Thinking beyond cut-off scores in the assessment of potentially addictive behaviors: A brief illustration in the context of binge-watching

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Title
Thinking beyond cut-off scores in the assessment of potentially addictive behaviors: A brief illustration in the context of binge-watching
Journal
Journal of Behavioral Addictions
Author(s)
Billaux Pauline, Billieux Joël, Baggio Stéphanie, Maurage Pierre, Flayelle Maèva
ISSN
2062-5871
2063-5303
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2023
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
12
Number
2
Pages
303-308
Language
english
Abstract
While applying a diagnostic approach (i.e., comparing “clinical” cases with “healthy” controls) is part of our methodological habits as researchers and clinicians, this approach has been particularly criticized in the behavioral addictions research field, in which a lot of studies are conducted on “emerging” conditions. Here we exemplify the pitfalls of using a cut-off-based approach in the context of binge-watching (i.e., watching multiple episodes of series back-to-back) by demonstrating that no reliable cut-off scores could be determined with a widely used assessment instrument measuring binge-watching.
Keywords
Behavioral addictions, addictive behaviors, binge-watching, cut-off scores, sensitivity, specificity, diagnostic accuracy, overpathologisation
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