Frontiers in Psychology | Addictive Behaviors

Original Research

Published on 24 Jun 2025

Unmet psychological needs underlying mobile phone dependence among medical undergraduates: a qualitative study based on the basic psychological needs theory

in Addictive Behaviors

Jun Chen
Yanxia Guo
Ruiyu Huang
Gang Liu
Baolu Zhang

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1608607

358 views

Original Research

Published on 18 Jun 2025

Patterns of smartphone dependence and predictive factors in Chinese college freshmen: a latent profile analysis

in Addictive Behaviors

Liang Chen
Zhanyang Yuan
Minhui Jiang

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1592875

576 views

Original Research

Published on 18 Jun 2025

Stigmatisation of people experiencing gambling-related harms: a vignette study of the predictors of desire for social distance

in Addictive Behaviors

Joanne Lloyd
Katy L. Penfold
Darren David Chadwick
Laura Louise Nicklin
Daniel P. Hinton
Sokratis Dinos

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1613798

468 views

Original Research

Published on 13 Jun 2025

Self-control, academic anxiety, and mobile phone addiction: the moderating role of being an only child

in Addictive Behaviors

De Su
Jiahao Zhang
Yuanyuan Ma
Ze Geng

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1587279

749 views

Original Research

Published on 13 Jun 2025

Cumulative ecological risk and academic adjustment in freshmen: mediation by problematic mobile phone use and moderation by self-control

in Addictive Behaviors

Meiqi Yu
Yanyu Xia
Weihao Ye
Jinjun Zhang
Yanan Gu

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1554500

824 views

Original Research

Accepted on 10 Jun 2025

The Influence of Negative Emotions on Adolescents' Pathological Gaming: The Role of Self-control in the Associations with Aggression, Academic Stress, and Pathological Gaming

in Addictive Behaviors

Jeong Ae Kim
Jae In Choi
Sung Je Lee
Eui Jun Jeong

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1539162

200 views

Review

Accepted on 09 Jun 2025

Stock and Cryptocurrency Trading and Problem Gambling Behaviour during Early Phases of the COVID-19 pandemic: a Narrative Literature Review

in Addictive Behaviors

Natalie Leong Wei Leong
Yeo Hui Yu
Claudia Choong Startup
John Koh
Vinh-Long Tran-Chi
Cyrus SH Ho
Tji Tjian Chee

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1585094

249 views

Original Research

Published on 04 Jun 2025

The relation between game disorder and interruption during game is mediated by game craving

in Addictive Behaviors

Yanmeng Bao
Hui Zhou
Fengji Geng
Yuzheng Hu

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1579016

738 views

Original Research

Published on 27 May 2025

The influence of difficult child temperament and parenting stress on parental problematic smartphone use in early childhood: a moderated mediation analysis

in Addictive Behaviors

Larissa Schneebeli
Katrin Braune-Krickau
Anouk Joliat
Agnes von Wyl

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1517222

1,108 views

Systematic Review

Published on 15 May 2025

Mapping research on ICT addiction: a comprehensive review of Internet, smartphone, social media, and gaming addictions

in Addictive Behaviors

Livia I. Andrade
Marlon Santiago Viñán-Ludeña

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1578457

2,038 views

Original Research

Published on 14 May 2025

Cross-lagged analysis of mobile phone addiction and bedtime procrastination: a comparison of gender and perceived stress levels among Chinese college students

in Addictive Behaviors

Xiujian Lin
Xueping Fu
Yuhao Shen
Gaoyang Liu
Ningning Ding
Guohua Zhang
Jun Qian

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1588090

1,154 views

Original Research

Published on 28 Apr 2025

Cyberbullying victimization predicts substance use and mental health problems in adolescents: data from a large-scale epidemiological investigation

in Addictive Behaviors

Cláudio Romualdo
Wanderlei Abadio de Oliveira
Luciana Bertoldi Nucci
José Eugenio Rodríguez Fernández
Laura Soares da Silva
Evelin Moreira Freires
Amanda Severo Lins Vitta
Fernando Ferreira Semolini
Lucas da Rosa Ferro
Denise de Micheli

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1499352

1,811 views

Original Research

Published on 25 Apr 2025

The relationship between college students' belief in a just world and internet addiction: the moderating effect of legal cognition

in Addictive Behaviors

He Jianhua
Zhu Haoliang
Li Kanze
Xu Shuhui

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1557781

896 views

Original Research

Published on 22 Apr 2025

Physical activity and mobile phone addiction among Chinese college students: a chain mediation model of social anxiety and loneliness

in Addictive Behaviors

Xueqiang Zhu
Haitao Niu
Qingying Zhu
Wenjia Chen

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1545440

1,510 views

Systematic Review

Published on 17 Apr 2025

Association of Internet addiction with psychiatric symptom levels and sleep disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis

in Addictive Behaviors

Yuanlin Sun
Zhen Wang
Tianzhi Liu

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1573058

1,577 views

Original Research

Published on 16 Apr 2025

Work addiction, emotional dysregulation, addictive eating, and physical health among full-time employees in the United States

in Addictive Behaviors

Catherine So-Kum Tang

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1532636

1,017 views