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severe distress and to study if behavioral addictions are increasing problems in western society. Thus, validated tools are required to assess disease-specific symptoms in adolescents. There are now several robust psychometric tools that assess
The relationship between gaming disorder and addiction requires a behavioral analysis
Commentary on: Scholars’ open debate paper on the World Health Organization ICD-11 Gaming Disorder proposal (Aarseth et al.)
issues that arise from the debate letter. Primarily, we argue that the study and diagnosis of behavioral addictions should be determined by a deeper unit of analysis than is currently used, such as the behavioral mechanics of games. We then challenge the
behavioral addiction, of which other examples include addictions to gambling, video gaming, shopping, exercise, and sex ( Demetrovics & Griffiths, 2012 ). According to Griffiths’ ( 2005a ) components model of addiction, an individual is deemed to suffer from
. , & Billieux , J. ( 2017 ). How can we conceptualize behavioural addiction without pathologizing common behaviors? Addiction, 112 ( 10 ), 1709 – 1715 . doi: 10.1111/add.13763 10.1111/add.13763
( Griffiths, Kuss, & Demetrovics, 2014 ; Ryan, Chester, Reece, & Xenos, 2014 ). In fact, recent research conceptualizing excessive SNS use as a behavioral addiction found that nearly 10% of students endorsed a set of criteria traditionally thought of as being
addictive ( Meerkerk, Eijnden, & Garretsen, 2006 ). There has been a long debate about whether cybersex addiction should be defined as a behavioral addiction (e.g., de Alarcón et al., 2019 ). However, there is increasing evidence regarding the similarity
I. Szuromi 2008 Expanding the scope of dual diagnosis and co-addictions: Behavioral addictions Journal of Groups in Addiction and Recovery 3
brain networks associated with spiritual experiences. Given the importance of spirituality to recovery in behavioral addictions like gambling disorder ( Gavriel-Fried et al., 2019a , 2019b , 2019c ) and the relevance of understanding neural correlates
dependence, is a maladaptive pattern of excessive exercise behavior that manifests in physiological, psychosocial, and cognitive symptoms ( Hausenblas & Downs, 2002a ). Although PPPE falls within the field of behavioral addictions, similar to gambling
, Schoenmakers, Vermulst, Van Den Eijnden, & Van De Mheen, 2011 ), as well as the conditions associated with its excessive use, namely online gambling disorder (online GD) and Internet gaming disorder (IGD). GD is a behavioral addiction characterized by
