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{"title":"Smokeless tobacco use and dental care utilization, using a National dataset","authors":"R. Constance Wiener","doi":"10.1016/j.abrep.2022.100472","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.abrep.2022.100472","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Smokeless tobacco use has serious oral health consequences. The purpose of this current research is to determine the level of dental care utilization among individuals with smokeless tobacco use as compared with individuals who do not use smokeless tobacco.</p></div><div><h3>Method</h3><p>The U.S. national dataset, 2020 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), was the data source for the cross-sectional study. Smokeless tobacco use and having a dental visit within the previous year were determined from the BRFSS questionnaire. There were 94,821participants included. Chi square and logistic regression analyses were conducted.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>There was a significant relationship with smokeless tobacco use and not having a dental visit within the previous year even after adjusting for sex, race/ethnicity, age, education, income, health insurance, smoking, and region. The adjusted odds ratio was 1.42 (95 %CI: 1.17, 1.69; <em>p</em> = 0.0002).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Individuals who use smokeless tobacco products are less likely to have a dental visit within the previous year.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":38040,"journal":{"name":"Addictive Behaviors Reports","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/4d/b7/main.PMC9720355.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10371173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Measuring loot box consumption and negative consequences: Psychometric investigation of a Swedish version of the Risky Loot Box Index","authors":"David Forsström ,&nbsp;Gabriel Chahin ,&nbsp;Samuel Savander ,&nbsp;Rune A. Mentzoni ,&nbsp;Sally Gainsbury","doi":"10.1016/j.abrep.2022.100453","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.abrep.2022.100453","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Loot boxes are products in videogames that is earned by playing a video game or by buying them. Loot boxes has similar mechanisms as a lottery and there is an ongoing debate if loot boxes are gambling. However, to understand the potential harm of loot boxes valid instruments are needed. An English study psychometrically evaluated an instrument focused on risky loot box use called the Risky Loot Box Index. The study evaluated 12 item scale and based on a factor analysis it was reduced to a five-item scale. The aim of our study is to evaluate a Swedish version of the 12-item instrument from a psychometric perspective. Two samples recruited via an online survey were used. The first sample was recruited from the gambling site Unibet. A mail with an invitation to participate was sent to esports bettors and sport bettors at the gambling site. The second sample was recruited from a Facebook forum focused on e-sports. An invitation was posted on the forum to partake in the study. A total of 195 of respondents (96% men and 4% women) with a mean age of 33.76 (SD = 12.34) answered the Unibet survey and 169 respondents (96% men and 4% women and non-binary) with a mean age of 23.89 (SD = 5.52) answered the Facebook survey. An exploratory factor analysis yielded a two-factor seven item solution. The factors were overconsumption regarding time spent on loot boxes and the other factor was focused on overconsumption of loot boxes in terms of spending money. The confirmatory factor analysis conducted in the Facebook sample validated the result from the exploratory factor analysis. The conclusion of the study is that the Swedish version of the Risky Loot Index has good psychometric properties and can used to measure risky loot box consumption.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":38040,"journal":{"name":"Addictive Behaviors Reports","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9483729/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33468983","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Online Gambling Disorder Questionnaire (OGD-Q): An item r‘esponse theory examination","authors":"V. Stavropoulos ,&nbsp;K. Monger ,&nbsp;Daniel Zarate ,&nbsp;Maria Prokofieva ,&nbsp;Bruno Schivinski","doi":"10.1016/j.abrep.2022.100449","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.abrep.2022.100449","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Gambling disorder behaviours, such as one’s preoccupation with gambling and/or mood modification due to gambling, have been proposed to differ in their diagnostic weight/importance, especially when informing diagnostic scales. Such potential differences are imperative to be considered to improve assessment accuracy. The latter is particularly important in the light of the rapidly increasing gambling opportunities offered online. To contribute to this area of knowledge, the current study assessed an online adult community sample (<em>N</em> = 968, <em>M_age</em> = 29.5 years, <em>SD_age</em> = 9.36 years) regarding their responses on the Online Gambling Disorder Questionnaire (OGD-Q). Item response theory (IRT) procedures examined the psychometric properties of the instrument, at both the item and the scale level. Results indicated that the OGD-Q demonstrated good capacity to reliably assess problem gambling and differentiate between individuals at similar levels of the trait, particularly between 1 and 3 SDs above the mean. The findings also showed OGD-Q components/items possess varying discrimination capacities, whilst they also differ in reliability across respondents with different levels of disordered gambling behaviours. Thus, it is supported that consideration is required regarding the differential weighting of one’s item responses in the assessment procedure, taking concurrently into account their severity of disordered gambling behaviours.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":38040,"journal":{"name":"Addictive Behaviors Reports","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/d4/ff/main.PMC9399468.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33444053","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Examining differential responses to the Take Care of Me trial: A latent class and moderation analysis","authors":"Jona R. Frohlich ,&nbsp;Karli K. Rapinda ,&nbsp;Michael P. Schaub ,&nbsp;Andreas Wenger ,&nbsp;Christian Baumgartner ,&nbsp;Edward A. Johnson ,&nbsp;Matthijs Blankers ,&nbsp;David D. Ebert ,&nbsp;Heather D. Hadjistavropoulos ,&nbsp;Corey S. Mackenzie ,&nbsp;Jeffrey D. Wardell ,&nbsp;Jason D. Edgerton ,&nbsp;Matthew T. Keough","doi":"10.1016/j.abrep.2022.100437","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.abrep.2022.100437","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Given prevalent alcohol misuse-emotional comorbidities among young adults, we developed an internet-based integrated treatment called <em>Take Care of Me</em>. Although the treatment had an impact on several secondary outcomes, effects were not observed for the primary outcome. Therefore, the goal of the current study was to examine heterogeneity in treatment responses. The initial RCT randomized participants to either a treatment or psychoeducational control condition. We conducted an exploratory latent class analysis to distinguish individuals based on pre-treatment risk and then used moderated regressions to examine differential treatment responses based on class membership. We found evidence for three distinct groups. Most participants fell in the “low severity” group (n = 123), followed by the “moderate severity” group (n = 57) who had a higher likelihood of endorsing a previous mental health diagnosis and treatment and higher symptom severity than the low group. The “high severity” group (n = 42) endorsed a family history of alcoholism, and the highest symptom severity and executive dysfunction. Moderated regressions revealed significant class differences in treatment responses. In the treatment condition, high severity (relative to low) participants reported higher alcohol consumption and hazardous drinking and lower quality of life at follow-up, whereas moderate severity (relative to low) individuals had lower alcohol consumption at follow-up, and lower hazardous drinking at end-of-treatment. No class differences were found for participants in the control group. Higher risk individuals in the treatment condition had poorer responses to the program. Tailoring interventions to severity may be important to examine in future research.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":38040,"journal":{"name":"Addictive Behaviors Reports","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352853222000323/pdfft?md5=9f82b1fe90e5c0ee8eb71bd375c33190&pid=1-s2.0-S2352853222000323-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46013078","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Analysis of trends and usage of ICD-10-CM discharge diagnosis codes for poisonings by fentanyl, tramadol, and other synthetic narcotics in emergency department data","authors":"Shannon M. Casillas,&nbsp;Lawrence Scholl,&nbsp;Desiree Mustaquim,&nbsp;Alana Vivolo-Kantor","doi":"10.1016/j.abrep.2022.100464","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.abrep.2022.100464","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Synthetic opioids, including illicitly manufactured fentanyls, are driving recent increases in US overdose deaths. Beginning October 2020, the International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) code for poisonings involving synthetic narcotics (T40.4X) was split into three codes: fentanyl (T40.41), tramadol (T40.42), and other synthetic narcotics (T40.49). Emergency department data from October 2019–September 2021 in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Syndromic Surveillance Program BioSense platform were queried for synthetic opioid codes in the chief complaint and discharge diagnosis fields. Trend analyses assessed average monthly percent change overall and by sex and age. Emergency department visits for overdoses involving synthetic narcotics increased on average 3.2 % each month before the code split and 4.8 % after. Visits with fentanyl codes drove this increase after the split, accounting for most visits among males, females, and every age group except ≥ 65 years. The average monthly percent increase for ED visits for fentanyl-involved overdoses was greater than for all synthetic narcotics combined (i.e., T40.41, T40.42, and/or T40.49), suggesting that the old code (T40.4X) masked the full extent of the increase in ED visits for fentanyl overdoses. Usage of these new codes can improve tracking of non-fatal synthetic opioid overdose trends.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":38040,"journal":{"name":"Addictive Behaviors Reports","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9661429/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40708820","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The direct effect of drinking to cope on alcohol problems is not mediated by alcohol consumption: Invariance across gender and countries","authors":"Ruichong Shuai ,&nbsp;Adrian J. Bravo ,&nbsp;Justin J. Anker ,&nbsp;Matt G. Kushner ,&nbsp;Lee Hogarth","doi":"10.1016/j.abrep.2022.100469","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.abrep.2022.100469","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Drinking to cope with negative affect confers a direct risk of alcohol problems independently of greater alcohol consumption (i.e., confers susceptibility to the alcohol harm paradox). However, it remains unclear whether this risk is common across gender and countries.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>The current study applied path analysis to two cross-sectional samples of 18–25-year-old undergraduate hazardous drinking students recruited from the UK (Study 1; N = 873) and internationally (Study 2; N = 4064 recruited in Argentina, Canada, South Africa, Spain, Uruguay, USA, and England). The Drinking Motives Questionnaire (DMQ) measured drinking to cope with negative affect and drinking to enhance positive affect (i.e., enhancement motives). The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) measured alcohol consumption and problems.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>In both studies, drinking to cope with negative affect had a direct effect on alcohol problems (S1: <em>β</em> = 0.259, SE = 0.031, <em>p</em> &lt;.001; S2: <em>β</em> = 0.255, SE = 0.017, <em>p</em> &lt;.001), and only a negligible proportion of this effect was mediated by alcohol consumption (S1: 2.58 %, <em>p</em> =.550; S2: 0.79 %, <em>p=</em>.538). By contrast, drinking to enhance positive affect had a smaller direct effect on alcohol problems (S1: <em>β</em> = 0.000, SE = 0.033, <em>p</em> =.989; S2: <em>β</em> = 0.044, SE = 0.017, <em>p</em> =.009), and a substantial proportion of this effect was mediated by greater alcohol consumption (S1: 99.76 %, <em>p</em> &lt;.001; S2: 60.36 %, <em>p</em> &lt;.001). Crucially, in both studies, the direct effect of drinking to cope on alcohol problems was invariant across gender and countries.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>These findings suggest that individuals who endorse drinking to cope with negative affect are uniquely susceptible to the alcohol harm paradox, that is, greater alcohol problems which cannot be explained by greater alcohol consumption, and this susceptibility is common across gender and countries.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":38040,"journal":{"name":"Addictive Behaviors Reports","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9640946/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9591594","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Tramadol misuse in treatment-seeking adolescents and young adults with problematic substance use – Prediction of treatment retention","authors":"Eleonora Almér Herrnsdorf ,&nbsp;Alexander Holmstedt ,&nbsp;Anders Håkansson","doi":"10.1016/j.abrep.2022.100446","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.abrep.2022.100446","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Non-medical prescription use of opioids (NMPUO) is a public health concern worldwide. Recently, tramadol misuse is increasing, but the systematic research of misuse of this specific opioid is limited. This study set out to assess the relationship between tramadol use and completion of treatment for substance use among adolescents and adults ≤ 25 years in an outpatient clinical setting. A retrospective cohort study of treatment outcome, expressed as “completion” or “non-completion” of treatment, was conducted in treatment-seeking adolescents with problematic substance use (n = 335). Data was extracted from Ung-DOK interviews, a semi-structured assessment instrument designed for adolescents with substance abuse. The study included all treatment-seeking patients at an out-patient facility in 2014–2017. A total of 26% (n = 88) were tramadol users (life-time prevalence). Twenty percent (n = 66) of all treatments were non-completed. Tramadol users were significantly more likely than non-users to drop out of treatment (35% vs 15%, p &lt; 0.001). In multivariate logistic regression, tramadol use and age 18 and above were factors significantly associated with non-completion. Tramadol use was statistically significantly associated with non-completion of treatment. Further research addressing treatment needs and treatment completion among tramadol users is needed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":38040,"journal":{"name":"Addictive Behaviors Reports","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9304593/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40631550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Simultaneous alcohol and marijuana use among college students in the United States, 2006–2019","authors":"Audrey Hang Hai ,&nbsp;Kate B. Carey ,&nbsp;Michael G. Vaughn ,&nbsp;Christina S. Lee ,&nbsp;Cynthia Franklin ,&nbsp;Christopher P. Salas-Wright","doi":"10.1016/j.abrep.2022.100452","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.abrep.2022.100452","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>Simultaneous alcohol and marijuana (SAM) use exposes college students to a myriad of adverse consequences. However, there is no recent nationally representative study on SAM use among college students in the United States (US). To provide an update to the literature, the present study aimed to examine the trends, prevalence, and correlates of SAM use among US college students between 2006 and 2019, using nationally representative data.</p></div><div><h3>Method</h3><p>We used data from the 2006–2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) and the analytic sample was limited to the 55,669 full-time college student respondents (ages 18–22). Using logistic regression analysis, we assessed trends in SAM use prevalence and examined sociodemographic and psycho-social-behavioral correlates of SAM use.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The proportion of US college students who reported SAM use increased significantly from 8.13% (2006–2010) to 8.44% (2015–2019). However, examination by race/ethnicity revealed that the increasing trend was largely driven by Black college students, whose SAM use prevalence increased significantly from 5.50% (2006–2010) to 9.30% (2015–2019), reflecting a 69.09% increase. SAM use rates did not change significantly among other racial/ethnic groups.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>This study uncovered an upward trend and prevalence of SAM use among US college students, calling for more research and public health interventions in this area. At-risk subgroups that warrant more attention include college students who are Black, female, above the legal drinking age, have a lower than $20,000 household income, and reside in small metropolitan areas.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":38040,"journal":{"name":"Addictive Behaviors Reports","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/c2/ba/main.PMC9465098.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40359660","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Use of plant-based hallucinogens and dissociative agents: U.S. Time Trends, 2002–2019","authors":"Claire A. Walsh ,&nbsp;Ofir Livne ,&nbsp;Dvora Shmulewitz ,&nbsp;Malki Stohl ,&nbsp;Deborah S. Hasin","doi":"10.1016/j.abrep.2022.100454","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.abrep.2022.100454","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Aims</h3><p>Information on time trends in use of different plant-based hallucinogens is lacking. The current study used nationally representative U.S. data to assess overall and age-specific time trends in the prevalence of lifetime and 12-month use of plant-based hallucinogens and dissociative agents.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Participants were respondents aged ≥ 12 years (N = 1,006,051) from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002–2019. Predictors were continuous years. Outcomes included illicit use of peyote, mescaline, psilocybin, ketamine, salvia, and tryptamine. Sociodemographic variables (gender; age; race/ethnicity; educational level; family income) were modeled as covariates. Trends were estimated overall and by age (12–17, 18–25, 26+). Prevalence differences [PDs] were obtained for each category, along with 95 % confidence intervals [CI].</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Increases in lifetime use were observed for psilocybin (2002–2019 PD=+1.61), tryptamine (2006–2014 PD=+0.55; 2015–2019 PD=+0.44), and ketamine (2006–2014 PD=+0.27; 2015–2019 PD=+0.21). Mescaline use decreased (PD = −0.89). While overall lifetime salvia use increased between 2006 and 2014 (PD=+1.81), prevalence did not change between 2015 and 2019. Twelve-month use of tryptamine and ketamine increased between 2006 and 2014 (PD=+0.14; +0.03, respectively). Twelve-month ketamine use also increased from 2015 to 2019 (PD=+0.03). By age, participants aged 12–17 and 18–25 showed decreases in use of most types of hallucinogens, but those age 26+ generally showed increases.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>While use of plant-based hallucinogens and dissociative agents remains rare, lifetime use of ketamine, tryptamine, and psilocybin is increasing in adults. Considering these increases alongside concerns about unsupervised use of illicit products whose dose and composition is uncertain, clinicians and policymakers should remain mindful of the rising rates of illicit use in the general population.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":38040,"journal":{"name":"Addictive Behaviors Reports","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/3f/41/main.PMC9471967.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10722790","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The role of desire thinking in the problematic use of social networking sites among adults","authors":"Lejla Mustoo Başer ,&nbsp;Fikret Poyraz Çökmüş ,&nbsp;Selma Tvrtković ,&nbsp;Faruk Obuća ,&nbsp;Pınar Ünal-Aydın ,&nbsp;Orkun Aydın ,&nbsp;Marcantonio M. Spada","doi":"10.1016/j.abrep.2022.100463","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.abrep.2022.100463","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The problematic use of social networking sites (SNS) is associated with several psychiatric disorders. This behavior closely resembles addiction in terms of neurological basis and behavioral patterns. Nevertheless, successful intervention strategies and the etiology of problematic SNS use are not yet thoroughly investigated. We aimed to study whether desire thinking is associated with problematic SNS use among adults when controlling for some confounders, including boredom, affect, and impulsivity. With the help of convenience sampling, we enrolled 546 Turkish adults in this study to whom we administered a sociodemographic form, the Social Media Addiction Scale (SMAS), the Leisure Boredom Scale (LBS), the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11), and the Desire Thinking Questionnaire (DTQ). To explore the association between the variables, we performed Pearson correlational and hierarchical regression analyses. The results showed that higher scores on two sub-dimensions of desire thinking, namely verbal perseveration and imaginal prefiguration, were associated with higher scores on problematic SNS use after we controlled for boredom, affect, and impulsivity. This study demonstrates that desire thinking may play a role in problematic SNS use among adults. We recommend targeting desire thinking as a potential area in treatments which may help alleviate problematic SNS use.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":38040,"journal":{"name":"Addictive Behaviors Reports","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/59/a4/main.PMC9552017.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33512262","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}