Psychology of Addictive Behaviors最新文献

{"title":"Decision-making impairments in binge drinking and cannabis use among young adults.","authors":"Pierre Maurage, Samuel Suarez-Suarez, Nicolas Mauny, Charlotte Montcharmont, Ludivine Ritz, Hélène Beaunieux","doi":"10.1037/adb0001089","DOIUrl":"10.1037/adb0001089","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The neurocognitive impairments related to binge drinking and cannabis use in youth are widespread. Decision-making abilities might also be altered but previous studies focused on a disjoint exploration of individuals with binge drinking habits and with cannabis use, and did not control for major confounding factors (e.g., comorbid psychopathological states or general cognitive level), generating contradictory results. In view of the key role played by decision-making impairments in the development of addictive disorders, sounder explorations of decision making are needed in subclinical populations.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A hundred university students divided in four groups (low drinkers, binge drinkers with no/low/high cannabis use, matched for demographic, psychopathological and cognitive abilities) performed the Iowa Gambling Task, a neuropsychological test measuring decision-making abilities under uncertainty/risk.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>When compared with low drinkers, binge drinkers with no/low cannabis use did not show decision-making deficits. Conversely, when combined with high cannabis use, binge drinking was related to impaired decision making, as shown by (a) lower total scores at the Iowa Gambling Task, indicating less efficient decision making under uncertainty/risk and (b) increased entropy in the choices made throughout the task, demonstrating a lower ability to develop efficient decision-making strategies.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>When controlling psychopathological states and general cognitive level, binge drinking per se is not associated with decision-making deficits. Conversely, when combined with intense cannabis use, it is related to marked decision-making impairments, which could promote the evolution toward substance use disorders. These results emphasize the importance of considering various forms of excessive substance use together when exploring their interaction with cognitive deficits in youth. We also identified the mechanisms underlying such neuropsychological deficits, paving the way for targeted interventions. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48325,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Addictive Behaviors","volume":" ","pages":"391-405"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145065871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Positive emotional harm prevention (safer) gambling messages: Results of an online experiment.","authors":"Philip Newall, Leonardo Weiss-Cohen, Simon T van Baal, Jamie Torrance, Maira Andrade, Archie Spicer, Leon Y Xiao","doi":"10.1037/adb0001138","DOIUrl":"10.1037/adb0001138","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The United Kingdom is set to replace gambling industry slogans such as \"gamble responsibly\" with independently designed messages. One of the seven independently designed Australian messages is a positive emotional message, intended to leverage positive feelings to enact behavioral change. This study sought to compare this and other proposed positive emotional messages against novel alternatives.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>U.K.-based gamblers (<i>N</i> = 4,204) rated 10 positive emotional messages on four Likert scales (e.g., \"this message makes me want to gamble less\"; \"this message is relevant to me\") and provided free-text responses. Participants also completed the Problem Gambling Severity Index to explore how message ratings varied with levels of gambling harm.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Two novel messages highlighting the positive impacts of not gambling on relationships and happiness scored the best when ratings were averaged across the four Likert scales. Messages appeared better suited to those who are experiencing gambling harms: Participants with nonzero Problem Gambling Severity Index scores reported consequently wanting to gamble less, and messages appeared relevant to participants with Problem Gambling Severity Index scores of 8+. Analysis of free-text comments revealed that only one message, based on a message used in New South Wales, Australia, yielded a positive average sentiment from participants (\"You're stronger than you think. Take the first step and speak to someone today\"). Some participants perceived a judgmental or guilt-inducing tone from messages.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>While existing Australian positive emotional messages scored well, some novel alternatives may perform even better. Positive emotional messages appear best suited for audiences who are already experiencing substantial gambling harms. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48325,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Addictive Behaviors","volume":" ","pages":"469-483"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147475329","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The role of distress tolerance in the momentary relationship between negative affect and drinking in daily life.","authors":"Matison W McCool, Ryan W Carpenter, Jarrod M Ellingson","doi":"10.1037/adb0001099","DOIUrl":"10.1037/adb0001099","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Individual differences in how well people are able to endure unwanted emotional states, or distress tolerance, may impact whether and how much people drink in response to negative affect, as well as the degree to which their negative affect declines after drinking. We examined trait distress tolerance as a moderator of the daily life association of negative affect with subsequent alcohol use, and vice versa.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Participants (<i>N</i> = 41) completed four assessments per day for 60 days. We examined whether distress tolerance moderates the relationship between cumulative negative affect so far that day and any subsequent alcohol use (vs. no use, Model 1; total drinks consumed, Model 2), as well as the cumulative number of drinks consumed and subsequent negative affect (Model 3).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Greater cumulative negative affect was associated with reporting greater cumulative alcohol quantities (Model 2), though not with any alcohol use (Model 1). Distress tolerance did not moderate these relationships. However, distress tolerance significantly moderated the association of cumulative drinks and subsequent negative affect. Simple slopes indicated that consuming more alcohol was associated with greater reductions in negative affect in participants with low distress tolerance.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Findings suggest a complicated relationship between negative affect, distress tolerance, and alcohol use. Greater reductions in negative affect following alcohol use in people with low distress tolerance may potentially place them at greater risk of developing alcohol use disorder. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48325,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Addictive Behaviors","volume":" ","pages":"367-377"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12448098/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145082133","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Compulsivity and impulse control in behavioral addictions: A bibliometric and conceptual analysis of global research trends, thematic gaps, and future directions.","authors":"Sajjad Basharpoor, Mahdi Naeim, Mohammad Narimani","doi":"10.1037/adb0001117","DOIUrl":"10.1037/adb0001117","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Compulsive and addictive behaviors represent a growing public health concern, driven by the proliferation of digital technologies and evolving diagnostic classifications. This study aimed to map the global trajectory, collaborative networks, and conceptual structure of research on compulsivity and impulse control in nonsubstance behavioral addictions.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A bibliometric and conceptual analysis was conducted on 1,591 peer-reviewed articles retrieved from Web of Science, Scopus, and PubMed (1992-2025). Publication trends, geographic distribution, and coauthorship patterns were quantified using Microsoft Excel and VOSviewer, while thematic clusters were identified through keyword co-occurrence with a minimum threshold of five co-occurrences. Data cleaning was performed using Python, automating the removal of duplicates and inconsistencies. Additionally, Python's matplotlib and seaborn libraries were used to visualize publication trends over time.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The cognitive-behavioral paradigm emerged as dominant, with key concepts such as \"impulsivity,\" \"compulsive behavior,\" and \"gambling\" at the network's core. Neurobiological and sociocultural dimensions formed secondary clusters, whereas computational and transdiagnostic perspectives remained underrepresented. Country and author collaboration networks highlighted the United States and leading scholars (e.g., Potenza, Grant) as central hubs.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The findings reveal significant terminological fragmentation and thematic silos, underscoring the need for standardized vocabularies and interdisciplinary integration. This comprehensive overview provides actionable insights for researchers, clinicians, and policymakers to advance unified frameworks, foster inclusive collaborations, and guide future investigations in the field of behavioral addictions. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48325,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Addictive Behaviors","volume":" ","pages":"460-468"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145709915","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Motivations for gambling and problem gambling: A systematic review and methodological critique.","authors":"Christopher G Floyd, Alexander J Connolly, Shane W Kraus, Joshua B Grubbs, Taylor O Mick-Keck","doi":"10.1037/adb0001137","DOIUrl":"10.1037/adb0001137","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Over the past 20 years, motivational models of gambling have emerged that highlight the influence of different gambling motives on problem gambling. Given that no comprehensive review exists on the topic, the purpose of the present work was initially to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of the empirical literature published up to May 2025 on the relationship between gambling motivations and problem gambling.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This systematic review followed Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines, querying databases for empirical, quantitative studies on gambling motives and problem gambling. Searches yielded 13,726 articles; after screening out articles that did not meet the inclusion criteria, a total of 141 studies were identified as relevant to the review.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Findings consistently underscored coping motives as the most consistent predictor of problems, with the relationship between other motives and problem gambling being more context-dependent. However, numerous methodological issues noted in studies precluded the ability to make meaningful comparisons between motives across studies. As such, we elected not to conduct a meta-analysis as this methodological variability undermines the reliability of any pooled effect size.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The review highlights that, despite significant progress over the past 2 decades, much research on gambling motives suffers from simplistic methodologies, flawed measurement conceptualizations, poor theoretical integration, and a lack of treatment-related studies. If these issues are not addressed, research on gambling motives will likely remain fragmented, with limited generalizability. As a result, there is a notable lack of evidence to reliably inform the translation of research findings into clinical practice. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48325,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Addictive Behaviors","volume":" ","pages":"445-459"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147391170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Daily state distress tolerance and alcohol use motivation among individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms who endorse hazardous alcohol use.","authors":"Maya Zegel, Jaye L Derrick, Matthew W Gallagher, Debra L Kaysen, Michael J Zvolensky, Anka A Vujanovic","doi":"10.1037/adb0001118","DOIUrl":"10.1037/adb0001118","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Hazardous drinking and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are both highly prevalent and frequently comorbid conditions that result in more severe outcomes than either individual condition. It is therefore a priority to identify malleable treatment mechanisms that may underlie the hazardous drinking-PTSD comorbidity to inform evidence-based intervention efforts. Distress tolerance (DT), or the perceived ability to withstand negative affect states, is theoretically relevant to both hazardous drinking and PTSD symptoms. DT is relatively stable, but recent work indicates that it also maintains statelike qualities. Past work has not examined state DT as it relates to PTSD symptoms and comorbid hazardous drinking.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The present study employed a national sample of adults with PTSD symptoms who endorsed hazardous alcohol use (<i>N</i> = 85; 71.8% female). Multilevel structural equation modeling (MSEM) was used to investigate the following aims using ecological momentary assessment over a 21-day period: examine whether lower state DT mediates the association between PTSD symptoms at baseline and latent variables of (a) alcohol use motivation (i.e., coping motives, craving, intention to drink) and (b) hazardous drinking behavior (i.e., consumption, drink recency, negative consequences).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A statistically significant indirect effect was observed such that higher baseline PTSD severity was associated with greater alcohol use motivation via lower state DT; however, this indirect effect was not significant for the model examining hazardous drinking behavior.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Results underscore the importance of assessing state DT in clinical interventions that support individuals managing PTSD symptoms and the craving, intention, and motivation to drink due to these symptoms as they navigate momentary challenges to engage with or avoid distress. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48325,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Addictive Behaviors","volume":" ","pages":"378-390"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13155467/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145907306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Attention to alcohol advertising causes elevated consumption via increased alcohol-related craving.","authors":"Daniel Rudaizky, Mahdi Mazidi, Reinout Wiers, Ben Grafton, Sera Wiechert, Lana Mrkonja, Colin MacLeod","doi":"10.1037/adb0001120","DOIUrl":"10.1037/adb0001120","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Alcohol advertising can induce craving and increase the consumption of alcohol, though individuals vary in their susceptibility. Recent findings suggest that attentional allocation toward alcohol adverts predicts subsequent alcohol craving and consumption. However, methodological limitations leave key issues unresolved, including whether attention to alcohol adverts causally impacts craving and consumption. This study tested the hypothesis that attentional allocation to alcohol adverts increases their impact on alcohol consumption via craving using an attentional manipulation approach.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Seventy-one undergraduate students, who reported enjoying drinking beer, were exposed to beer and soft drink adverts in a dual advert viewing task designed to manipulate attentional allocation toward or away from beer adverts. Following advert viewing, relative craving for beer versus soft drinks and preferential beer consumption were assessed. A mediation model examined whether this attentional manipulation influenced consumption via craving.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The attentional manipulation was successful, with participants in the \"attend beer adverts\" condition displaying a disproportionate attentional allocation toward beer adverts and those in the \"avoid beer adverts\" condition showing a disproportionate attentional allocation away from beer adverts. Mediation analysis, employing bootstrapped confidence intervals, confirmed that the attentional manipulation influenced beer consumption following advert viewing via its effect on beer craving.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These findings provide evidence that attentional allocation toward alcohol adverts causally influences alcohol consumption following advert exposure, mediated by its impact on alcohol craving. We discuss the implications of these findings for targeted interventions to mitigate the potentially harmful effects of alcohol advertising. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48325,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Addictive Behaviors","volume":" ","pages":"406-416"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146087770","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Alcohol's effects on decision making and cognitive processing in a reward uncertainty task.","authors":"Freya Whittaker, Angelica DeFalco, Rachel S Goldblum, John J Curtin, Daniel E Bradford","doi":"10.1037/adb0001105","DOIUrl":"10.1037/adb0001105","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Alcohol impairs judgment, often increasing risk-taking behaviors such as reckless driving and gambling, which can result in severe consequences. However, laboratory studies have inconsistently observed alcohol-induced risk taking, raising questions about the specific contexts in which these effects emerge. This study investigated alcohol's impact on decision making within a reward uncertainty framework.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Participants were given a moderate dose of alcoholic (<i>N</i> = 40), placebo (<i>N</i> = 40), or a nonalcoholic drink (<i>N</i> = 42) before completing a validated Reward Uncertainty Task in which they chose between certain and uncertain monetary rewards.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Nonintoxicated participants demonstrated an expected aversion to uncertainty, favoring certain rewards even when objectively less advantageous. Alcohol appeared to reduce this reward uncertainty aversion. No placebo effects were observed, indicating a pharmacological rather than expectancy effect. We also explored the neural mechanisms underlying these behaviors using the P3 event-related potential. Alcohol significantly attenuated the P3 response to choice presentations, reflecting disrupted cognitive processing, potentially facilitating riskier choices.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These findings complement previous research that showed alcohol dampens responses to uncertain aversive stressors, with a novel extension from aversive to appetitive domains. Future research should explore nuances in these effects to help aid targeted interventions for mitigating alcohol's negative impact on decision making. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48325,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Addictive Behaviors","volume":" ","pages":"417-421"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145514547","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Conditional administration of items in the Gambling Harms Measure: Psychometric justification and implications for efficiency.","authors":"Youssef Allami, Nolan B Gooding, Robert J Williams, Paul Delfabbro, Jonathan Parke, Rachel Volberg, David C Hodgins","doi":"10.1037/adb0001150","DOIUrl":"10.1037/adb0001150","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study evaluated the psychometric justification for conditionally administering the most severe items within subscales of the Gambling Harms Measure (GHM), a tool assessing gambling-related harms across six domains: financial, psychological, relationship, physical health, work/study, and legal.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Data were drawn from the third wave of an ongoing longitudinal study, with 2,849 participants completing the GHM. We computed item endorsement rates, crosstabs comparing each conditional item (most severe item within each subscale) with its preceding item, Cronbach's α with and without conditional items, tests of equivalence, and a paired-samples <i>t</i> test comparing total scores with and without conditional items. A confirmatory factor analysis evaluated potential changes in factorial structure due to conditional administration.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Conditional items were endorsed by 2.8%-4.7% of participants overall, and 1.1%-1.4% participants endorsed these items without endorsing the preceding item. Chi-square tests of independence yielded statistically significant associations across subscales (phi between .49 and .56), indicating moderate-to-strong associations between each conditional item and its preceding item. Cronbach's α for the full scale was .931, decreasing slightly to .927 when using the conditional scoring procedure. Paired <i>t</i> tests showed significant differences between total scores with and without conditional items (Cohen's <i>d</i> = 0.10-.0.12), but equivalence testing supported practical equivalence within 0.1 raw score bounds. Confirmatory factor analysis supported a single-factor model.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Conditional administration of the most severe items on the GHM preserves psychometric properties while reducing response burden. This method may enhance feasibility in large-scale surveys or screening interviews without compromising reliability or validity. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48325,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Addictive Behaviors","volume":" ","pages":"498-502"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147785865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Can the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale be adapted across contexts? Evidence from a COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments systematic review.","authors":"Jia Yuin Fam, Niko Männikkö","doi":"10.1037/adb0001149","DOIUrl":"10.1037/adb0001149","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale (BFAS) has served as a foundation for a series of adapted measures designed to assess social media-related behavioral addictions. Despite widespread application of these instruments, a systematic evaluation of their psychometric properties is lacking. This review aimed to evaluate the measurement properties of the BFAS and its adaptations using the COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN) methodology.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A systematic search was conducted to identify psychometric studies of the BFAS and its adapted versions, including the BFAS-18, Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (BSMAS), Bergen Mukbang Addiction Scale, Social Media Addiction during COVID-19 Pandemic scale, and Social Networks Addiction Scale-6 Symptoms. Eligible studies were assessed using the COSMIN Risk of Bias checklist, and the quality of evidence was graded according to the COSMIN-Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation approach.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 55 studies were included. The BFAS and BSMAS demonstrated strong evidence for structural validity, internal consistency, measurement invariance, and hypothesis testing, with high-quality evidence across multiple domains. The BFAS-18 and Bergen Mukbang Addiction Scale received more limited and inconsistent support, while the Social Media Addiction during COVID-19 Pandemic scale and Social Networks Addiction Scale-6 Symptoms remain underexplored with very low-quality evidence. Across all scales, evidence for content validity, reliability, measurement error, and responsiveness was sparse, highlighting important gaps.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The BFAS and BSMAS currently represent the most robust instruments for assessing Facebook and social media addiction, respectively. However, additional research is required to strengthen evidence for other adaptations, particularly in relation to content validity, measurement error, and responsiveness, as well as to evaluate linguistic and cultural invariance. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48325,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Addictive Behaviors","volume":" ","pages":"484-497"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147677836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}