Review of interventions to reduce ultraviolet tanning: Need for treatments targeting excessive tanning, an emerging addictive behavior. [PDF]
Millions of Americans engage in tanning each year, defined as intentional ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure in the form of sunbathing or the use of indoor tanning beds.
Stapleton JL+3 more
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Background and Objectives The COVID‐19 pandemic and control measures may have increased the risk of abusing addictive substances as well as addictive behaviors.
Yan Sun+9 more
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[18F]-Fluorodeoxyglucose-Positron Emission Tomography in Rats with Prolonged Cocaine Self-Administration Suggests Potential Brain Biomarkers for Addictive Behavior. [PDF]
The DSM5-based dimensional diagnostic approach defines substance use disorders on a continuum from recreational drug use to habitual and ultimately addicted behavior.
Cannella N+6 more
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No evidence for a reciprocal relationship between daily self-control failures and addictive behavior in a longitudinal study [PDF]
IntroductionWe all experience occasional self-control failures (SCFs) in our daily lives, where we enact behaviors that stand in conflict with our superordinate or long-term goals. Based on the assumption that SCFs share common underlying mechanisms with
Anja Kräplin+13 more
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Emergence of Addictive Behaviors in Reinforcement Learning Agents [PDF]
This paper presents a novel approach to the technical analysis of wireheading in intelligent agents. Inspired by the natural analogues of wireheading and their prevalent manifestations, we propose the modeling of such phenomenon in Reinforcement Learning (RL) agents as psychological disorders.
Behzadan, Vahid+2 more
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Addictive Behavior Change and Mindfulness-Based Interventions: Current Research and Future Directions. [PDF]
Schwebel FJ, Korecki JR, Witkiewitz K.
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Metacognition in addictive behaviors [PDF]
Over the last twenty years metacognitive theory has provided a novel framework, in the form of the Self-Regulatory Executive Function (S-REF) model, for conceptualizing psychological distress (Wells & Matthews, 1994, 1996). The S-REF model proposes that psychological distress persists because of unhelpful coping styles (e.g.
Marcantonio M. Spada+3 more
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Steep delay discounting and addictive behavior: a meta-analysis of continuous associations. [PDF]
Amlung M+4 more
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Substance Use and Addictive Behavior in Spanish Adolescents in Secondary School. [PDF]
García-García E+5 more
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"Is compulsive social media use amid COVID-19 pandemic addictive behavior or coping mechanism? [PDF]
Singh S, Dixit A, Joshi G.
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