Addictive Behaviors

Papers
(The TQCC of Addictive Behaviors is 9. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
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Acute effects of exercise among individuals with schizophrenia who smoke cigarettes146
The business of recovery: A novel pilot study psychosocial intervention to build self-efficacy and reduce relapse risk in adolescent substance use treatment114
Does the time to nicotine dependence vary by internalizing symptoms for young people who use e-cigarettes? An analysis of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study, (Waves 1–5; 201395
Sticking with it? Factors associated with exercise adherence in people with alcohol use disorder89
Tobacco withdrawal-induced changes in sensorimotor filtering as a predictor of smoking lapse in trauma-exposed individuals83
The effect of alcohol use disorder symptom and recovery narratives on problem-recognition: A randomized online trial82
Decision-making and frontoparietal resting-state functional connectivity among impulsive-compulsive diagnoses. Insights from a Bayesian approach81
How effective are national tobacco prevention and cessation campaigns in reaching youth? Population assessment of tobacco and health, Wave 7 insights80
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Examining the relationship between alcohol consumption, psychological distress and COVID-19 related circumstances: An Australian longitudinal study in the first year of the pandemic73
Associations between social media engagement and young adults’ subsequent onset of ENDS dependence symptoms one year later71
Characterizing sociodemographic differences in substance use treatment need and receipt among pregnant women in the U.S.65
Stealth vaping and associated attitudes, perceptions, and control beliefs among US college students across four tobacco-free campuses64
The reliability of attentional biases for gambling-related images in free-viewing eye-tracking paradigms60
Value-based decision-making in regular alcohol consumers following experimental manipulation of alcohol value60
Characterizing the dimensions of positive emotion functioning in young adult alcohol use and alcohol-related problems52
Gambling disorder in minority ethnic groups52
The interacting role of fear of missing out in attentional bias dynamics during problematic social media use50
Self-perceived impact of COVID-19 and risk behaviors among adolescents: Results from the HBSC 2021/22 study in 21 European countries49
Is psychological distress the key factor in the association between problematic social networking sites and poor sleep quality?48
From active users to passive watchers: Profiles of TikTok engagement and mental health predictors47
Use of protective behavioral strategies and blackout experience among mandated college students47
Social norms and problematic gaming among adolescents: The role of Internet use coping motives46
The transactional cycle between neuroticism and Internet gaming Disorder in Adolescents: Future Time perspective as a cognitive mediator in a longitudinal model46
Metacognitions as a predictor of problematic social media use and internet gaming disorder: Development and psychometric properties of the Metacognitions about Social Media Use Scale (MSMUS)45
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Alcohol and marijuana use predicting next-day absenteeism and engagement at school and work: A daily study of young adults45
Examining the individual and combined influence of negative affect and nicotine cue provocation on craving to vape nicotine among e-cigarette users45
Time since initiation on current vaping among adolescents and associations with adverse health outcomes44
Prevalence and risk factors associated with psychostimulant use among Black individuals: A meta-analysis and systematic review39
“I have no control over how much time I play” the metacognitions about online gaming scale: Evidence from a cross-cultural validation among Israeli adolescents39
Warning label messages about the cancer risk associated with alcohol: Effects of causal language38
Indirect effects of emotion regulation in the relationship between pain and cannabis use in adults 18–64 years37
The company you keep: The neglected role of affiliating with delinquent friends in the development of the cannabis-violence link34
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In what settings and social contexts do young adults vape or smoke cannabis? Findings from a web-based diary pilot study33
Analysis of participant-rated feasibility and acceptability of an online, theory-based pre-drinking behavioural intervention33
Psychological, behavioral, cognitive and social factors associated with single vs dual alcohol and cannabis use in adolescents with chronic pain32
Daily mindfulness homework completion is associated with reduced drinking during a mindfulness-enriched emotion regulation treatment for alcohol use disorder32
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Influence of positive consequences on subsequent incentive ratings and drinking quantity31
Differentiating action from inaction: Longitudinal relations among impulsive personality traits, internalizing symptoms, and drinking behavior31
Stimulant use predicts high-risk substance use behaviors during medication treatment for opioid use disorder31
Corrigendum to “Use of electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) devices among U.S. Youth and adults: Findings from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study Waves 1–5” [Addict. Behav. 1330
Theoretical components of smoking cessation interventions for persons with physical disabilities: A scoping review30
CBD, cannabis, or both? Examining use patterns and associated factors among U.S. youth and adults30
Mediating effect of craving on the impact of buprenorphine/naloxone and methadone treatment on opioid use: Results from a randomized controlled trial29
Online racism, depressive and anxiety symptoms, coping-related drinking motives, and alcohol use severity among Black, Latina/o/x, and Asian emerging adults29
Psychometric validation of the Chinese version of the desire thinking questionnaire in adolescent mobile phone users29
Preventing the transitions in poly-tobacco use among young adults: A latent transition analysis of a smoking reduction intervention trial29
Profiling gamers: The role of mental health, attachment and social factors in gaming behaviors28
Illicit drug use and associated health risk behaviors among sexual minority youth28
Goal-directed and habitual decision making under stress in gambling disorder: An fMRI study28
Compositional associations of time spent in sleep, screen time, and physical activity with polysubstance use in adolescents28
The associations between attachment, self-esteem, fear of missing out, daily time expenditure, and problematic social media use: A path analysis model28
The effect of Varenicline and Bupropion on smoking cessation: A network meta-analysis of 20 randomized controlled trials28
Unveiling the relationships between solitary experiences and problematic social media use in young adults: a network approach to investigating underlying motivations28
Problematic gaming, psychiatric comorbidities, and adolescence: A systematic review of the literature27
Sleep disruption, stress, and craving during inpatient treatment for opioid use disorder27
Associations between insomnia symptoms and prescription opioid and benzodiazepine misuse in a nationally representative sample27
Trends in US adolescent cannabis use, 1991–202327
Associations between smoking history, baseline pain interference and symptom distribution, and physical function at discharge, in individuals seeking care for musculoskeletal pain26
Potential risk and protective factors related to problematic social media use among adolescents in Iran: A latent profile analysis26
Factors influencing perceptions of electronic cigarette and nicotine replacement therapy use among French smokers experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage: A latent class analysis26
Factors associated with intentions to quit vaping and quit attempts among Adolescents: A structural equation modeling approach26
Longitudinal trends in the past 30-day co-use of nicotine/tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis among youth and adults in the PATH study25
Development of an individualized procedure to induce reward-related impulsivity and evaluating its impact on drinking control25
A latent class approach to understanding longitudinal sleep health and the association with alcohol and cannabis use during late adolescence and emerging adulthood25
Posttraumatic stress and pain-related anxiety among trauma-exposed adults with chronic pain in terms of opioid misuse and dependence25
Daily-level associations between alcohol use cognitions and normative perceptions among adolescents: An intensive longitudinal study25
Is less more? Dismantling imaginal retraining and examining the effects of psychoeducation and embodied cognition on craving and alcohol consumption in problem drinkers: A randomized controlled trial25
Altered functional diversity in alcohol use disorder: an edge-centric marker linked to neurochemical and transcriptional signatures25
Exposure to Bupropion-SR vs. Placebo is associated with reductions in smoking among persons receiving methadone with no stated interest in smoking cessation25
Diversity in opioid-related stigma interventions: A systematic review24
Sleep quality and duration as predictors of alcohol and cannabis use motives in daily life24
Taking alcohol from one’s parents’ home without permission as a risk factor for greater alcohol and marijuana use during the transition into college24
A motivational approach to understanding problematic smartphone use and negative outcomes in university students24
Corrigendum to “E-cigarette use and change in plans to quit cigarette smoking among adult smokers in the United States: Longitudinal findings from the PATH Study 2014–2019” [Addict. Behav. 124 (2022) 23
Association between cannabis use and nicotine use persistence among adolescents23
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Problematic behaviors can occur without distress: A person-centered analysis of behavioral, substance-related, and mental health indicators23
Latent profiles of cannabis use patterns and associations with eating pathology outcomes23
Trends in vaping and smoking behavior before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada: Beneficial and potentially detrimental changes23
Religion, morals, and pornography: risk or resource? A U.S. census-matched study22
Meme asset wagering: Perceptions of risk, overconfidence, and gambling problems22
How well do DSM-5 criteria measure alcohol use disorder in the general population of older Swedish adolescents? An item response theory analysis22
Profiles of alcohol and cannabis protective behavioral strategies use across two large, multi-site college student samples of concurrent alcohol and cannabis users22
Medication for opioid use disorder among adolescents entering specialty treatment for opioid use disorder and trends in the US, 2017–202222
How does health communication on social media influence e-cigarette perception and use? A trend analysis from 2017 to 202022
How to pin a compulsive behavior down: A systematic review and conceptual synthesis of compulsivity-sensitive items in measures of behavioral addiction22
Communication attributes modify the anxiety risk associated with problematic social media use: Evidence from a prospective diary method study21
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Cannabis use and neurocognitive performance at 13–14 Years-Old: Optimizing assessment with hair toxicology in the Adolescent brain cognitive development (ABCD) study21
Emotional dysregulation among English-speaking Hispanic persons who smoke living in the United states21
The effect of heavy smoking on retirement risk: A mendelian randomisation analysis21
People are not becoming “AIholic”: Questioning the “ChatGPT addiction” construct21
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Unravelling reciprocal effects among young adults’ binge drinking, stress, and anticipated regret21
Profiles of fear of missing out and their social media use among young adults: A six-month longitudinal study21
Examining multiple substance use among Lesbian, Gay, and bisexual US adults20
Problematic pornography use and psychological distress: A longitudinal study in a large US sample20
Device and liquid characteristics used with sweet, menthol/mint, and tobacco ENDS liquid flavors: The population-based VAPER study20
Psychometric properties and factor structure of the brief Wisconsin Inventory of Smoking Dependence Motives among Spanish smokers from the general population20
Alcohol screening tools are not validated for use with transgender and non-binary people20
Epilogue to the Special Issue on Predrinking and drinking game behaviors among adolescents and young adults in the United States and across the globe: Problems to be addressed in future predrinking re20
License to look? The role of permissive beliefs, desire thinking, and self-control in predicting the use of social networking sites20
The association between cannabis use and cardiovascular outcomes among U.S. Adults, 2020–202320
Is socioeconomic status related to youth e-cigarette use? Examining family affluence and sexual identity20
Gender self-concept and hazardous drinking among sexual minority women: Results from the Chicago health and life experiences of women (CHLEW) study20
Improving assessment and progress monitoring in alcohol use disorder: An implementation evaluation of the instant assessment and personalised feedback system (iAx)19
Social attunement and alcohol use: The role of age and gender19
Identifying high school smokers likely to persist in smoking at age 3119
Pandemic-related life changes and adolescent initiation of cannabis and tobacco/nicotine use19
Emotion dysregulation in relation to cannabis use and mental health among young adults19
Consumer engagement with the US alcohol health warning: A nationally representative study19
Cannabis and alcohol co-use: The effects of intensity of cannabis use among heavy drinkers19
Intention to quit or reduce e-cigarettes, cannabis, and their co-use among a school-based sample of adolescents19
Longitudinal association between problematic smartphone use and sleep disorder among Chinese college students during the COVID-19 pandemic19
Gender differences in the stress-buffering effects of mindfulness facets on substance use among low-income adolescents19
Daily patterns of single and poly-substance use among adolescent and young adult females: A day-level latent class analysis19
Biomarkers of secondhand smoke and vaping exposure among U.S. Adolescents19
Abnormal structural covariance networks in young adults with recent cannabis use19
Risk and protective factors for (internet) gaming disorder: A meta-analysis of pre-COVID studies19
Cannabis retailer marketing strategies and regulatory compliance: A surveillance study of retailers in 5 US cities19
Understanding daily life experiences of women who smoke: The role of smoking-related weight control expectancies18
Association between empathy and drinking among a community sample of heavy drinkers: Sex differences and neural correlates18
Tobacco and cannabis co-use in young people: developing a collaborative research agenda to address an evolving problem18
Urgent need for treatment addressing co-use of tobacco and cannabis: An updated review and considerations for future interventions18
Measuring cannabis use and cannabis-related consequences among college students who engage in simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use: Associations by type of cannabis product and mode of use on weekend17
Exploring the influence of parenting styles and childhood abuse on impulsivity in young and middle-aged patients with new drug dependency: A network analysis17
Big five personality traits, gaming motives, and regular and disordered gaming: A cross-national examination among college student gamers in seven countries17
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Associations between blackout drinking and self-reported everyday cognition among young adults17
Metacognitive beliefs and desire thinking as potential maintenance factors of compulsive sexual behavior17
Correlates of using E-cigarettes with high nicotine concentrations among U.S. adults who exclusively vape E-cigarettes or dual use with cigarettes17
Links between young adults’ reasons for trying electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), smoking history, and prospective cigarette and ENDS use17
Combinations of electronic nicotine delivery system device and liquid characteristics among U.S. adults17
Chronic pain acceptance: Relations to opioid misuse and pain management motives among individuals with chronic low back pain17
Between- and within-person associations of mobile gaming time and total screen time with sleep problems in young adults: Daily assessment study17
“I knew the effects the whole time.” Examination of facilitators and barriers to quit vaping among adolescents17
Differing time trends for alcohol misuse and alcohol use disorder among Veteran men: A comparison of population surveillance and clinical data17
Correlates of adolescent sole-, dual- and poly-use of cannabis, vaped nicotine, and combusted tobacco16
Sexual diversity, adolescent mental health, and adult cannabis use: Longitudinal associations through cannabis use motives16
Exploring potential moderators of depressive symptoms and treatment outcomes among patients with opioid use disorder16
Separating problem gambling behaviors and negative consequences: Examining the factor structure of the PGSI16
Correlates of tobacco product initiation among youth and young adults between waves 1–4 of the population assessment of tobacco and Health (PATH) study (2013–2018)16
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Neural correlates of internet gaming disorder and gambling disorder: An fMRI Meta-Analysis16
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Characteristics of drinking episodes associated with simultaneous alcohol and cannabis use among underage drinkers in the United States15
Derived psychoactive cannabis product perceptions and use among a sample of US young adults15
Delay discounting demonstrates lower impulsivity linked to a higher likelihood of succeeding at smoking cessation15
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Gambling products, gambling problems and gambling involvement: comparative analysis from two cross-sectional surveys, the Gambling Survey for Great Britain and the Health Survey for England series15
Longitudinal associations between receiving E-cigarette price promotions and subsequent E-cigarette use among U.S. Young adult cigarette smokers15
Associations between nicotine product use and craving among stable daily and non-daily users15
Editorial special issue addictive behaviors, networks, complexity and addictive behaviors15
Alcohol consumption patterns and Long-Term Anxiety: The influence of Sex, Age, and income15
A pilot randomised controlled trial of abrupt versus gradual smoking cessation in combination with vaporised nicotine products for people receiving alcohol and other drug treatment15
The desire trap: Metacognitions and the cognitive mechanisms of adolescent online gaming craving14
Longitudinal associations between adult-supervised drinking during adolescence and alcohol misuse from ages 25–31 years: A comparison of Australia and the United States14
Risk of opioid overdose during buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder in the fentanyl era14
A preliminary investigation of the role of intraindividual sleep variability in substance use treatment outcomes14
Hazardous alcohol use among patients with psychiatric disorders: Findings from phosphatidylethanol (PEth) screening in healthcare14
Supporting people affected by problematic alcohol, substance use and other behaviours under pandemic conditions: A pragmatic evaluation of how SMART recovery Australia responded to COVID-1914
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The association between level of personality organization and problematic gaming: Anxiety, depression, and motivations for playing as mediators14
Problem gambling within sexual and gender minorities: A systematic review14
Risk factors for the development of problem gambling in individuals with ADHD symptoms: The mediating roles of gambling engagement and ADHD characteristics14
An exploration of multivariate symptom clusters of cannabis use disorder in young adults14
Cigarette and e-cigarette use trajectories and prospective prescription psychotherapeutic drug misuse among adolescents and young adults14
Measurement invariance of the Marijuana Motives Measure among men and women using Stop Cannabis App14
Who’s at greatest risk? Latent profiles of alcohol and cannabis use and related consequences among college students14
State impulsivity amplifies urges without diminishing self-control14
Daily adherence to nicotine replacement therapy in low-income smokers: The role of gender, negative mood, motivation, and self-efficacy14
Cannabis use disorder severity and sleep quality among undergraduates attending a Historically Black University14
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The effects of alcohol and marijuana co-use patterns on intimate partner aggression perpetration13
Determinants of gaming disorder among aspiring professional esports players: a prospective study13
Coping strategies as mediating mechanisms between adolescent polysubstance use classes and adult alcohol and substance use disorders13
Association of psychological distress with smoking cessation, duration of abstinence from smoking, and use of non-combustible nicotine-containing products: A cross-sectional population survey in Great13
Functional disability and the risk of subsequent smoking initiation: A prospective cohort analysis13
What pandemic? A multisite study of drinking motives and drinking games participation among college students during a pandemic (COVID-19) academic year13
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Motives matter: predictive value of cannabis use motives in adolescents with dual disorders – A longitudinal study13
E-cigarette access and age verification among adolescents, young adults, and adults13
Effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions among pregnant women: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis13
Drinking to cope and coping strategies in Deaf/Hard of hearing college students13
Twisted memories: Addiction-related engrams are strengthened by desire thinking13
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Alternative combusted tobacco product and multiple tobacco product use among individuals with serious mental illness enrolled in a large pragmatic randomized controlled trial13
Long-term effects of alcohol consumption on anxiety in adults: A systematic review13
Switching between vaping devices, nicotine concentration, and flavors among people who use e-cigarettes daily: Results from a 12-Month longitudinal study13
How gambling problems relate to health and wellbeing in Australian households: Evidence from the Household Income and Labour Dynamics of Australia Survey13
Factorial validity of the problematic social media use scale among Chinese adults12
Tobacco and cannabis co-use by route of administration in the United States, 2022/202312
Distal and proximal risk factors of problematic cannabis use associated with psychotic-like experiences12
Cannabis and nicotine co-use among primary care patients in a state with legal cannabis access12
Why is problematic social media use more prevalent among Chinese adolescents with probable depression than their non-depressed peers? A longitudinal examination of the mediating roles of peer acceptan12
Who benefits from alcohol screening and brief intervention? A mini-review on socioeconomic inequalities with a focus on evidence from the United States12
Social support, online social support, and problematic social media use: A three-level meta-analysis12
The association between student loan debt and perceived socioeconomic status and problematic drinking and mental health symptoms: A preliminary investigation12
Walking away from alcohol urges: A preliminary test of the efficacy of moderate-intensity exercise for reducing alcohol craving in heavy social drinkers12
Prevalence and characteristics of co-occurrence of smoking and increasing-and-higher-risk drinking: A population survey in England12
Symptoms of tobacco dependence among middle and high school tobacco users – Data from the 2019–2020 National Youth Tobacco Survey12
PTSD symptoms and substance use problems in traumatic injury patients: A 24-month follow-up12
Assessing the association between e-cigarette use and cardiovascular disease: A meta-analysis of exclusive and dual use with combustible cigarettes12
The longitudinal relationships between problematic smartphone use and anxiety symptoms among Chinese college students: A cross-lagged panel network analysis12
Differential neural reward processes in internet addiction: A systematic review of brain imaging research12
Alcohol-related consequences and the intention to seek care in treatment naïve women and men with severe alcohol use disorder12
Emotional symptoms and problematic internet use among adolescents with and without childhood trauma: A two-wave cross-lagged panel and network analysis12
Perceptions of e-cigarettes among Australian adolescents, young adults, and adults12
Youth mental health and nicotine vape use: The moderating role of rural-urban/suburban school environments12
Latent profiles of cannabis use, protective behavioral strategies, and health beliefs in college students12
Cannabis use among sexual minority adults: insights from recent U.S. nationally representative data12
Cross-sectional and longitudinal AUD symptom networks: They tell different stories12
Anxiety as a predictor of the age of initiation of tobacco and cannabis use in adolescents and young adults12
Changes in the harm perceptions of different types of tobacco products for youth and adults: Waves 1–5 of the population assessment of tobacco and health (PATH) study, 2013–201911
Factors associated with attempting and succeeding in smoking cessation following a National Tobacco Control Plan: Analysis of two nationwide surveys (2010 and 2017)11
Prevalence and correlates of positive parental attitudes towards cannabis use and use intention in Australia during 2016 and 201911
Corrigendum to “A qualitative analysis of people who died by suicide and had gambling documented in their coronial file” [Addict. Behav. 163 (2025) 108267]11
Treating those not ready to quit smoking: Doing harm while trying to help?11
Social anxiety as a predisposing factor for social media addiction: A two-wave longitudinal investigation of social comparison as an underlying mechanism11
The impact of smoking on COVID-19-related mortality: a Brazilian national cohort study11
Avoidance biases for vaping stimuli among college students with electronic-cigarette use11
How daily alternative behaviors’ expected value shapes problematic smartphone use? An ecological momentary assessment study11
Investigation into the psychometric properties of the Brief Religious Coping Scale (Brief RCOPE) in adults with substance use disorder11
The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on gambling: A systematic review11
Decreases in smartphone overuse and moderators among adults in general after the COVID-19 outbreak: A three-year prospective study11
The effects of alcohol use on smoking cessation treatment with nicotine replacement therapy: An observational study11
Mental health related adverse events of cytisine and varenicline in smokers with and without mental health disorders: Secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial11
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Factors contributing to the decline in problematic mobile phone use among Chinese emerging adults11
Recency measures matter: Variability in reported last use of tobacco and marijuana products among a nationally representative study of U.S. young adults11
Leveraging social media and large language models for scalable alcohol risk assessment: Examining validity with AUDIT-C and post recency effects11
Chronic use of cannabis might impair sensory error processing in the cerebellum through endocannabinoid dysregulation10
A randomized controlled trial evaluation of a smoking cessation and physical activity intervention delivered via telemedicine in the Norton Sound region of Alaska10
Sign-tracking to non-drug reward is related to severity of alcohol-use problems in a sample of individuals seeking treatment10
Determinants of prescription opioid misuse among Black Americans: Evidence from the 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health10
Qualitative exploration of longer versus shorter quit attempts among adults using E-Cigarettes for combustible cigarette cessation10
Cannabis vape product advertising exposure is associated with cannabis vape product use and frequency among U.S. Young adults10
Milestones in the natural course of the onset of e-cigarette dependence among adolescents and young adults: Retrospective study10
Anxiety sensitivity dimensions and the alcohol hangover experience: Longitudinal associations with hangover-related anxiety and depression10
Trauma exposure and smoking outcomes: The indirect effects of anxious and depressive symptoms10
Alcohol-induced blackouts among college student drinkers: A multilevel analysis10
The association between screen time trajectories and the comorbidity of depression and anxiety10
Unraveling the core symptoms across distinct trajectories of problematic Internet use among 27,577 adolescents: Cross-lagged panel network analyses10
An adaptation and exploratory factor analysis of the smoking-related weight and eating episodes test (SWEET) for electronic cigarette users10
A novel smoking cessation behavior based on quit attempts may identify new genes associated with long-term abstinence10
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