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22.04.2024 | Original Article

Beyond the Wish: Actual Mobile Phone Use Surpassing Desire Brings More Distress

Mobile devices have become deeply embedded in adolescents’ social worlds. While prior research linked mobile phone use (MPU) and mental health outcomes among adolescents, few studies distinguished between actual-MPU and desired-MPU. This study …

verfasst von:
Jiabin Liu, Ru-De Liu, Yi Ding, Wei Hong, Yi Yang

16.04.2024 | Original Article

How Do Control Beliefs About Stress Relate to Depressive Symptoms in Chinese Healthcare Workers: The Mediating Role of Optimism and Cognitive Reappraisal

Increasing interest in understanding depressive symptoms in healthcare workers stems from their negative impact. Previous studies have highlighted the potential influence of lay beliefs about stress on depressive symptoms. However, no previous …

verfasst von:
Chengzhi Bai, Baoyu Bai, Hongxia Zhang, Jiaren Zheng

16.04.2024 | Original Article

Heterogeneity in Mobile Phone Addiction Among University Freshmen and its Relationship with Psychological Resilience: a Person-centered Approach

In this study, a person-centered approach was utilized to explore the heterogeneity of mobile phone addiction and its association with psychological resilience among 1272 Chinese university freshmen (Mage = 18.39, SD = 0.76; 61.40% female) with …

verfasst von:
Junqiang Dong, Yan Li, Yanfei Qu, Chunxia Xu, Hao Ji

Open Access 15.04.2024 | Correction

Correction: Binge Drinking and its Relationship with Suicidal Thoughts and Suicidal Attempts in University Students

verfasst von:
Pablo Juan-Salvadores, Luis Mariano de la Torre Fonseca, Antía Lafuente Pérez, Cesar Veiga, José A González-Nóvoa, Andrés Iñiguez Romo, Francisco Caamaño Isorna, Víctor Alfonso Jiménez Díaz

12.04.2024 | Original Article

Longitudinal Associations of Social Anxiety Trajectories with Internet-Related Addictive Behaviors Among College Students: A Five-Wave Survey Study

The college stage is characterized by increased interpersonal interaction and intense social anxiety. Although the associations between social anxiety and internet-related addictive behaviors have been established, the question of whether the …

verfasst von:
Xiaomeng Li, Xiaoyan Chen, Ya Zhu, Xuliang Shi

Open Access 09.04.2024 | Original Article

Association Between Preconception Maternal Mental Health-Related Hospitalisation (MHrH) and Outcomes During Pregnancy: A Population-Based Cohort Study in the Northern Territory, Australia

Comprehensive studies investigating the link between maternal hospitalisation for mental health conditions prior to pregnancy and adverse outcomes in pregnancy are scarce in Australia. We aimed to fill this gap by using 18 years of …

verfasst von:
Abel F. Dadi, Vincent He, Rosa Alati, Karen Hazell-Raine, Philip Hazell, Kiarna Brown, Steven Guthridge

09.04.2024 | Original Article

Mapping the Landscape of Internet Pornography, Loneliness, and Social Media Addiction: A CiteSpace Bibliometric Analysis

A comprehensive bibliometric analysis using CiteSpace explores global scientific research trends concerning internet pornography, loneliness, and social media addiction from 1993 to 2023. The study reveals disciplinary distributions, evolving …

verfasst von:
Abhishek Prasad, Kadhiravan Subramanian

Open Access 08.04.2024 | Original Article

Cannabidiol Compared to Pharmacological Treatment as Usual for Crack Use Disorder: A Feasibility, Preliminary Efficacy, Parallel, Double-Blind, Randomized Clinical Trial

Cannabidiol (CBD) has been studied for substance use disorders treatment due to its anxiolytic effects, for sleep, appetite, reduction of craving, and maintenance of abstinence. The study aims to assess CBD’s feasibility, safety/tolerability, and …

verfasst von:
Andrea Donatti Gallassi, André Wagner Carvalho de Oliveira, Larissa Alencar Rodrigues, Eduardo Yoshio Nakano, Pedro A. S. Ruas, José Antonio Iturri de La Mata, Ettore Ferrari Júnior, Juliano de Andrade Gomes, Mariana Emanuele Silva Caroba, Marianna Gabriella dos Santos Silva, Mariana G. Q. Vieira, Julia G. G. R. Reis, Jade Luiza Moreira Leite, Guilherme Henrique Alves de Lima, Jonathan Morais Lima, Yasmim P. V. Lima, Jorge A. A. Ribas, Nathalia A. L. das Chagas, Mateus A. Magalhães, Mateus F. da Silva, Renato Filev, Renato Malcher-Lopes

Open Access 08.04.2024 | Original Article

Unpacking the Myth in the Associations Between Self-control and Gaming Disorder in Children and Adolescents: A Comparison Between Traditional and Random Intercept Cross-lagged Panel Model Analyses

Internet gaming is becoming increasingly popular; however, children and adolescents are highly vulnerable to gaming disorder due to the underdevelopment of cognitive control. Longitudinal research providing empirical evidence confirming the …

verfasst von:
Di QI, Xiaomin LI, Shimin ZHU

Open Access 02.04.2024 | Original Article

Country Differences in the Effects of Individual Traits on Depression in Women in Europe

Mental health and, in particular, depression are of great global concern today, especially in middle- and high-income countries. These health issues show an unequal gender prevalence as they are more common in women than in men. The aim of this …

verfasst von:
M. Carolina Rodríguez-Donate, Imanol L. Nieto-González, Ginés Guirao-Pérez

Open Access 02.04.2024 | Original Article

Establishing Academic Burnout’s Relationship with Problematic Internet Use and Specific Health-Risk Behaviours: A Cross-sectional Study of Finnish Higher Education Students

Problematic Internet use is recognised as an emerging public health issue, particularly among young adults. Yet, there is scarce information on problematic Internet use as a predictor for academic burnout. This study aimed to identify academic …

verfasst von:
Niko Männikkö, Jussi Palomäki, Suvi Parikka, Ilmari Määttänen, Sari Castrén

Open Access 01.04.2024 | Original Article

Development and Validation of a Simple Risk Calculator for Alcohol-Related Adverse Outcomes: Results from a Composite Scale Approach in a Nationally Representative Sample

We tested how 5 simple variables, routinely collected in primary care (i.e., the 3 AUDIT-C items, age, and sex), could constitute a clinician-friendly risk calculator tool of the 3-year risk of several alcohol-related adverse outcomes (i.e. …

verfasst von:
Nicolas Hoertel, Marie Dosquet, Marina Sánchez-Rico, Jesús Godino-Cruz, Carlos Blanco, Henri-Jean Aubin, Géraldine Ducoutumany, Philip Gorwood, Henri Leleu, Guillaume Airagnes, Cédric Lemogne, Katayoun Rezaei, Hugo Peyre, Frédéric Limosin

27.03.2024 | Original Article

Specific Internet Disorders in University Students in Taiwan and Hong Kong: Psychometric Properties with Invariance Testing for the Traditional Chinese Version of the Assessment of Criteria for Specific Internet-Use Disorders (ACSID-11)

The Assessment of Criteria for Specific Internet-use Disorder (ACSID-11) is a psychometric instrument assessing different types of problematic internet use. The aim of the present study was to assess the psychometric properties of the traditional …

verfasst von:
Yu-Ting Huang, Kamolthip Ruckwongpatr, Ji-Kang Chen, Amir H. Pakpour, Yan-Li Siaw, Siti Rahayu Nadhiroh, Shikha Kukreti, Jung-Sheng Chen, Marc N. Potenza, Mark D. Griffiths, Chung-Ying Lin

Open Access 27.03.2024 | Original Article

The Use and Knowledge Around Vaping and Their Correlates Among University Students—A Cross-sectional Australian Study

The increasing prevalence of e-cigarette use (“vaping”) among youth has emerged as a public health concern. We aim to explore vape use, knowledge levels, and correlates in a sample of Australian young adults. Participants from six residential …

verfasst von:
Janni Leung, Rhiannon Ellem, Sophia Glasgow, Amy-Leigh Rowe, Lauren Gardner, Lily Davidson, Gabrielle Campbell, Nina Pocuca, Calvert Tisdale, Gary Chan, Leanne Hides

Open Access 27.03.2024 | Original Article

Social Media Addiction Predicts Compromised Mental Health as well as Perceived and Objective Social Isolation in Denmark: A Longitudinal Analysis of a Nationwide Survey Linked to Register Data

Social media addiction has previously been linked to compromised mental health and social isolation; however, most studies are cross-sectional or based on convenience samples. The objective of the current study was to assess the extent to which …

verfasst von:
Ziggi Ivan Santini, Lau Caspar Thygesen, Susan Andersen, Janne S. Tolstrup, Ai Koyanagi, Line Nielsen, Charlotte Meilstrup, Vibeke Koushede, Ola Ekholm

27.03.2024 | Original Article

Global, Regional, and National Burdens of Major Depressive Disorder and Dysthymia in Adolescents and Young Adults Aged 10–24 Years from 1990 to 2019: A Trend Analysis Based on the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

Objective The objective was to assess trends in the burdens of major depressive disorder (MDD) and dysthymia among adolescents and young adults aged 10–24 years from 1990 to 2019 at the global, regional, and national levels. Methods This study was …

verfasst von:
Lina Wang, Dongjun Zhang, Jiali Wu, Minrui Wang, Chenglin Zhang, Jiahan Gao, Haodong Zhao, Dehong Qin

25.03.2024 | Original Article

Gender Differences in Cannabis Outcomes After Recreational Cannabis Legalization: A United States Repeated Cross-sectional Study, 2008–2017

Cannabis use has been more prevalent among men than women and prior work has found differing impact of recreational cannabis laws (RCL) by age. We examined changes in the prevalence of past-year and past-month cannabis use, past-month daily …

verfasst von:
Luis E. Segura, Natalie S. Levy, Christine M. Mauro, Emilie Bruzelius, Pia M. Mauro, Sarah Gutkind, Morgan M. Philbin, Deborah S. Hasin, Silvia S. Martins

25.03.2024 | Original Article

Impulsivity and Compulsivity Dimensions in the Prediction of Substance Use and Depressive Symptoms Among Emerging Adults

Impulsivity and its different facets have been studied for decades as some of the main personality traits linked to psychopathology. However, in recent years, research has emphasized compulsivity as a more proximal risk factor for certain …

verfasst von:
Alvaro Vergés, Tomás Arriaza, Marcela Soto, María Elena Alvarado

Open Access 25.03.2024 | Original Article

The Effect of Mindfulness-based Psychoeducation on Negative Automatic Thoughts and Medication Adherence in Individuals with Cannabis Use Disorder: a Randomized Controlled Trial

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of mindfulness-based psychoeducation on negative automatic thoughts and medication adherence in individuals with cannabis use disorder. The randomized controlled study was conducted between September …

verfasst von:
Funda Kavak Budak, Aysel Akbeniz, Fatma Melike Erkan, Abdurrezzak Gültekin, Hatice Birgül Cumurcu

Open Access 25.03.2024 | Original Article

Characteristics and Risk of Adverse Mental Health Events Amongst Users of the National Overdose Response Service (NORS) Telephone Hotline

The National Overdose Response Service (NORS) is a Canadian mobile or virtual overdose response hotline intended to prevent drug overdose deaths but has unexpectedly received mental health related calls, including adverse mental health events. Our …

verfasst von:
Dylan Viste, Will Rioux, Nathan Rider, Taylor Orr, Nora Cristall, Dallas Seitz, S. Monty Ghosh