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Behavior, Addictive - Psychology
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Definition of 'Behavior, Addictive'The observable, measurable, and often pathological activity of an organism that portrays its inability to overcome a habit resulting in an insatiable craving for a substance or for performing certain acts. The addictive behavior includes the emotional and physical overdependence on the object of habit in increasing amount or frequency. Common names: Behavior, Addictive; Addictive Behavior; Addictive Behaviors; Behaviors, Addictive |
Saturday, November 21, 2009
29 Sep 2009 
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the predictive values of psychiatric symptoms for the occurrence of Internet addiction and to determine the sex differences in the predictive value of psychiatric symptoms for the occurrence of Internet addiction in ... Read more...
[Computer games in childhood and adolescence: relations to addictive behavior, ADHD, and aggression]
30 Aug 2009 Playing computer games has become one of the main leisure activities in children and adolescents and increasingly replaces traditional playing and interactional activities. There might exist developmental benefits or positive effects of computer ... Read more...
Using virtual reality to assess young adult smokers' attention to cues.
30 Jul 2009 Cigarette smokers, when confronted with cues associated with smoking, evidence strong reactions, including increased attentional bias toward those smoking-related cues. These reactions have not been extensively studied in young adult smokers, a ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Behavior, Addictive - Psychology'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Predictive values of psychiatric symptoms for internet addiction in adolescents: a 2-year prospective study. 29 Sep 2009
- [Computer games in childhood and adolescence: relations to addictive behavior, ADHD, and aggression] 30 Aug 2009
- Using virtual reality to assess young adult smokers' attention to cues. 30 Jul 2009
- Why do young adults develop a passion for Internet activities? The associations among personality, revealing "true self" on the Internet, and passion for the Internet. 30 Jul 2009
- Repeated dosing with oral cocaine in humans: assessment of direct effects, withdrawal, and pharmacokinetics. 30 Jul 2009
- Extremely frequent behavior in consumer research: theory and empirical evidence for chronic casino gambling. 12 Jul 2009
- Affect-regulation expectancies among Gamblers. 5 Jul 2009
- Electronic gaming machine gambling: measuring motivation. 5 Jul 2009
- A comparison of ambient casino sound and music: effects on dissociation and on perceptions of elapsed time while playing slot machines. 5 Jul 2009
- Assessment of problem gambling in a Chinese context: the Chinese G-MAP. 30 Jun 2009
- Relations between anhedonia and smoking motivation. 29 Jun 2009
- Chronic preexposure to methylphenidate cross-sensitizes methamphetamine in male Japanese quail. 29 Jun 2009
- Diaries from cannabis users: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. 29 Jun 2009
- Youth Internet use: risks and opportunities. 29 Jun 2009
- Barriers to seeking help for gambling problems: a review of the empirical literature. 22 Jun 2009
- Clinical and laboratory assessment of the subjective experience of drug craving. 9 Jun 2009
- [Child welfare and new media--the computer is my best friend]
2 Jun 2009 - Non-substance and substance addictions. 30 May 2009
- Problem gamblers share deficits in impulsive decision-making with alcohol-dependent individuals. 30 May 2009
- Progressive stage transition does mean getting better: a further test of the Transtheoretical Model in recovery from alcohol problems. 30 May 2009
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Technical information about 'Behavior, Addictive'
Definition: The observable, measurable, and often pathological activity of an organism that portrays its inability to overcome a habit resulting in an insatiable craving for a substance or for performing certain acts. The addictive behavior includes the emotional and physical overdependence on the object of habit in increasing amount or frequency.
Descriptor UI: D016739
Alternative terms: Behavior, Addictive; Addictive Behavior; Addictive Behaviors; Behaviors, Addictive;
Related Mesh Headings: Substance-Related Disorders;
Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;
Tree Number: F01.145.527.100.120;
History Note: 92
Technical Notes: use Cat F3 qualif