background in recent years, many studies have been conducted to establish the causes of people’s tendency to become addicted and researchers have also tried to determine the amount, importance and role of each individual and environmental factor. objectives with regard to the inconsistencies in previous research results, this study aims to use meta-analysis in order to integrate the results of ...

While the popularity of social network applications continues to grow, increasing cases of social networkmental disorders (SNMDs) are also noted. For behavioral therapy of SNMDs, an idea, similar to providing electronic cigareŠes to addictive smokers, is to substitute highly-addictive newsfeeds with safer, less-addictive ones to those users. Nevertheless, this idea faces two major challenges: 1...

INTRODUCTION The current study applied egocentric social network analysis (SNA) to investigate the prevalence of addictive behavior and co-occurring substance use in college students' networks. Specifically, we examined individuals' perceptions of the frequency of network members' co-occurring addictive behavior and investigated whether co-occurring addictive behavior is spread evenly throughou...

BACKGROUND Consumption of chronic morphine induces neuro-inflammation and addictive seeking behavior. Ginger (Zingiber Officinale Roscoe), a well-known spice plant, has been used traditionally in the treatment of a wide variety of ailments. It has been shown that ginger has anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidative and antinociceptive properties. However, its influences on morphine-induced addictive be...

PURPOSES This study examined the prevalence of addictive Internet use and analyzed the role of parental relationship in affecting this behavior among a random sample of adolescents in Wuhan, China. METHODS Students (n = 1,101) were randomly selected from four schools, including 638 boys and 463 girls with a mean age of 13.8 (standard deviation = 1.2) years. Addictive Internet use, parental re...

Focusing on World of Warcraft (WoW), the most popular massive multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG), the present article stresses, that, similarly to addictive drugs, certain features of Internet applications may act on the mesolimbic dopaminergic system, and thus become addictive. The distinction is made between addictive products (e.g. nicotine, specific stimuli), first order vectors ...

objectives the aim of the study was to explore the gendered experiences and patterns of illicit drug use initiation in an iranian context. patients and methods a total of 29 participants (15 men and 14 women) took part in in-depth interviews conducted at a hiv triangulation clinic (for men and women) and drop-in-center for women in kerman in 2011. results the results of the study suggest that p...

BACKGROUND Over the last twenty years metacognitive theory has provided a novel framework, in the form of the Self-Regulatory Executive Function (S-REF) model, for conceptualizing psychological distress (Wells & Matthews, 1994, 1996). The S-REF model proposes that psychological distress persists because of unhelpful coping styles (e.g. extended thinking and thought suppression) which are activa...

Addictive behaviours have common symptoms due to the physiological basis of these kinds disorders. In this article a brief review mechanisms addictive is shown. There also preventive proposal in order avoid lack personal balance that could lead into behaviours. It related our self-discovery and ability serve or help other human beings.