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Original Research

Published on 12 Sep 2025

Examining the multiple mediation effects of creative personality and self-esteem on the relationship between exercise and smartphone dependence in adolescents

in Addictive Behaviors

Jaebeom Hwang
Inwoo Kim

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1634387

3,190 views

Original Research

Published on 09 Sep 2025

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

in Addictive Behaviors

Erica Viola
Emina Mehanović
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

2,293 views

Original Research

Published on 22 Aug 2025

Brazilian version of the Brief Screener for Substance and Behavioral Addiction

in Addictive Behaviors

Cristiane Faiad
João Marôco
Hermano Tavares
David Hodgins
Lucas Heiki Matsunaga

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1642665

2,290 views

Brief Research Report

Published on 19 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

José Luis Carballo
Miguel Ángel Martínez-León
Ainhoa Coloma-Carmona
Virtudes Pérez-Jover
Álvaro García del Castillo-López
Clara Sancho-Domingo
Antonia Pelegrín-Muñoz
Carlos van-der Hofstadt-Román

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1552824

2,046 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

15,053 views
3 citations

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

5,310 views
2 citations

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

6,062 views
2 citations

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

5,112 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

3,206 views
1 citation

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

2,360 views
1 citation

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

2,700 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

4,036 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

2,618 views
3 citations

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

2,594 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

3,649 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

8,572 views
7 citations

Original Research

Published on 14 May 2025

Cross-lagged analysis of mobile phone addiction and bedtime procrastination: a comparison of gender and perceived stress levels among Chinese college students

in Addictive Behaviors

Xiujian Lin
Xueping Fu
Yuhao Shen
Gaoyang Liu
Ningning Ding
Guohua Zhang
Jun Qian

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1588090

3,035 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 28 Apr 2025

Cyberbullying victimization predicts substance use and mental health problems in adolescents: data from a large-scale epidemiological investigation

in Addictive Behaviors

Cláudio Romualdo
Wanderlei Abadio de Oliveira
Luciana Bertoldi Nucci
José Eugenio Rodríguez Fernández
Laura Soares da Silva
Evelin Moreira Freires
Amanda Severo Lins Vitta
Fernando Ferreira Semolini
Lucas da Rosa Ferro
Denise de Micheli

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1499352

5,808 views
3 citations

Original Research

Published on 25 Apr 2025

The relationship between college students' belief in a just world and internet addiction: the moderating effect of legal cognition

in Addictive Behaviors

He Jianhua
Zhu Haoliang
Li Kanze
Xu Shuhui

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1557781

2,187 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 22 Apr 2025

Physical activity and mobile phone addiction among Chinese college students: a chain mediation model of social anxiety and loneliness

in Addictive Behaviors

Xueqiang Zhu
Haitao Niu
Qingying Zhu
Wenjia Chen

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1545440

3,457 views
5 citations

Systematic Review

Published on 17 Apr 2025

Association of Internet addiction with psychiatric symptom levels and sleep disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis

in Addictive Behaviors

Yuanlin Sun
Zhen Wang
Tianzhi Liu

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1573058

5,837 views
4 citations

Original Research

Published on 16 Apr 2025

Work addiction, emotional dysregulation, addictive eating, and physical health among full-time employees in the United States

in Addictive Behaviors

Catherine So-Kum Tang

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1532636

3,183 views

Original Research

Published on 08 Apr 2025

Explanatory model of behavioral adaptation in video game addiction among adolescents in urban and rural Peru: the mediating role of anxiety

in Addictive Behaviors

Julio Cesar Huamani-Cahua
Estefany Ojeda-Flores
Norma Roxana Medina Arce
Leslie Emilia Villanueva Kuong
Michael Antony Ojeda-Flores

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1500800

4,469 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 02 Apr 2025

The central mediating effect of inhibitory control and negative emotion on the relationship between bullying victimization and social network site addiction in adolescents

in Addictive Behaviors

Jiale Wang
Ning Wang
Tianci Qi
Yang Liu
Zhenhua Guo

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1520404

4,670 views
13 citations

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Examining the multiple mediation effects of creative personality and self-esteem on the relationship between exercise and smartphone dependence in adolescents

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

Brazilian version of the Brief Screener for Substance and Behavioral Addiction

Effectiveness of the guided self-change intervention for reducing alcohol use in adolescents with and without history of cannabis use

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cross-lagged analysis of mobile phone addiction and bedtime procrastination: a comparison of gender and perceived stress levels among Chinese college students

Cyberbullying victimization predicts substance use and mental health problems in adolescents: data from a large-scale epidemiological investigation

The relationship between college students' belief in a just world and internet addiction: the moderating effect of legal cognition

Physical activity and mobile phone addiction among Chinese college students: a chain mediation model of social anxiety and loneliness

Association of Internet addiction with psychiatric symptom levels and sleep disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Work addiction, emotional dysregulation, addictive eating, and physical health among full-time employees in the United States

Explanatory model of behavioral adaptation in video game addiction among adolescents in urban and rural Peru: the mediating role of anxiety

The central mediating effect of inhibitory control and negative emotion on the relationship between bullying victimization and social network site addiction in adolescents