Titre
Are we overpathologizing everyday life? A tenable blueprint for behavioral addiction research
Type
article
Institution
Externe
Périodique
Auteur(s)
Billieux, Joël
Auteure/Auteur
Schimmenti, Adriano
Auteure/Auteur
Khazaal, Yasser
Auteure/Auteur
Maurage, Pierre
Auteure/Auteur
Heeren, Alexandre
Auteure/Auteur
Liens vers les personnes
ISSN
2062-5871
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2015
Volume
4
Numéro
3
Première page
119
Dernière page/numéro d’article
123
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Langue
anglais
Résumé
Background Behavioral addiction research has been particularly flourishing over the last two decades. However, recent publications have suggested that nearly all daily life activities might lead to a genuine addiction. Methods and aim In this article, we discuss how the use of atheoretical and confirmatory research approaches may result in the identification of an unlimited list of "new" behavioral addictions. Results Both methodological and theoretical shortcomings of these studies were discussed. Conclusions We suggested that studies overpathologizing daily life activities are likely to prompt a dismissive appraisal of behavioral addiction research. Consequently, we proposed several roadmaps for future research in the field, centrally highlighting the need for longer tenable behavioral addiction research that shifts from a mere criteria-based approach toward an approach focusing on the psychological processes involved.
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serval:BIB_439AF86DB298
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URL éditeur
Open Access
Oui
Date de création
2020-01-10T08:31:04.482Z
Date de création dans IRIS
2025-05-20T14:02:34Z
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Billieux_JBA_2015+comments.pdf
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Licence
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