Editorial Office, Journal of Internal Medicine, Belgium
Review
Using the "Addictive" Use of Social Media as an Example, Deconstruct the Components of the Addiction Model
Author(s): Tina Erickson*
According to the components model of addiction, all addictions have salience, tolerance, mood modulation, relapse, withdrawal, and conflict in common. Numerous psychometric tools have been created as a result of this highly effective model, which assess addictive behaviours in accordance with these standards. But according to recent research, certain elements in the context of behavioral addictions are peripheral characteristics that do not differentiate between pathological and nonpathological behaviour. We tested whether these 6 components actually evaluate core features of addiction or whether some of them comprise peripheral features that are not indicative of a disorder by using "addictive" use of social media as an example.
The Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale, a 6-item psychometric instrument developed from the components model of addiction to evaluate s.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/ 1840-4529.23.15(3).1-2
