Addictive Behaviors

Article	Citations
Drinking to cope with the pandemic: The unique associations of COVID-19-related perceived threat and psychological distress to drinking behaviors in American men and women	272
Changes in alcohol use as a function of psychological distress and social support following COVID-19 related University closings	227
Prevalence of social media addiction across 32 nations: Meta-analysis with subgroup analysis of classification schemes and cultural values	173
A review of theories and models applied in studies of social media addiction and implications for future research	152
Substance use and abuse, COVID-19-related distress, and disregard for social distancing: A network analysis	134
Investigating the links between fear of missing out, social media addiction, and emotional symptoms in adolescence: The role of stress associated with neglect and negative reactions on social media	132
Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) and social media’s impact on daily-life and productivity at work: Do WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat Use Disorders mediate that association?	131
What is the prevalence and risk of cannabis use disorders among people who use cannabis? a systematic review and meta-analysis	130
Effects of smartphone addiction on sleep quality among Chinese university students: The mediating role of self-regulation and bedtime procrastination	122
Structural and functional correlates of smartphone addiction	110
Depression, anxiety and fear of missing out as correlates of social, non-social and problematic smartphone use	100
The influence of depressive symptoms and fear of missing out on severity of problematic smartphone use and Internet gaming disorder among Chinese young adults: A three-wave mediation model	92
Prevalence and correlates of substance use among transgender adults: A systematic review	91
Fear of missing out and problematic social media use as mediators between emotional support from social media and phubbing behavior	89
Prevalence of gaming disorder: A meta-analysis	80
Loneliness and problematic mobile phone use among adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic: The roles of escape motivation and self-control	79
Evaluating the actual and perceived effectiveness of E-cigarette prevention advertisements among adolescents	67
Problematic social media use and social support received in real-life versus on social media: Associations with depression, anxiety and social isolation	65
Profiles and sociodemographic correlates of Internet addiction in early adolescents in southern China	65
Internet gaming disorder and psychosocial well-being: A longitudinal study of older-aged adolescents and emerging adults	64
Smartphone and social media use contributed to individual tendencies towards social media addiction in Italian adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic	63
Mobile phone addiction and cognitive failures in daily life: The mediating roles of sleep duration and quality and the moderating role of trait self-regulation	59
Prior drinking motives predict alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 lockdown: A cross-sectional online survey among Belgian college students	56
Validation of smartphone addiction scale – Short version (SAS-SV) in Brazilian adolescents	55
Negative alcohol-related consequences experienced by young adults in the past 12 months: Differences by college attendance, living situation, binge drinking, and sex	54

“It’s really addictive and I’m trapped:” A qualitative analysis of the reasons for quitting vaping among treatment-seeking young people	53
Are sexual functioning problems associated with frequent pornography use and/or problematic pornography use? Results from a large community survey including males and females	52
A systematic review of randomized controlled trials and network meta-analysis of e-cigarettes for smoking cessation	51
Preliminary impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on smoking and vaping in college students	49
Psychiatric comorbidity in compulsive sexual behavior disorder (CSBD)	49
Examining bi-directionality between Fear of Missing Out and problematic smartphone use. A two-wave panel study among adolescents	49
Is vaping cessation like smoking cessation? A qualitative study exploring the responses of youth and young adults who vape e-cigarettes	48
The influence of perceived parental phubbing on adolescents’ problematic smartphone use: A two-wave multiple mediation model	48
Adult perceptions of the relative harm of tobacco products and subsequent tobacco product use: Longitudinal findings from waves 1 and 2 of the population assessment of tobacco and health (PATH) study	44
Are bored minds more likely to be addicted? The relationship between boredom proneness and problematic mobile phone use	42
Prevalence and correlates of youth poly-substance use in the COMPASS study	42
Perceived interparental conflict and problematic social media use among Chinese adolescents: The mediating roles of self-esteem and maladaptive cognition toward social network sites	41
E-cigarette devices, brands, and flavors attract youth: Informing FDA's policies and priorities to close critical gaps	40
Informing the development of adolescent e-cigarette cessation interventions: A qualitative study	39
Social media and E-cigarette use among US youth: Longitudinal evidence on the role of online advertisement exposure and risk perception	39
Secondary analysis of loot box data: Are high-spending “whales” wealthy gamers or problem gamblers?	39
Assessing online gaming and pornography consumption patterns during COVID-19 isolation using an online survey: Highlighting distinct avenues of problematic internet behavior	39
Gaming disorder and internet addiction: A systematic review of resting-state EEG studies	39
How the COVID-19 pandemic impacts tobacco addiction: Changes in smoking behavior and associations with well-being	39
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: A review about its efficacy in the treatment of alcohol, tobacco and cocaine addiction	39
Racial/ethnic differences in US drug overdose mortality, 2017–2018	39
Cryptocurrency trading, gambling and problem gambling	38
Upward social comparison and state anxiety as mediators between passive social network site usage and online compulsive buying among women	38
Avatar identification and problematic gaming: The role of self-concept clarity	38
Perceived school climate and problematic internet use among adolescents: Mediating roles of school belonging and depressive symptoms	38
Associations of personality and clinical characteristics with excessive Internet and smartphone use in adolescents: A structural equation modeling approach	38
Complex cannabis use patterns: Associations with cannabis consequences and cannabis use disorder symptomatology	38
Continuum beliefs are associated with higher problem recognition than binary beliefs among harmful drinkers without addiction experience	38
Does mindfulness reduce the effects of risk factors for problematic smartphone use? Comparing frequency of use versus self-reported addiction	37
Posttraumatic stress, alcohol use severity, and alcohol use motives among firefighters: The role of anxiety sensitivity	37
Substance use and abuse associated with the behavioral immune system during COVID-19: The special case of healthcare workers and essential workers	37
Association between e-cigarette use and future combustible cigarette use: Evidence from a prospective cohort of youth and young adults, 2017–2019	37
Fortnite microtransaction spending was associated with peers’ purchasing behaviors but not gaming disorder symptoms	36
Cannabis use and sleep: Expectations, outcomes, and the role of age	35
A synthesis of the literature to inform vaping cessation interventions for young adults	35
Binge drinking before and after a COVID-19 campus closure among first-year college students	35
Systematic literature review online gaming addiction among children and young adults: A framework and research agenda	34
Needs affordance as a key factor in likelihood of problematic social media use: Validation, latent Profile analysis and comparison of TikTok and Facebook problematic use measures	34
Driving under the influence of Alcohol: Findings from the NSDUH, 2002–2017	34
School-based e-cigarette education in Alabama: Impact on knowledge of e-cigarettes, perceptions and intent to try	34
A cross-lagged panel model for testing the bidirectional relationship between depression and smartphone addiction and the influences of maladaptive metacognition on them in Chinese adolescents	33
Trends and correlates of cocaine use among adults in the United States, 2006–2019	33
Substance, use in relation to COVID-19: A scoping review	32
Behavioral heterogeneity among cigarette and e-cigarette dual-users and associations with future tobacco use: Findings from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study	32
Social comparison orientation and fear of missing out as mediators between self-concept clarity and problematic smartphone use	32
Insecure attachment and addiction: Testing the mediating role of emotion dysregulation in four potentially addictive behaviors	32
The impact of the initial Covid-19 lockdown upon regular sports bettors in Britain: Findings from a cross-sectional online study	31
Short communication: Systematic review on effectiveness of micro-induction approaches to buprenorphine initiation	30
Addiction vs. dependence: A mixed methods analysis of young adult JUUL users	30
Neural correlates of cue reactivity in individuals with smartphone addiction	30

Social media’s influence on e-cigarette use onset and escalation among young adults: What beliefs mediate the effects?	30
Recreational cannabis legalization alters associations among cannabis use, perception of risk, and cannabis use disorder treatment for adolescents and young adults	29
Rethink Vape: Development and evaluation of a risk communication campaign to prevent youth E-cigarette use	29
Youth use of e-cigarettes: Does dependence vary by device type?	29
Smartphone health apps for tobacco Cessation: A systematic review	29
Metacognitions about problematic Smartphone use: Development of a self-report measure	28
Cognitive biases and excessive use of social media: The facebook implicit associations test (FIAT)	27
The associations between attachment, self-esteem, fear of missing out, daily time expenditure, and problematic social media use: A path analysis model	27
Effect of the mobile phone-related background on inhibitory control of problematic mobile phone use: An event-related potentials study	26
Properties of the Problematic Pornography Consumption Scale (PPCS-18) in community and subclinical samples in China and Hungary	26
Physical activity: A promising adjunctive treatment for severe alcohol use disorder	26
Discounting delayed monetary rewards and decision making in behavioral addictions – A comparison between patients with gambling disorder and internet gaming disorder	26
Age-varying time trends in cannabis- and alcohol-related risk perceptions 2002–2019	26
A mediated path from emotional intelligence to problematic social media use in adolescents: The serial mediation of perceived stress and depressive symptoms	25
Assessing the relationship between youth religiosity and their alcohol use: A meta-analysis from 2008 to 2018	25
Insight in substance use disorder: A systematic review of the literature	25
Gaming to cope: Applying network analysis to understand the relationship between posttraumatic stress symptoms and internet gaming disorder symptoms among disaster-exposed Chinese young adults	24
Using a smartphone while walking: The cost of smartphone-addiction proneness	24
Identifying message content to reduce vaping: Results from online message testing trials in young adult tobacco users	24
Vaping, smartphones, and social media use among young adults: Snapchat is the platform of choice for young adult vapers	24
Avatar- and self-related processes and problematic gaming: A systematic review	24
Emotion regulation interacts with gambling motives to predict problem gambling among emerging adults	24
The relationship between delay discounting and Internet addiction: A systematic review and meta-analysis	24
Parent-adolescent relationships, peer relationships, and adolescent mobile phone addiction: The mediating role of psychological needs satisfaction	23
Factors associated with alcohol and tobacco consumption as a coping strategy to deal with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and lockdown in Spain	23
Electronic nicotine delivery system use is related to higher odds of alcohol and marijuana use in adolescents: Meta-analytic evidence	23
Prevalence and use of cannabis products and routes of administration among youth and young adults in Canada and the United States: A systematic review	23
Why is Internet gaming disorder more prevalent among Chinese male than female adolescents? The role of cognitive mediators	23
Treatment retention and abstinence of patients with substance use disorders according to addiction severity and psychiatry comorbidity: A six-month follow-up study in an outpatient unit	23
A fentanyl test strip intervention to reduce overdose risk among female sex workers who use drugs in Baltimore: Results from a pilot study	23
Moderated-mediation analysis of problematic social networking use: The role of anxious attachment orientation, fear of missing out and satisfaction with life	22
Online recovery support meetings can help mitigate the public health consequences of COVID-19 for individuals with substance use disorder	22
Illicit drug use among college students: The role of social norms and risk perceptions	22
Real-world social support but not in-game social support is related to reduced depression and anxiety associated with problematic gaming	22
Profiles of potential behavioral addictions' severity and their associations with gender, personality, and well-being: A person-centered approach	22
E-cigarette devices used on school grounds	22
Above the influence of vaping: Peer leader influence and diffusion of a network-informed preventive intervention	22
An emotional and cognitive model of problematic Internet use among college students: The full mediating role of cognitive factors	21
Excessive and pathological Internet use – Risk-behavior or psychopathology?	21
Sex differences in driving under the influence of cannabis: The role of medical and recreational cannabis use	21
Does high teacher autonomy support reduce smartphone use disorder in Chinese adolescents? A moderated mediation model	21
Intimate partner violence as a predictor of substance use outcomes among women: A systematic review	21
Sex differences in benzodiazepine misuse among adults with substance use disorders	21
Is problematic Internet use associated with alcohol and cannabis use among youth? A systematic review	21
Adolescents who solely engage in online sexual experiences are at higher risk for compulsive sexual behavior	20
Drunkorexia: Normative behavior or gateway to alcohol and eating pathology?	20
Managing shame and guilt in addiction: A pathway to recovery	20
Metacognition in gambling disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis	20
The “alcoholic other”: Harmful drinkers resist problem recognition to manage identity threat	20
Prevalence of cannabis use, disorder, and medical card possession in U.S. military veterans: Results from the 2019–2020 National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study	20
Young adult cannabis use disorder treatment admissions declined as past month cannabis use increased in the U.S.: An analysis of states by year, 2008–2017	20
Association between relationship adaptation and Internet gaming disorder among first-year secondary school students in China: Mediation effects via social support and loneliness	20
Post-legalization changes in marijuana use in a sample of young California adults	19
Exploring the associations between gambling cravings, self-efficacy, and gambling episodes: An Ecological Momentary Assessment study	19
Disordered gaming in esports: Comparing professional and non-professional gamers	19
Psychosocial predictors of substance use in adolescents and young adults: Longitudinal risk and protective factors	19
High prevalence of co-occurring substance use in individuals with opioid use disorder	19
An examination of the prospective associations between objectively assessed exposure to alcohol-related Instagram content, alcohol-specific cognitions, and first-year college drinking	19
Tobacco cessation in low- to middle-income countries: A scoping review of randomized controlled trials	19
Gambling Disorder and comorbid PTSD: A systematic review of empirical research	19
Responses to potential nicotine vaping product flavor restrictions among regular vapers using non-tobacco flavors: Findings from the 2020 ITC Smoking and Vaping Survey in Canada, England and the Unite	19
Risk factors for alcohol, marijuana, and cigarette polysubstance use during adolescence and young adulthood: A 7-year longitudinal study of youth at high risk for smoking escalation	19
Decision-making (in)flexibility in gambling disorder	19
A two-generation study: The transmission of attachment and young adults’ depression, anxiety, and social media addiction	19
Temporal directional relationship between problematic internet use and depressive symptoms among Japanese adolescents: A random intercept, cross-lagged panel model	19
Delta-8 THC use in US adults: Sociodemographic characteristics and correlates	19
A longitudinal assessment of nicotine dependence, mental health, and attempts to quit Smoking: Evidence from waves 1–4 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study	19
The potential role of cocaine and heroin co-use in the opioid epidemic in the United States	19
Cannabis and mental health: Prevalence of use and modes of cannabis administration by mental health status	19
Loot boxes and problem gambling: Investigating the “gateway hypothesis”	19
How are adolescents getting their vaping products? Findings from the international tobacco control (ITC) youth tobacco and vaping survey	18
A computerized anxiety sensitivity intervention for opioid use disorders: A pilot investigation among veterans	18
Academic procrastination precedes problematic mobile phone use in Chinese adolescents: A longitudinal mediation model of distraction cognitions	18
Longitudinal changes in alcohol use and binge-drinking among young-adult college students: Analyses of predictors across system levels	18
The role of maladaptive cognitions in gaming disorder: Differences between online and offline gaming types	18
E-cigarette use among young adults: A latent class analysis examining co-use and correlates of nicotine vaping	18
Buying despite negative consequences: Interaction of craving, implicit cognitive processes, and inhibitory control in the context of buying-shopping disorder	18
Adverse childhood experiences and problematic smartphone use among college students: Findings from a pilot study	17
Negative health symptoms reported by youth e-cigarette users: Results from a national survey of US youth	17
Developing a targeted e-cigarette health communication campaign for college students	17

Stressful life events and gambling: The roles of coping and impulsivity among college students	17
Sexual orientation and gender identity disparities in co-occurring depressive symptoms and probable substance use disorders in a national cohort of young adults	17
Preventing relapse in alcohol disorder with EEG-neurofeedback as a neuromodulation technique: A review and new insights regarding its application	17
The impact of COVID-19 on addiction treatment in New Zealand	17
Testing the spectrum hypothesis of problematic online behaviors: A network analysis approach	17
Adolescent drug use initiation and transition into other drugs: A retrospective longitudinal examination across race/ethnicity	17
Cryptocurrency trading and its associations with gambling and mental health: A scoping review	16
Long-term effects of opioid overdose prevention and response training on medical student knowledge and attitudes toward opioid overdose: A pilot study	16
A quasi-experimental test of a virtual reality game prototype for adolescent E-Cigarette prevention	16
An evaluation of the practice of transparency and reproducibility in addiction medicine literature	16
A latent profile analysis of social anxiety and alcohol use among college students	16
Associations between alcohol consumption and smoking variables among Latinx daily smokers	16
Systematic review and meta-analysis of retention in treatment using medications for opioid use disorder by medication, race/ethnicity, and gender in the United States	16
Bidirectional associations between alcohol use and intimate partner violence and sexual assault victimization among college women	16
Consumer perceptions of ‘legal’ and ‘illegal’ cannabis in US states with legal cannabis sales	16
Non-invasive brain stimulation targets and approaches to modulate gambling-related decisions: A systematic review	16
Metacognitions as a predictor of online gaming in adolescents: Psychometric properties of the metacognitions about online gaming scale among Iranian adolescents	16
Dripping and vape tricks: Alternative e-cigarette use behaviors among adolescents	16
Implementation of a cluster randomized controlled trial: Identifying student peer leaders to lead E-cigarette interventions	16
Problematic social media use and associated consequences on academic performance decrement during Covid-19	16
Alcohol misuse to down-regulate positive emotions: A cross-sectional multiple mediator analysis among US military veterans	15
Approach bias for erotic stimuli among heterosexual female college students who use pornography	15
Engagement with LGBTQ community moderates the association between victimization and substance use among a cohort of sexual and gender minority individuals assigned female at birth	15
Dissemination of CATCH My Breath, a middle school E-Cigarette prevention program	15
A meta-analytic review of Internet gaming disorder and the Big Five personality factors	15
Child maltreatment and substance-use-related negative consequences: Longitudinal trajectories from early to mid adolescence	15
Predicting problematic pornography use among male returning US veterans	15
Changes in alcohol use during the COVID-19 pandemic among American veterans	15
E-cigarette use is prospectively associated with initiation of cannabis among college students	15
Use, marketing, and appeal of oral nicotine products among adolescents, young adults, and adults	15
State lockdown policies, mental health symptoms, and using substances	15
Deconstructing the components model of addiction: an illustration through “addictive” use of social media	15
Has increased youth e-cigarette use in the USA, between 2014 and 2020, changed conventional smoking behaviors, future intentions to smoke and perceived smoking harms?	15
Peer-based recovery support services delivered at recovery community organizations: Predictors of improvements in individual recovery capital	15
The associations of adolescent problematic internet use with parenting: A meta-analysis	15
College programming for students in addiction recovery: A PRISMA-guided scoping review	15
“Don't do vape, bro!” A qualitative study of youth’s and parents’ reactions to e-cigarette prevention advertisements	15
A trauma model of substance use: Elaboration and preliminary validation	15
Prospective effects of loneliness on frequency of alcohol and marijuana use	15
Parent-child relationship and smartphone addiction among Chinese adolescents: A longitudinal moderated mediation model	15
The role of Experiential Avoidance in transdiagnostic compulsive behavior: A structural model analysis	15
Problematic use or addiction? A scoping review on conceptual and operational definitions of negative social networking sites use in adolescents	15
A three-wave panel study on longitudinal relations between problematic social media use and psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic	15
Curing the broken brain model of addiction: Neurorehabilitation from a systems perspective	15
Cannabidiol in the context of substance use disorder treatment: A systematic review	15
Changes in alcohol use, PTSD hyperarousal symptoms, and intervention dropout following veterans’ use of VetChange	15
Mood-induced changes in the cortical processing of food images in bulimia nervosa	14
The associative underpinnings of negative urgency and its role in problematic gambling behavior	14
Depressive symptoms predict smoking cessation in a 20-year longitudinal study of adult twins	14
E-cigarette, combustible, and smokeless tobacco product use combinations among youth in the united states, 2014–2019	14
Fleeing through the mind’s eye: Desire thinking as a maladaptive coping mechanism among specific online activities	14
Validation of the craving scale in a large sample of adults with substance use disorders	14
Longitudinal associations among smartphone addiction, loneliness, and depressive symptoms in college students: Disentangling between– And within–person associations	14
Acute effects of alcohol on resting-state functional connectivity in healthy young men	14
Examining the neighborhood-level socioeconomic characteristics associated with fatal overdose by type of drug involved and overdose setting	14
Cannabis use and social anxiety in young adulthood: A meta-analysis	14
Sleep and alcohol use among young adult drinkers with Insomnia: A daily process model	14
Does anxiety sensitivity predict addiction severity in opioid use disorder?	14
Mobile phone-based messaging for tobacco cessation in low and middle-income countries: A systematic review	14
All in the family: parental substance misuse, harsh parenting, and youth substance misuse among juvenile justice-involved youth	14
Psychosocial functioning among college students who misuse stimulants versus other drugs	14
Mental health and drinking to cope in the early COVID period: Data from the 2019–2020 US National Alcohol Survey	14
Stigmatization of opioid addiction based on prescription, sex and age	14
Differences in cigarette smoking quit attempts and cessation between adults who did and did not take up nicotine vaping: Findings from the ITC four country smoking and vaping surveys	14
Reward-related attentional capture predicts non-abstinence during a one-month abstinence challenge	14
Have we overlooked the influence of “wine-mom” culture on alcohol consumption among mothers?	13
Altered functional connectivity of the dorsal attention network among problematic social network users	13
Socio-affective processing biases in severe alcohol use disorders: Experimental and therapeutic perspectives	13
Perceived reward from using cigarettes with alcohol or cannabis and concurrent use: A smartphone-based daily diary study	13
Association between e-cigarette use and sleep deprivation in U.S. Young adults: Results from the 2017 and 2018 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System	13
Maladaptive cognitions, loneliness, and social anxiety as potential moderators of the association between Internet gaming time and Internet gaming disorder among adolescent Internet gamers in China	13
Event-level associations among minority stress, coping motives, and substance use among sexual minority women and gender diverse individuals	13
Longitudinal trends in e-cigarette devices used by Californian youth, 2014–2018	13
The Internet addiction test: Psychometric properties, socio-demographic risk factors and addictive co-morbidities in a large adult sample	13
Cannabis use as a predictor and outcome of positive and negative affect in college students: An ecological momentary assessment study	13
Unplanned vs. planned drinking: Event-level influences of drinking motives and affect	13
Predicting relapse in patients with severe alcohol use disorder: The role of alcohol insight and implicit alcohol associations	13
Short-term neuropsychological recovery in alcohol use disorder: A retrospective clinical study	13
Disparities in the frequency of tobacco products use by sexual identity status	13
How to pin a compulsive behavior down: A systematic review and conceptual synthesis of compulsivity-sensitive items in measures of behavioral addiction	13
The association between type of trauma, level of exposure and addiction	13
The emotion regulatory function of online social networking: Preliminary experimental evidence	13
What is binge drinking? Insights from a network perspective	13
Is alexithymia related to retention and relapses in patients with substance use disorders?: A one year follow-up study	13
Orbitofrontal, dorsal striatum, and habenula functional connectivity in psychiatric patients with substance use problems	13
Rumination and worry as putative mediators explaining the association between emotional disorders and alcohol use disorder in a longitudinal study	13
Emotion regulation dynamics predict substance use in high-risk adolescents	13
Identifying pathways to recent non-fatal overdose among people who use opioids non-medically: How do psychological pain and unmet mental health need contribute to overdose risk?	13
Boredom and problematic Facebook use in adolescents: What is the relationship considering trait or state boredom?	13
Alcohol use severity among Hispanic emerging adults: Examining the roles of bicultural self-efficacy and acculturation	13
The effect of Varenicline and Bupropion on smoking cessation: A network meta-analysis of 20 randomized controlled trials	13
Do emotion regulation and impulsivity differ according to gambling preferences in clinical samples of gamblers?	13
Prevalence and predictors of the persistence and incidence of adolescent internet addiction in Mainland China: A two-year longitudinal study	13
The association of prefrontal cortex response during a natural reward cue-reactivity paradigm, anhedonia, and demoralization in persons maintained on methadone	13
Optimizing screening for depression, anxiety disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorder in inpatient addiction treatment: A preliminary investigation	12