Journal of Behavioral Addictions

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Behavioral Addictions is 3. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
The withdrawal-related affective, gaming urge, and anhedonia symptoms of internet gaming disorder during abstinence205
Investigating gaming structural features associated with gaming disorder and proposing a revised taxonomical model: A scoping review117
Spatio-temporal EEG dynamics during decision-making in online poker players with problem gambling92
Comparative analysis of cortical anatomy in male participants with internet gaming disorder or tobacco use disorder: Insights from normative modeling81
Compulsive sexual behavior disorder in 42 countries: Insights from the International Sex Survey and introduction of standardized assessment tools77
Operant light self-administration in mice and its relevance to digital technology-based disorders65
The effect of gambling problems on the subjective wellbeing of gamblers’ family and friends: Evidence from large-scale population research in Australia and Canada60
Corrigendum to: Who feels affected by “out of control” sexual behavior? Prevalence and correlates of indicators for ICD-11 Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder in the German Health and Sexuality Survey54
Social communication disorder and behavioural addiction: Case report and clinical implications53
8th International Conference on Behavioral Addictions (ICBA 2023) August 23–25, 2023 Incheon, South Korea45
Changes in substance use and other reinforcing behaviours during the COVID-19 crisis in a general population cohort study of young Swiss men42
Social-networks-related stimuli interferes decision making under ambiguity: Interactions with cue-induced craving and problematic social-networks use36
Potentially addictive behaviours increase during the first six months of the Covid-19 pandemic36
Order of first-play in simulated versus monetary gambling34
Do evaluation and self-identification relate to self-reported and actual social media use?32
How gambling harms others: The influence of relationship-type and closeness on harm, health, and wellbeing32
Distortions in time perception related to videogames, pornography, and TV series exposure: An experimental study in three independent samples32
What makes children aged 10 to 13 engage in problematic smartphone use? A longitudinal study of changing patterns considering individual, parental, and school factors32
Brain alterations in individuals with exercise dependence: A multimodal neuroimaging investigation31
Attentional biases and daily game craving dynamics: An ecological momentary assessment study31
LGBQ-affirming clinical recommendations for compulsive sexual behavior disorder31
Multidimensional family therapy reduces problematic gaming in adolescents: A randomised controlled trial29
User-avatar bond as diagnostic indicator for gaming disorder: A word on the side of caution29
A three-wave longitudinal study on the underlying metacognitive mechanism between depression and Internet gaming disorder29
Where to put Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder (CSBD)? Phenomenology matters •29
Corrigendum to: Deep learning(s) in gaming disorder through the user-avatar bond: A longitudinal study using machine learning27
Increased volatility in video poker results in more winning players but shorter winning streaks – Evidence from simulations27
Childhood use of coin pusher and crane grab machines, and adult gambling: A conceptual replication of Newall et al. (2021)27
Motivational brief interventions for adolescents and young adults with Internet use disorders: A randomized-controlled trial27
Between-session chasing of losses and wins in an online eCasino26
Development and validation of a prediction model for online gambling problems based on players' account data25
What should be included in the criteria for compulsive sexual behavior disorder?25
The longitudinal associations between internet addiction and ADHD symptoms among adolescents24
Tracking online searches for gambling activities and operators in the United Kingdom during the COVID-19 pandemic: A Google Trends™ analysis24
Effectiveness of a web-based self-help tool to reduce problem gambling: A randomized controlled trial24
The potential addictive mechanism involved in repetitive nonsuicidal self-injury: The roles of emotion dysregulation and impulsivity in adolescents24
Psychological intervention for gambling disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis24
An empirical investigation of the Pathways Model of problem gambling through the conjoint use of self-reports and behavioural tasks24
Spatial attention to social information in poker: A neuropsychological study using the Posner cueing paradigm23
Altered connectivity in the right inferior frontal gyrus associated with self-control in adolescents exhibiting problematic smartphone use: A fMRI study23
Proposed diagnostic criteria for compulsive buying-shopping disorder: A Delphi expert consensus study23
A test of the pathway model of problematic smartphone use23
Internet gaming disorder and risky behaviours among Czech adolescents: A nationally representative study22
Electronic gaming machine accessibility and gambling problems: A natural policy experiment22
Corrigendum to: A cross-national comparison of problematic gaming behavior and well-being in adolescents22
The prevalence of gambling problems in prison populations: A systematic review and meta-analysis22
Understanding juveniles’ problematic smartphone use and related influencing factors: A network perspective21
Features related to the presence of internet gaming disorder and their impact on the treatment outcomes21
Ultra-processed food intake and eating disorders: Cross-sectional associations among French adults21
Antidepressant prescription as a risk factor for developing gambling disorder: A longitudinal registry-based study in Norway21
More boring, more craving for smartphone use? The moderating role of fear of missing out20
Clinical consensus statements on change techniques for gambling treatment: A Delphi study with clinicians20
Prefrontal cortex responses to game rewards and losses in individuals with Internet Gaming Disorder: Insights from fNIRS during mobile gameplay20
Feels good, and less bad: Problematic use of the Internet is associated with heightened experiences of both gratification and compensation20
The dynamic interplay between neuroticism, extraversion, and problematic gaming in adolescents: A 4-wave longitudinal study20
Altered asymmetry of amygdala volume mediates food addiction and weight gain19
Abnormal frontostriatal connectivity and serotonin function in gambling disorder: A preliminary exploratory study19
No evidence for the role of intentional emotion regulation in gambling-related problems: Insights from self-report, behavioral, and heart rate variability measures19
Development, psychometric validation, and cross-cultural comparison of the “Instagram Motives Questionnaire” (IMQ) and the “Instagram Uses and Patterns Questionnaire” (IUPQ)19
Longitudinal association between parental involvement and internet gaming disorder among Chinese adolescents: Consideration of future consequences as a mediator and peer victimization as a moderator18
Enhanced Pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer in internet gaming disorder18
Assessment of compulsive sexual behavior disorder among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer clients •18
Young people who purchase loot boxes are more likely to have gambling problems: An online survey of adolescents and young adults living in NSW Australia17
Internet addiction and psychological distress among Chinese schoolchildren before and during the COVID-19 outbreak: A latent class analysis17
The relationship between childhood trauma and internet addiction in adolescents: A meta-analysis17
Reducing problematic pornography use with imaginal retraining–A randomized controlled trial16
Genetics of gambling disorder and related phenotypes: The potential uses of polygenic and multifactorial risk models to enable early detection and improve clinical outcomes16
The National Centre for Gaming Disorders (UK) - Who is accessing this service?16
Gene—environment interaction between gaming addiction and perceived stress in late adolescents and young adults: A twin study16
The Gaming Disorder Identification Test (GADIT) – A screening tool for Gaming Disorder based on ICD-1116
Effects of retrieval-extinction training on internet gaming disorder16
Gambling along the schizotypal spectrum: The associations between schizotypal personality, gambling-related cognitions, luck, and problem gambling16
Family-based therapy for internet addiction among adolescents and young adults: A meta-analysis16
Blunted sensitivity to expected value during risky decision making in individuals with problematic pornography use16
Is the I-PACE (Interaction of Person-Affect-Cognition-Execution) model valid in South Korea? The effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on internet gaming disorder and the mediating effect of15
Opposing associations of Internet Use Disorder symptom domains with structural and functional organization of the striatum: A dimensional neuroimaging approach15
Alterations in oxytocin and vasopressin in men with problematic pornography use: The role of empathy15
The associative learning roots of affect-driven impulsivity and its role in problem gambling: A replication attempt and extension of Quintero et al. (2020)15
Brain responses to positive and negative events in individuals with internet gaming disorder during real gaming15
Structural characteristics of fixed-odds sports betting products15
What does “Sexual” mean in compulsive sexual behavior disorder? •15
Reserve your judgment on “Draconian” Chinese video gaming restrictions on children •14
Withdrawal and tolerance as related to compulsive sexual behavior disorder and problematic pornography use – Preregistered study based on a nationally representative sample in Poland14
How expected and experienced reward and relief contribute to gaming-related mental imagery and gaming frequency in daily life: Testing a dual pathway hypothesis14
Differences in problem and pathological gambling: A narrative review considering sex and gender14
Heart rate variability and interoceptive accuracy predict impaired decision-making in Gambling Disorder14
Another failure of the latent disease model? The case of compulsive sexual behavior disorder •14
Functional connectivity between the parahippocampal gyrus and the middle temporal gyrus moderates the relationship between problematic mobile phone use and depressive symptoms: Evidence from a longitu13
Mindfulness buffers the influence of stress on cue-induced craving for Internet among Chinese colleges with problematic Internet use13
Prosocialness in young males with substance and behavioral addictions13
Comparison of frontostriatal circuits in adolescent nicotine addiction and internet gaming disorder13
Psychopathogical status and personality correlates of problem gambling severity in sports bettors undergoing treatment for gambling disorder13
The vicious cycle of family dysfunction and problematic gaming and the mediating role of self-concept clarity among early adolescents: A within-person analysis using random intercept cross-lagged pane12
Are there clinical, psychopathological and therapy outcomes correlates associated with self-exclusion from gambling?12
Co-occurring compulsive sexual behaviour in an inpatient substance use population: Clinical correlates and influence on treatment outcomes12
Common and differential risk factors behind suicidal behavior in patients with impulsivity-related disorders: The case of bulimic spectrum eating disorders and gambling disorder12
The role of executive function deficits, delay aversion and emotion dysregulation in internet gaming disorder and social media disorder: Links to psychosocial outcomes12
Social chatbot use (e.g., ChatGPT) among individuals with social deficits: Risks and opportunities12
Deficits in spontaneous versus instructed emotion regulation in problematic pornography use12
Biased processing of game-related information in problematic mobile gaming users12
Regional brain activity of resting-state fMRI and auditory oddball ERP with multimodal approach in individuals with internet gaming disorder12
Negative emotions mediate the association between the topology of the complex brain network and smartphone use disorder: A resting-state EEG study12
Aberrant orbitofrontal cortex reactivity to erotic cues in Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder12
Ranking of addiction journals in eight widely used impact metrics11
A comprehensive evaluation of the neurocognitive predictors of problematic alcohol use, eating, pornography, and internet use: A 6-month longitudinal study11
From everyday life to measurable problematic smartphone use: The development and validation of the Smartphone Use Problems Identification Questionnaire (SUPIQ)11
Enhanced neural responses in specific phases of reward processing in individuals with Internet gaming disorder11
Perceived coworkers' work addiction: Scale development and associations with one's own workaholism, job stress, and job satisfaction in 85 cultures11
Prevalence of internet addiction in Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis11
Profiles of problematic pornography use and religiosity-based moral incongruence using latent profile analysis: A two-sample study11
Temporal attentional bias to visual game stimuli in Internet gaming disorder11
Joint effects of children’s emotional problems and parental depressive symptoms on the occurrence of internet gaming disorder among children and adolescents: A longitudinal study11
Contradicting classification, nomenclature, and diagnostic criteria of Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder (CSBD) and future directions •11
The neural correlates of delay discounting in obesity and binge eating disorder11
Stigma in substance-based and behavioural addictions: A systematic review11
Bridging the links between Big Five personality traits and problematic smartphone use: A network analysis11
Validating the short gambling harm screen against external benchmarks10
The identification of Australian low-risk gambling limits: A comparison of gambling-related harm measures10
Insights into the temporal dynamics of identifying problem gambling on an online casino: A machine learning study on routinely collected individual account data10
Social comparisons: A potential mechanism linking problematic social media use with depression9
The role of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in the treatment of behavioral addictions: Two case reports and review of the literature9
Skin in the game – Erroneous beliefs and emotional involvement as correlates of athletes' sports betting behavior and problems9
Brain networks alterations in cocaine use and gambling disorders during emotion regulation9
Efficacy of a novel online integrated treatment for problem gambling and tobacco smoking: Results of a randomized controlled trial9
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Obsessive healthy eating and orthorexic eating tendencies in sport and exercise contexts: A systematic review and meta-analysis9
The Big Five personality traits and online gaming: A systematic review and meta-analysis9
In search of lower risk gambling levels using behavioral data from a gambling monopolist9
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Longitudinal associations between psychiatric comorbidity and the severity of gambling disorder: Results from a 36-month follow-up study of clients in Bavarian outpatient addiction care8
Gender-related differences in frontal-parietal modular segregation and altered effective connectivity in internet gaming disorder8
Neural correlates of model-based behavior in internet gaming disorder and alcohol use disorder8
Emotional regulation in eating disorders and gambling disorder: A transdiagnostic approach8
Assessing ICD-11 gaming disorder in adolescent gamers by parental ratings: Development and validation of the Gaming Disorder Scale for Parents (GADIS-P)8
Sugar Habit Hacker: Initial evidence that a planning intervention reduces sugar intake8
Changes in gambling behaviour and related problems in clients seeking help in outpatient addiction care: Results from a 36-month follow-up study in Bavaria8
Altered functional network activities for behavioral adjustments and Bayesian learning in young men with Internet gaming disorder7
Criteria for the establishment of a new behavioural addiction •7
Salivary testosterone levels are associated with Compulsive Sexual Behavior (CSB) in men but not in women in a community sample7
Heterogeneity of gaming disorder: A clinically-based typology for developing personalized interventions7
Parkinson's disease and iatrogenic impulsive-compulsive behaviors: A case/non-case study to build a complete model of individual vulnerability7
Associations of binge gaming (5 or more consecutive hours played) with gaming disorder and mental health in young men7
Behavioral addictions in the ICD-11: An important debate that is anticipated to continue for some time7
Attentional bias to social media stimuli is moderated by fear of missing out among problematic social media users7
International Sex Survey: Study protocol of a large, cross-cultural collaborative study in 45 countries7
Implicit cognitions in problematic social network use7
Treatments and interventions for compulsive sexual behavior disorder with a focus on problematic pornography use: A preregistered systematic review7
Nonconforming gender expression and associated problematic smartphone and internet use among Chinese adolescents7
Differential transcriptome profile underlying risky choice in a rat gambling task7
Illusions of control: A quasi-experiment comparing skill-based and traditional slot machines6
Evaluation of a multicomponent positive psychology program to prevent gaming disorder and enhance mental wellness in primary pupils: A randomized controlled trial6
Awareness drives changes in reward value which predict eating behavior change: Probing reinforcement learning using experience sampling from mobile mindfulness training for maladaptive eating6
Cardiovascular response to physical exercise and the risk of Internet addiction in 15–16-year-old adolescents6
Frontal white and gray matter abnormality in gambling disorder: A multimodal MRI study6
Application of the eleventh revision of the International Classification of Diseases gaming disorder criteria to treatment-seeking patients: Comparison with the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Sta6
Long-term changes on behavioral addictions symptoms among adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder treated with methylphenidate6
Personal experiences of suicidality in women with gambling disorder – A qualitative interview study6
List of reviewers in 20236
Development and validation of the Trading Disorder Scale for assessing problematic trading behaviors5
Perfectionism predicts disordered eating and gambling via focused self-concept among those high in erroneous beliefs about their disordered behavior5
Applying ICD-11 criteria of Gaming Disorder to identify problematic video streaming in adolescents: Conceptualization of a new clinical phenomenon5
Risk factors and outcomes of internet gaming disorder identified in Korean prospective adolescent cohort study5
A case-control study for psychiatric comorbidity and associative factors of gaming disorder and hazardous gaming based on ICD-11 criteria: Cognitive control, emotion regulation, and reinforcement sens5
Imbalanced sensitivities to primary and secondary rewards in internet gaming disorder5
Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder should not be classified by solely relying on component/symptomatic features •5
Corrigendum to: Clinical characteristics associated with problematic pornography use among individuals seeking treatment for opioid use disorder5
Problematic Internet use among residential college students during the COVID-19 lockdown: A social network analysis approach5
Brain structural co-development is associated with internalizing symptoms two years later in the ABCD cohort5
Mental and sexual health perspectives of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder •5
Psychedelic-assisted therapy for people with gambling disorder?5
Emotional difficulties mediate the impact of adverse childhood experiences on compulsive buying-shopping problems5
Compulsive sexual behavior disorder: The importance of research on women5
Fear of missing out (FoMO) and internet use: A comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis5
Thinking beyond cut-off scores in the assessment of potentially addictive behaviors: A brief illustration in the context of binge-watching5
Attention, response inhibition, and hoarding: A neuropsychological examination5
Draconian policy measures are unlikely to prevent disordered gaming5
Motives for pornography use and women's sexual wellbeing: Insights from a 42-country study4
Body image and risk of exercise addiction in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis4
How much gaming is too much? An analysis based on psychological distress4
Neural mechanisms of behavioral addiction: An ALE meta-analysis and MACM analysis4
Effects of bilateral tDCS over DLPFC on response inhibition, craving, and brain functional connectivity in Internet gaming disorder: A randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled trial with fMRI4
Nosology of behavioral addictions: Intersections with philosophy of psychiatry •4
Longitudinal modifiable risk and protective factors of internet gaming disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis4
A comprehensive model to understand and assess the motivational background of video game use: The Gaming Motivation Inventory (GMI)4
Delay discounting of protected sex and compulsive sexual behavior in women with borderline personality disorder4
Identification and comprehensive characterization of moral disapproval and behavioral dysregulation-based pornography-use profiles across 42 countries4
Computerized cognitive training for problem gambling: A randomized controlled trial (TRAIN-online)4
Physical activity influences the mobile phone addiction among Chinese undergraduates: The moderating effect of exercise type4
Reduced loss aversion in value-based decision-making and edge-centric functional connectivity in patients with internet gaming disorder4
Gambling and COVID-19: Swedish national gambling data from a state-owned gambling sports and casino operator4
Modelling the contribution of metacognitions and expectancies to problematic smartphone use4
My secret life as a sex addict: How I repaired the damage4
Exploring the role of the amygdala in Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder via a parcellation pipeline based on Recurrence Quantification Analysis4
The International Work Addiction Scale (IWAS): A screening tool for clinical and organizational applications validated in 85 cultures from six continents4
Functional impairment, insight, and comparison between criteria for gaming disorder in the International Classification of Diseases, 11 Edition and internet gaming disorder in Diagnostic and Statistic4
Exercise addiction and psychosocial health risks among adolescent athletes: Focus on sport type and performance level4
Harm-to-self from gambling: A national study of Australian adults4
Determination the cut-off point for the Bergen social media addiction (BSMAS): Diagnostic contribution of the six criteria of the components model of addiction for social media disorder4
Internet addiction in Gulf countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis3
Toward resolving normality-disorder boundary issues in gaming disorder research3
Craving in gambling disorder: A systematic review3
Machine Learning(s) in gaming disorder through the user-avatar bond: A step towards conceptual and methodological clarity3
A latent profile approach for classifying internet gamers based on motives for online gaming3
The modulation of acute stress on model-free and model-based reinforcement learning in gambling disorder3
The impact of life satisfaction in the treatment of gaming disorder and other internet use disorders: Results from a randomized controlled trial3
Changes to the playing field: A contemporary study of actual European online sports betting3
Between two worlds: Exploring esports betting in relation to problem gambling, gaming, and mental health problems3
Unemployment as a risk factor for gambling disorder: A longitudinal study based on national registry data3
Sex differences in neural substrates of risk taking: Implications for sex-specific vulnerabilities to internet gaming disorder3
Neural and behavioral correlates of sexual stimuli anticipation point to addiction-like mechanisms in compulsive sexual behavior disorder3
Deep learning(s) in gaming disorder through the user-avatar bond: A longitudinal study using machine learning3
Gender differences in the association of psychological distress and sexual compulsivity before and during the COVID-19 pandemic3
An empirical study of affective and cognitive functions in Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder3
Are esports bettors a new generation of harmed gamblers? A comparison with sports bettors on gambling involvement, problems, and harm3
A longitudinal study of the effects of problematic smartphone use on social functioning among people with schizophrenia: Mediating roles for sleep quality and self-stigma3
A familial subtype of gambling disorder3
Involvement in Sexaholics Anonymous and life satisfaction: The mediating role of meaning in life and hope3
Moderating effects of PER3 gene DNA methylation on the association between problematic mobile phone use and chronotype among Chinese young adults: Focus on gender differences3
Understanding the mechanics and consumer risks associated with play-to-earn (P2E) gaming3
Individual cortisol response to acute stress influences neural processing of sexual cues3
White matter microstructural and Compulsive Sexual Behaviors Disorder – Diffusion Tensor Imaging study3
Erratum to: Development and validation of a prediction model for online gambling problems based on players' account data3
Caudate nucleus volume mediates the link between glutamatergic neurotransmission and problematic smartphone use in youth3
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