Journal of Behavioral Addictions

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Behavioral Addictions is 4. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
Corrigendum to: A cross-national comparison of problematic gaming behavior and well-being in adolescents76
Corrigendum to: Deep learning(s) in gaming disorder through the user-avatar bond: A longitudinal study using machine learning75
Spatio-temporal EEG dynamics during decision-making in online poker players with problem gambling60
Profiles and transitions of non-suicidal self-injury with addictive features in adolescents: Predictive role of maladaptive cognitive schemas56
The high cost of direct marketing from wagering operators, tipsters and affiliates: An ecological momentary assessment of how wagering promotions drive betting, expenditure, and harm54
The longitudinal associations between internet addiction and ADHD symptoms among adolescents54
What makes children aged 10 to 13 engage in problematic smartphone use? A longitudinal study of changing patterns considering individual, parental, and school factors51
LGBQ-affirming clinical recommendations for compulsive sexual behavior disorder51
Bridging the links between Big Five personality traits and problematic smartphone use: A network analysis48
Restless minds, restless nights: A 2-wave preliminary study on the associations between sleep quality, negative metacognitions and Problematic Smartphone Use47
Profiles of problematic pornography use and religiosity-based moral incongruence using latent profile analysis: A two-sample study46
Longitudinal relation between childhood maltreatment and problematic internet game use among Chinese early adolescents: The roles of internalizing symptoms and FKBP5 gene variation44
Development and validation of the Trading Disorder Scale for assessing problematic trading behaviors39
Applying ICD-11 criteria of Gaming Disorder to identify problematic video streaming in adolescents: Conceptualization of a new clinical phenomenon38
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 care38
Temperament, brain structure and problematic video gaming in adolescence – A six-year longitudinal study38
Attentional bias to social media stimuli is moderated by fear of missing out among problematic social media users37
Computerized cognitive training for problem gambling: A randomized controlled trial (TRAIN-online)37
Corrigendum to: Clinical characteristics associated with problematic pornography use among individuals seeking treatment for opioid use disorder37
Differential transcriptome profile underlying risky choice in a rat gambling task36
Reduced loss aversion in value-based decision-making and edge-centric functional connectivity in patients with internet gaming disorder34
Attention, response inhibition, and hoarding: A neuropsychological examination34
Mapping affective pathways to compulsion: Insights from an aversive devaluation approach33
Temporal distortion may mediate the association between problematic mobile gaming and delay discounting: An experimental study33
Mental and sexual health perspectives of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder •32
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 Statistic32
The bidirectional associations between smartphone multitasking and anxiety symptoms among Chinese college students31
Toward resolving normality-disorder boundary issues in gaming disorder research30
Imbalanced goal-directed and habitual control in individuals with internet gaming disorder30
Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation of the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex on craving and negative emotion regulation in individuals at risk for problematic pornography use: A doub30
The impact of life satisfaction in the treatment of gaming disorder and other internet use disorders: Results from a randomized controlled trial28
Differences in cross-sectional and daily diary problematic pornography use correlates27
The COVID-19 lockdown experience suggests that restricting the supply of gambling can reduce gambling problems: An Australian prospective study26
How gambling motives are associated with socio-demographics and gambling behavior - A Finnish population study26
Concerned significant others of persons with problem gambling and problem gaming: Prevalence and characteristics in the Norwegian population25
Mediating roles of weight stigma and physical activity avoidance in the associations between severity of gaming disorder and levels of physical activity among young adults25
Gambling disorder and problematic pornography use: Does co-occurrence influence treatment outcome?25
The relationship between adolescent emotion dysregulation and problematic technology use: Systematic review of the empirical literature25
Problematic online dating app use and its association with mental and sexual health outcomes in a sample of Men-having-Sex-with-Men25
How can the potential harms of loot boxes be minimised?: Proposals for understanding and addressing issues at a national level24
Watch and yearn? Effects of watching gambling livestreams on cravings24
Loot box purchasing is linked to problem gambling in adolescents when controlling for monetary gambling participation23
Global research status and trends of compulsive sexual behavior disorder: A comprehensive bibliometric analysis22
Problematic pornography use as an externalizing depression symptom in cisgender men: A cross-sectional questionnaire study22
Mainland China's 2021 restrictions on under-18s' video game time were imposed when older 2019 restrictions already applied: Omitting the historical regulatory context is misleading21
Brain network alterations in mobile phone use problem severity: A multimodal neuroimaging analysis21
Think-aloud analysis of commonly used screening instruments for Internet use disorders: The CIUS, the IGDT-10, and the BSMAS21
Effects of inducements on sports gambling and decision-errors: An experimental study21
Screen time, sleep, brain structural neurobiology, and sequential associations with child and adolescent psychopathology: Insights from the ABCD study21
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Enhanced conditioning and disrupted extinction processes in men struggling with compulsive sexual behaviors20
Current interpretations of the I-PACE model of behavioral addictions20
Treatment effects and adherence of sexually compulsive men in a randomized controlled trial of psychotherapy and medication20
Classification of nomophobia among Chinese college students: Evidence from latent profile and ROC analysis19
Neural mechanisms of intertemporal and risky decision-making in individuals with internet use disorder: A perspective from directed functional connectivity19
Trait anxiety and corresponding neuromarkers predict internet addiction: A longitudinal study19
Personality dimensions of compulsive sexual behavior in the Sex@Brain study18
Abnormal structural alterations and disrupted functional connectivity in behavioral addiction: A meta-analysis of VBM and fMRI studies18
Striatal ups or downs? Neural correlates of monetary reward anticipation, cue reactivity and their interaction in alcohol use disorder and gambling disorder18
Temporal associations between physical activity and three types of problematic use of the internet: A six-month longitudinal study17
Gaming motivations and gaming disorder symptoms: A systematic review and meta-analysis17
Symptoms of problematic pornography use among help-seeking male adolescents: Latent profile and network analysis17
The concept of recovery in gaming disorder: A scoping review17
Assessing compulsive sexual behavior disorder: The development and international validation of the compulsive sexual behavior disorder-diagnostic inventory (CSBD-DI)17
Mental health professionals' use of the ICD-11 classification of impulse control disorders and behavioral addictions: An international field study17
Operant light self-administration in mice and its relevance to digital technology-based disorders16
Confidence biases in problem gambling16
No evidence for the role of intentional emotion regulation in gambling-related problems: Insights from self-report, behavioral, and heart rate variability measures16
Abnormal frontostriatal connectivity and serotonin function in gambling disorder: A preliminary exploratory study16
Prefrontal cortex responses to game rewards and losses in individuals with Internet Gaming Disorder: Insights from fNIRS during mobile gameplay16
Distortions in time perception related to videogames, pornography, and TV series exposure: An experimental study in three independent samples15
A three-wave longitudinal study on the underlying metacognitive mechanism between depression and Internet gaming disorder15
Co-occurrence of symptoms of substance and behavioral addictions over time: A secondary analysis of longitudinal data from the Cohort Study on Substance Use Risk Factors15
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 Survey15
Enhanced Pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer in internet gaming disorder14
The dynamic interplay between neuroticism, extraversion, and problematic gaming in adolescents: A 4-wave longitudinal study14
Biased processing of game-related information in problematic mobile gaming users14
Do evaluation and self-identification relate to self-reported and actual social media use?14
Ranking of addiction journals in eight widely used impact metrics13
The associative learning roots of affect-driven impulsivity and its role in problem gambling: A replication attempt and extension of Quintero et al. (2020)13
Bidirectional relationships between desire thinking and gambling disorder tendency: Insights from a longitudinal study of Esports gamblers13
The Gaming Disorder Identification Test (GADIT) – A screening tool for Gaming Disorder based on ICD-1113
The neural vulnerabilities in reward processing in gambling disorder13
Validating the short gambling harm screen against external benchmarks13
Prevalence of first- and second-wave digisexualities in Germany and their relation to Compulsive Sexual Behavior: Findings from a National Online Survey12
What does “Sexual” mean in compulsive sexual behavior disorder? •12
Conceptualizing love addiction within the attachment perspective: A systematic review and meta-analysis12
Family-based therapy for internet addiction among adolescents and young adults: A meta-analysis12
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
Common and differential risk factors behind suicidal behavior in patients with impulsivity-related disorders: The case of bulimic spectrum eating disorders and gambling disorder12
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 longitu12
Brain structural co-development is associated with internalizing symptoms two years later in the ABCD cohort11
Risk factors and outcomes of internet gaming disorder identified in Korean prospective adolescent cohort study11
Illusions of control: A quasi-experiment comparing skill-based and traditional slot machines11
Impaired sexual delay discounting as a potential mechanism in women's compulsive sexual behavior: Evidence from a mixed-gender experiment11
Psychedelic-assisted therapy for people with gambling disorder?11
Altered dynamic reconfiguration of brain functional networks during gaming and deprivation in individuals with internet gaming disorder11
How much gaming is too much? An analysis based on psychological distress11
Problematic usage of the internet: Converging and diverging terminologies and constructs10
Forms of interventions for problematic usage of the internet: A scoping review10
Moderating effects of PER3 gene DNA methylation on the association between problematic mobile phone use and chronotype among Chinese young adults: Focus on gender differences10
Long-term changes on behavioral addictions symptoms among adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder treated with methylphenidate10
The effect of caffeine use in the relationship between gaming and sleep in adolescents: A mediation analysis10
Sex differences in neural substrates of risk taking: Implications for sex-specific vulnerabilities to internet gaming disorder10
Salivary testosterone levels are associated with Compulsive Sexual Behavior (CSB) in men but not in women in a community sample10
How do cumulative family risks influence the trajectory of problematic social media use among Chinese adolescents: A three-year longitudinal study10
Emotion regulation as a transdiagnostic factor in eating disorders and gambling disorder: Treatment outcome implications10
Longitudinal modifiable risk and protective factors of internet gaming disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis9
On the current psychotherapeutic situation for persons with pornography use disorder in Germany9
Q-single: Linking functional impairment to problematic internet use through a single-question approach9
“Phones off while school's on”: Evaluating problematic phone use and the social, wellbeing, and academic effects of banning phones in schools9
Addiction substitution and concurrent recovery in gambling disorder: Who substitutes and why?9
Impact of daily activity allocation on problematic internet use among university students: A compositional perspective9
Neural and behavioral correlates of sexual stimuli anticipation point to addiction-like mechanisms in compulsive sexual behavior disorder9
Effects of acute stress on cue reactivity and implicit cognitions in online compulsive buying-shopping disorder9
Longitudinal associations between maladaptive daydreaming and psychological distress during the COVID-19 health crisis9
The landscape of open science in behavioral addiction research: Current practices and future directions9
High compliance and reduced online gaming time among Chinese adolescents after the 2021 gaming policy: Effects across all gamers, not just heavy users9
Definitions and assessments of recovery from gambling disorder: A scoping review9
Relationship of gambling disorder with traumatic life events and emotion regulation in adolescents and young adults9
Developmental trajectories of problematic social media use among adolescents: Associations with multiple interpersonal factors9
Redefining object attachment: Development and validation of a new scale8
On the pitfalls of conceptualizing excessive physical exercise as an addictive disorder: Commentary on Dinardi et al. (2021)8
Psychotherapy for problematic pornography use: A comprehensive meta-analysis8
A cross-national comparison of problematic gaming behavior and well-being in adolescents8
Safer esports for players, spectators, and bettors: Issues, challenges, and policy recommendations8
Testing the acceptability and feasibility of the lower-risk gambling guidelines in Finland8
Individual-specific subspace of altered functional connectivity predicts clinical symptoms in Internet gaming disorder8
Treatment for the concerned significant others of gamblers: A systematic review8
Emotional interference and attentional bias in compulsive sexual behaviors disorder – An fMRI study on heterosexual males8
Gambling advertising on Twitter before, during and after the initial Australian COVID-19 lockdown8
User-avatar bond as diagnostic indicator for gaming disorder: A word on the side of caution7
Development and validation of a prediction model for online gambling problems based on players' account data7
Internet gaming disorder and risky behaviours among Czech adolescents: A nationally representative study7
Co-occurring compulsive sexual behaviour in an inpatient substance use population: Clinical correlates and influence on treatment outcomes7
Opposing associations of Internet Use Disorder symptom domains with structural and functional organization of the striatum: A dimensional neuroimaging approach7
Risky online buying-shopping behavior: The role of stress responsivity on the transfer from goal-directed behavior to stimulus-response habits7
How gambling harms others: The influence of relationship-type and closeness on harm, health, and wellbeing7
Early childhood screen use and symptoms of problematic media use7
Where to put Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder (CSBD)? Phenomenology matters •7
Reserve your judgment on “Draconian” Chinese video gaming restrictions on children •7
The National Centre for Gaming Disorders (UK) - Who is accessing this service?7
Interconnected desires: A systematic review of compulsive buying-shopping disorder and its links to disordered eating and body image by gender7
Love at first glance: Imbalanced processing to gaming and natural rewards in internet gaming disorder7
Spatial attention to social information in poker: A neuropsychological study using the Posner cueing paradigm7
Psychological intervention for gambling disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis7
Ultra-processed food intake and eating disorders: Cross-sectional associations among French adults7
Compulsive sexual behavior disorder in 42 countries: Insights from the International Sex Survey and introduction of standardized assessment tools7
The association of relative deprivation, interpersonal relationships, and problematic social media use in 39 countries/regions: Does school contextual inequality matter?7
Parkinson's disease and iatrogenic impulsive-compulsive behaviors: A case/non-case study to build a complete model of individual vulnerability6
Evaluation of a multicomponent positive psychology program to prevent gaming disorder and enhance mental wellness in primary pupils: A randomized controlled trial6
Salience and tolerance are not indicators of problematic social media use: Evidence from the Social Media Disorder Scale and the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale6
Dysfunctional reward processing amplifies stress-related smartphone overuse: Evidence from ERPs and ecological momentary assessment6
Negative emotions mediate the association between the topology of the complex brain network and smartphone use disorder: A resting-state EEG study6
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Exploring the role of the amygdala in Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder via a parcellation pipeline based on Recurrence Quantification Analysis6
Nonconforming gender expression and associated problematic smartphone and internet use among Chinese adolescents6
Compulsive sexual behavior disorder: The importance of research on women6
Temporal attentional bias to visual game stimuli in Internet gaming disorder6
Gambling along the schizotypal spectrum: The associations between schizotypal personality, gambling-related cognitions, luck, and problem gambling6
Implicit cognitions in problematic social network use6
My secret life as a sex addict: How I repaired the damage6
Taxonomy of toxic behaviors in multiplayer gaming environments: An extension of the context of peer aggression6
Machine Learning(s) in gaming disorder through the user-avatar bond: A step towards conceptual and methodological clarity6
Are there clinical, psychopathological and therapy outcomes correlates associated with self-exclusion from gambling?6
Regional brain activity of resting-state fMRI and auditory oddball ERP with multimodal approach in individuals with internet gaming disorder6
Online 8-week cognitive therapy for problem gamblers: The moderating effects of depression symptoms and perceived financial control5
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 fMRI5
Update on treatment studies for compulsive buying-shopping disorder: A systematic review5
Identifying internet addiction profiles and bridge connectors among Chinese college students and evaluating CBT vs. CBT+MBI interventions via a randomized controlled trial5
The relationship between trait mindfulness and problematic usage of the internet, screen time, and nomophobia: A systematic review and meta-analysis5
Development of the Saini-Hodgins Addiction Risk Potential of Games (SHARP-G) Scale: An International Delphi study5
Mobile phone addiction and suicide behaviors among Chinese adolescents: The mediation of poor sleep quality5
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 Survey (GeSiD)5
The potential relationship between loot box spending, problem gambling, and obsessive-compulsive gamers5
Corrigendum to: Gambling disorder, increased mortality, suicidality, and associated comorbidity: A longitudinal nationwide register study5
Compulsivity-related behavioral features of problematic usage of the internet: A scoping review of paradigms, progress, and perspectives5
Sports betting around the world: A systematic review5
From healthy play to gaming disorder: Psychological profiles from emotional regulation and motivational factors5
Construction and validation of the motives for smartphone use questionnaire5
From active escapism to virtual withdrawal: Validation of the Compensatory-Dissociative Online Gaming scales (C-DOGs)5
Gaming disorder and the COVID-19 pandemic: Treatment demand and service delivery challenges5
Impact of digital addiction on youth health: A systematic review and meta-analysis5
Structural brain differences related to compulsive sexual behavior disorder5
A pilot study of a dyadic ecological momentary assessment of parents' negative emotional states and adolescents' gaming duration5
Prevalence of celebrity worship: Development and application of the short version of the Celebrity Attitude Scale (CAS-7) on a large-scale representative sample5
Comparing functional impairments related to social network use disorder and internet gaming disorder5
How should race be best considered in understanding brain-behavior relationships? Implications for understanding onset of engagement in addictive behaviors and subsequent problems4
Between-session chasing of losses and wins in an online eCasino4
Interaction effect of mobile gaming addiction and excessive sugar-sweetened beverage consumption on overweight and obesity among schoolchildren: Evidence from a large population-based study in Guangzh4
Relationship between adverse childhood experiences and problematic internet use among young adults: The role of the feeling of loneliness trajectory4
Internet-based interventions for behavioral addictions: A systematic review4
An empirical investigation of the Pathways Model of problem gambling through the conjoint use of self-reports and behavioural tasks4
Childhood use of coin pusher and crane grab machines, and adult gambling: A conceptual replication of Newall et al. (2021)4
Features related to the presence of internet gaming disorder and their impact on the treatment outcomes4
Prediction of craving across studies: A commentary on conceptual and methodological considerations when using data-driven methods4
Problem gaming-related harm experienced by partners and parents of individuals with gaming problems and their help-seeking experiences4
Prevalence and clinical phenotypes of adult patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and comorbid behavioral addictions4
Effects of retrieval-extinction training on internet gaming disorder4
The withdrawal-related affective, gaming urge, and anhedonia symptoms of internet gaming disorder during abstinence4
Clinical consensus statements on change techniques for gambling treatment: A Delphi study with clinicians4
Is decreasing problematic mobile phone use a pathway for alleviating adolescent depression and sleep disorders? A randomized controlled trial testing the effectiveness of an eight-session mindfulness-4
Trajectory of problematic smartphone use among adolescents aged 10–18 years: The roles of childhood family environment and concurrent parent–child relationships4
The PornLoS Treatment Program: Study protocol of a new psychotherapeutic approach for treating pornography use disorder4
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