serval:BIB_439AF86DB298
Are we overpathologizing everyday life? A tenable blueprint for behavioral addiction research
10.1556/2006.4.2015.009
000362030800001
26014667
http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26014667
Billieux
Joël
author
Schimmenti
Adriano
author
Khazaal
Yasser
author
Maurage
Pierre
author
Heeren
Alexandre
author
article
2015
Journal of Behavioral Addictions
2062-5871
2063-5303
journal
4
3
119-123
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.
DSM
behavioral addictions
diagnosis
everyday behaviors
mental health
psychopathology
eng
60_published
true
peer-reviewed
University of Lausanne
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