mental imagery was significantly predicted only by compensatory experiences in the pathological buying-shopping group with medium effect sizes.
Discussion
The findings suggest that in OCBSD, mental images likely arise from to the anticipated effects of relief, possibly indicating a maladaptive coping strategy.
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Tobacco use typically begins during adolescence. There is a lack of comprehensive evidence on the use of different tobacco products among adolescents in Africa.
Aims and Methods
We used the most recent Global Youth Tobacco Surveys from 53 African countries, covering 2003–2020, to estimate the overall and gender-specific prevalence of each type of tobacco product by country, Africa region, World Bank income group, and age group among adolescents aged 11–17 years. We further used Logit regressions to assess the determinants of using different tobacco products.
Results
The overall prevalence of any tobacco use among adolescents was 14.3 % [95 % CI: 13.5, 15.3]. Specifically, the prevalence for cigarettes was 6.4 % [95 % CI: 5.9, 7.0], for other smoked tobacco was 6.7 % [95 % CI: 6.0, 7.4], for smokeless tobacco use was 6.4 % [95 % CI: 5.9, 6.9], and for shisha smoking was 5.2 % [95 % CI: 4.4, 6.1]. The prevalence of dual use of smoked and smokeless tobacco was 3.0 % [95 % CI: 2.8, 3.2], and that of shisha and cigarettes was 1.5 % [95 % CI: 1.2, 2.0]. Any tobacco use prevalence was higher among boys (17.4 %) than girls (10.6 %). Seeing health warnings about tobacco dangers, exposure to smoking at home and school, the age restriction to tobacco purchases, and peer pressure were positively associated with the use of all tobacco products. Being a female was negatively associated with tobacco use across all products.
Conclusions
Policymakers should prioritize implementing large pictorial health warnings about tobacco dangers covering the entire packaging of different products.
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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 : 2025-06-01Epub 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 : 2025-06-01Epub 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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Pub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2025-04-13DOI: 10.1016/j.abrep.2025.100605
Takayuki Harada , Tomohiro Shirasaka , Toshiaki Baba , Aya Mizusawa , Alfonso Villaroman , Rosalina Noguera-Caoile , Ma. Alodia Mercado , Jasmin Peralta , Keigo Hatto , Shogo Kanamori
Introduction
In the Philippines, an estimated 1.8 million people use methamphetamine. Despite the government’s anti-drug campaign, repressive methods have been ineffective. Thus, treatment and human services are needed. We developed a cognitive–behavioral therapy (CBT) program for residential and rehabilitation center-based treatment and examined its effectiveness.
Methods
In this block-randomized single-blinded trial, control group participants received therapeutic community-type treatment only, while the intervention group additionally participated in our CBT program for 6 months. Primary outcomes were methamphetamine re-use, measured by urine tests and self-report at 3-months post-discharge, and self-reported well-being at pre-discharge and 3-months post-discharge.
Findings
Participants (n = 326) were randomized into intervention (n = 162) and control (n = 164) groups. At follow-up, 3/27 (11.11 %) and 1/27 (3.70 %) participants in the respective groups had positive urine tests for drug re-use (χ2(1) = 1.08, n.s., r = 0.037, 95 %CI [-0.064, 0.212]). The self-reported drug re-use rate was significantly higher in the intervention group (χ2(1) = 9.18, p < 0.01, r = 0.14 (95 %CI [0.050, 0.231]). However, pre-discharge self-rated health (F(1, 311) = 6.32, p < 0.025, η2 = 0.02, 95 %CI [0.001, 0.06]) and problem-focused coping (F(1, 311) = 6.50, p < 0.025, η2 = 0.021, 95 %CI [0.001, 0.06]) were significantly better among intervention group participants than among control participants.
Conclusions
Although without significant effect on drug re-use, the intervention had a small positive effect on patients’ well-being, coping skills, and other psychological variables. Additional research is required to develop effective treatments for methamphetamine use in this region.
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Pub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2025-04-05DOI: 10.1016/j.abrep.2025.100604
Erikas Simonavičius , Parvati R. Perman-Howe , Deborah Robson , Ann McNeill , Loren Kock , Jamie Brown , Leonie S. Brose
Aims
Psychological distress, smoking and alcohol use are interconnected. This study explores how distress and smoking independently, and in combination, are associated with alcohol consumption, past attempts and motivation to restrict alcohol use among people in Great Britain.
Methods
Pooled cross-sectional data of people (aged ≥ 16) in Great Britain (N = 87326) collected monthly from April 2020 to June 2023 in the nationally representative Smoking and Alcohol Toolkit Study. Multinomial and binary logistic regressions assessed how past 30-day distress (Kessler Psychological Distress Scale) and smoking were associated with alcohol use risk level (AUDIT-C), past-year attempts to restrict alcohol use, and motivation to restrict alcohol use in three months, adjusting for sex, age, socioeconomic and geographic characteristics.
Findings.
The interaction between distress and smoking on alcohol use risk level was significant. At all distress levels, odds of using alcohol at increasing or high risk were higher among participants who smoked in the past or currently. Moderate or serious distress was associated with lower odds of using alcohol at increasing risk among participants who did not smoke. Higher distress was positively associated with past-year attempts to restrict alcohol use, while smoking in those reporting low–to–moderate distress was negatively associated with past-year attempts. Higher distress was positively associated with motivation to restrict alcohol use in three months.
Conclusions
Smoking currently or in the past was independently associated with increased odds of using alcohol at increasing- or high-risk levels. Among those not smoking, higher distress was associated with reduced odds of using alcohol at increasing risk.
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