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Effects of ‘doctor shopping’ behaviour on prescription of addictive drugs in Sweden

Social Science & Medicine, 2022
Free choice of health care providers is aimed to improve the quality of health care by increasing both access to it and the competition between providers. However, it may also give patients possibilities for doctor shopping (DS) behaviour, i.e., visiting different providers to receive illicit drug prescriptions. Abuse of prescribed addictive drugs is a
Yana V. Zykova, Andrea Mannberg, Øystein Myrland   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

The association between financial literacy and Problematic Internet Shopping in a multinational sample

Addictive Behaviors Reports, 2017
Purpose: To examine the association between financial literacy and Problematic Internet Shopping in adults. Methods: This cross-sectional online survey recruited participants, aged between 18 and 60years, through an online research facility.
Lawrence T. Lam, Mary K. Lam
doaj   +1 more source

Addiction Phenomenology In Substance Use And Non-Substance Use Disorders [PDF]

, 2008
There is growing research evidence and public concern over the burgeoning of disorders which share common features with substance addictions. In order to investigate the presence and role of addiction features in disorders outside of substance addictions,
McLachlan, Andre David
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The impact of Internet-based specific activities on the perceptions of Internet addiction, quality of life, and excessive usage: a cross-sectional study [PDF]

, 2015
Introduction: Recent research has examined the context in which preference for specific online activities arises, leading researchers to suggest that excessive Internet users are engaged in specific activities rather than ‘generalized’ Internet use.
Pontes, Halley M, Griffiths, MD, Szabo, Attila, Szabo, A., Szabo, A, Attila Szabo, Griffiths, M.D., Pontes, Halley M., Griffiths, Mark D., Griffiths, Mark D, Mark D. Griffiths, Pontes, HM, Pontes, Halley, Halley M. Pontes   +13 more
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Effect of the Subjective Well-Being of Working Women on Their Online Shopping Addiction during the COVID-19 Pandemic [PDF]

, 2022
Aim: Especially in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the time spent at home and on the internet has increased, social activities have decreased, and this process has been also accompanied by several mental problems. This study aimed to explore the
Öz, Hilal Seki, Ayhan, Didem, Didem AYHAN, Hilal SEKİ ÖZ   +3 more
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Bioinspired Adaptive Sensors: A Review on Current Developments in Theory and Application

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review comprehensively summarizes the recent progress in the design and fabrication of sensory‐adaptation‐inspired devices and highlights their valuable applications in electronic skin, wearable electronics, and machine vision. The existing challenges and future directions are addressed in aspects such as device performance optimization ...
Guodong Gong, You Zhou, Qingxiu Li, Wenyu Zhao, Sunyingyue Geng, Hangfei Li, Yan‐Bing Leng, Shirui Zhu, Guanglong Ding, Yongbiao Zhai, Ziyu Lv, Ye Zhou, Su‐Ting Han   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social media use and abuse: Different profiles of users and their associations with addictive behaviours

Addictive Behaviors Reports, 2023
Introduction: Social media use has become increasingly prevalent worldwide. Simultaneously, concerns surrounding social media abuse/problematic use, which resembles behavioural and substance addictions, have proliferated.
Deon Tullett-Prado, Vasileios Stavropoulos, Rapson Gomez, Jo Doley   +3 more
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Accounting for Substitution: Improving Estimates of GHG Reductions From Cattle‐Based Product Demand Shifts

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Estimates of reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from lower demand for cattle‐based products must account for substitution effects. This study collected data through two surveys—one on ground beef and another on dairy milk—to evaluate substitution effects and potential GHG reductions.
Brandon R. McFadden, Sara Gardner Hedgecock, Lawton L. Nalley, Alvaro Durand‐Morat, Aaron Shew, Rodolfo M. Nayga Jr   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cyberloafing activities and social media addiction among netizens: A predictive approach [PDF]

International Journal of Data and Network Science
Social media usage has increased tremendously in recent years. However, when users cannot control their social media usage, it might have some negative impacts on personal and social life, which lead to the cyberloafing phenomenon.
Tak Jie Chan, Jun Ying Chew, Tengku Siti Aisha Tengku Mohd Azzman Shariffadeen, Tze Wei Liew, Sheh Chin Foo, Yang Tian   +5 more
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Measuring Nutrition Security Using the Consumer Food Data System Datasets

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nutrition security is an emerging concept lacking a consensus definition, conceptualization, or standardized measure. This perspectives manuscript synthesizes findings from two previously published analyses to assess the feasibility of using available measures of key dimensions of nutrition security from two Consumer Food Data System (CFDS ...
Vibha Bhargava, Jung Sun Lee, Travis A. Smith   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source