Frontiers in Psychology | Addictive Behaviors

Original Research

Accepted on 08 Aug 2025

Parenting styles and internet addiction in college students: self-esteem and self-control as mediators

in Addictive Behaviors

Hongyu Gui
Qun Zhao
Yuchen Mao

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1555900

240 views

Brief Research Report

Accepted on 04 Aug 2025

Effectiveness of the Guided Self-Change intervention for reducing alcohol use in adolescents with and without history of cannabis use

in Addictive Behaviors

Miguel Ángel Martínez-León
Ainhoa Coloma-Carmona
Virtudes Pérez-Jover
Álvaro García Del Castillo-López
Clara Sancho Domingo
ANTONIA PELEGRIN MUÑOZ
Carlos J. Van-der Hofstadt-Román
Jose Luis Carballo

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1552824

149 views

Original Research

Published on 31 Jul 2025

Development and validation of the conversational AI dependence scale for Chinese college students

in Addictive Behaviors

Yuanyuan Chen
Mengyun Wang
Shujuan Yuan
Yan Zhao

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1621540

1,213 views

Review

Published on 30 Jul 2025

Stock and cryptocurrency trading and problem gambling behavior during early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic: a narrative literature review

in Addictive Behaviors

Natalie Leong Wei Lyn
Hui Yu Yeo
Claudia Choong Startup
John Ming Yan Koh
Vinh-Long Tran-Chi
Cyrus Su Hui Ho
Tji Tjian Chee

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1585094

1,329 views

Perspective

Published on 28 Jul 2025

Regulating addictive algorithms and designs: protecting older adults from digital exploitation beyond a youth-centric approach

in Addictive Behaviors

Yu Yao

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1579604

1,711 views

Original Research

Accepted on 17 Jul 2025

Brazilian version of the Brief Screener for Substance and Behavioural Addiction

in Addictive Behaviors

Cristiane Faiad de Moura
João Marôco
Hermano Tavares
David Hodgins
Lucas Heiki Matsunaga

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1642665

199 views

Original Research

Accepted on 15 Jul 2025

Parental correlates of adolescent gambling behaviour: a study on 12-14 years old students in Italy

in Addictive Behaviors

Erica Viola
Emina Mehanovic
Marco Martorana
Mariaelisa Renna
Alberto Sciutto
Giulia Giraudi
Maria Ginechesi
Claudia Vullo
Serena Vadrucci
Chiara Andrà

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1563936

155 views

Original Research

Published on 02 Jul 2025

The influence of negative emotions on adolescents' pathological gaming: the role of self-control in the associations with aggression, academic stress, and pathological gaming

in Addictive Behaviors

Jeong Ae Kim
Jae In Choi
Sung Je Lee
Eui Jun Jeong

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1539162

1,814 views

Original Research

Published on 24 Jun 2025

Unmet psychological needs underlying mobile phone dependence among medical undergraduates: a qualitative study based on the basic psychological needs theory

in Addictive Behaviors

Jun Chen
Yanxia Guo
Ruiyu Huang
Gang Liu
Baolu Zhang

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1608607

1,223 views

Original Research

Published on 18 Jun 2025

Patterns of smartphone dependence and predictive factors in Chinese college freshmen: a latent profile analysis

in Addictive Behaviors

Liang Chen
Zhanyang Yuan
Minhui Jiang

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1592875

1,100 views

Original Research

Published on 18 Jun 2025

Stigmatisation of people experiencing gambling-related harms: a vignette study of the predictors of desire for social distance

in Addictive Behaviors

Joanne Lloyd
Katy L. Penfold
Darren David Chadwick
Laura Louise Nicklin
Daniel P. Hinton
Sokratis Dinos

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1613798

968 views

Original Research

Published on 13 Jun 2025

Self-control, academic anxiety, and mobile phone addiction: the moderating role of being an only child

in Addictive Behaviors

De Su
Jiahao Zhang
Yuanyuan Ma
Ze Geng

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1587279

1,318 views

Original Research

Published on 13 Jun 2025

Cumulative ecological risk and academic adjustment in freshmen: mediation by problematic mobile phone use and moderation by self-control

in Addictive Behaviors

Meiqi Yu
Yanyu Xia
Weihao Ye
Jinjun Zhang
Yanan Gu

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1554500

1,239 views

Original Research

Published on 04 Jun 2025

The relation between game disorder and interruption during game is mediated by game craving

in Addictive Behaviors

Yanmeng Bao
Hui Zhou
Fengji Geng
Yuzheng Hu

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1579016

1,204 views

Original Research

Published on 27 May 2025

The influence of difficult child temperament and parenting stress on parental problematic smartphone use in early childhood: a moderated mediation analysis

in Addictive Behaviors

Larissa Schneebeli
Katrin Braune-Krickau
Anouk Joliat
Agnes von Wyl

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1517222

1,616 views

Systematic Review

Published on 15 May 2025

Mapping research on ICT addiction: a comprehensive review of Internet, smartphone, social media, and gaming addictions

in Addictive Behaviors

Livia I. Andrade
Marlon Santiago Viñán-Ludeña

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1578457

3,259 views