Men, Women, and Addiction: The Case of Cigarette Smoking [PDF]
Cigarette demand equations, derived from the Becker-Murphy model of rational addictive behavior, are estimated separately for men and women. These demand equations account for the reinforcement, tolerance, and withdrawal factors characterizing addictive ...
Frank J. Chaloupka
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An Empirical Analysis of Alcohol Addiction: Results from the Monitoring the Future Panels [PDF]
This paper aims to refine and enrich the empirical literature dealing with the sensitivity of alcohol consumption and excessive consumption to differences in the prices of alcoholic beverages. The main refinement pertains to the incorporation of insights
Frank J. Chaloupka +2 more
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Internet gambling: an overview of psychosocial impacts [PDF]
, 2005 Technological innovation has always played a role in the development of gambling behaviour, primarily through providing new market opportunities. Early prevalence studies of Intemet gambling in the UK, Canada and the US have shown that Intemet gambling ...
Griffiths, Mark +3 more
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Triangular relationship among risky sexual behavior, addiction, and aggression: A systematic review
Electronic Physician, 2017 Background: Risky sexual behavior (RSB), addiction, and aggression are three important personal and social factors which influence each other. Objective: To overview the potential relationship among RSB, addiction, and aggression to conduct an ...
Khodabakhsh Ahmadi +4 more
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Perceptions of relationship satisfaction and addictive behavior: Comparing pornography and marijuana use [PDF]
, 2012 Background and aims: Research indicates that excessive pornography use can negatively impact romantic relationships. However, it is unclear whether these negative outcomes are different than negative outcomes produced by other compulsive or addictive ...
Bridges, Ana J., Pyle, Tara M.
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Frontiers in Public HealthObjectivesTo date there is no universally accepted model that describes the development of substance related addictive behavior. In order to address this gap, the study sought to examine whether the association between primary emotions and the ...
Jürgen Fuchshuber +12 more
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The Economics of Workaholism: We Should Not Have Worked on This Paper [PDF]
A large literature examines the addictive properties of such behaviors as smoking, drinking alcohol and eating. We argue that for some people addictive behavior may apply to a much more central aspect of economic life: working.
Daniel S. Hamermesh, Joel Slemrod
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Emergence of Addictive Behaviors in Reinforcement Learning Agents [PDF]
, 2018 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
Behzadan, Vahid +2 more
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Sexual Orientation Differences in the Relationship Between Victimization and Hazardous Drinking Among Women in the National Alcohol Survey [PDF]
, 2013 This study examined relationships between past experiences of victimization (sexual abuse and physical abuse in childhood, sexual abuse and physical abuse in adulthood, and lifetime victimization) and hazardous drinking among sexual minority women ...
Drabble, Laurie A +4 more
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Ginger (Zingiber Officinale Roscoe) Prevents Morphine-Induced Addictive Behaviors in Conditioned Place Preference Test in Rats [PDF]
Addiction and Health, 2014 Background: Consumption of chronic morphine induces neuro-inflammation and addictive seeking behavior. Ginger (Zingiber Officinale Roscoe), a well-known spice plant, has been used traditionally in the treatment of a wide variety of ailments.
Shima Torkzadeh-Mahani +2 more
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