SynthesisEvaluation & the health professions2011
Prevalence of the addictions: a problem of the majority or the minority?
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167 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 588 citations in OpenAlex.
- Problematic Love Behaviors and Correlated Factors: A Systematic Review with Subgroup Meta-Analysis Including Gender/Sex Moderation.Archives of sexual behavior · 2026Pooled it
- The prevalence of workaholism: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Pooled it
- Brain network dysfunctions in addiction: a meta-analysis of resting-state functional connectivity.Translational psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Risk and protective factors of drug abuse among adolescents: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2021Pooled it
- Shared gray matter alterations in subtypes of addiction: a voxel-wise meta-analysis.Psychopharmacology · 2021Pooled it
- Workaholism Prevention in Occupational Medicine: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- The efficacy of Personalized Normative Feedback interventions across addictions: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
- Shared gray matter alterations in individuals with diverse behavioral addictions: A voxel-wise meta-analysis.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2020Pooled it
- High calorie, low nutrient food/beverage intake and video gaming in children as potential signals for addictive behavior.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2011Trial
- Gender differences in smartphone addiction, physical activity, and quality of life: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Compulsive Sexual Behaviors, Pornography Consumption, and Co-Occurring Disorders Among College Students.Archives of sexual behavior · 2026Article
- Rowing across the Atlantic in an all-female team: Impact on mental health and mood changes-a cohort study.The Journal of international medical research · 2026Article
- Childhood cumulative risk and relationship addiction: a developmental timing-pathway differentiation-node buffering integrative model.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Identification and molecular functional analysis of genes associated with addiction using integrated genetic web-based programs and databases.Frontiers in genetics · 2026Article
- Behavioral addictions and their reciprocal associations with each other, substance use disorders, and mental health problems: Findings from a longitudinal cohort study of young Swiss men.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2025Article
- Addicted to love? Validity evidence for the Love Addiction Inventory - Brazilian version.Psicologia, reflexao e critica : revista semestral do Departamento de Psicologia da UFRGS · 2025Article
- Behavioral and psychological correlates of problematic smartphone use in street ketamine users.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Exploring Food Addiction Across Several Behavioral Addictions: Analysis of Clinical Relevance.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Short-term effectiveness of gambling treatment in the Daily Clinic for Gambling Addiction.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Adaptation and validation of the Turkish version of The Brief Screener for Substance and Behavioral Addiction (SSBA).Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
107 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
An increasing number of research studies over the last three decades suggest that a wide range of substance and process addictions may serve similar functions. The current article considers 11 such potential addictions (tobacco, alcohol, illicit drugs, eating, gambling, Internet, love, sex, exercise, work, and shopping), their prevalence, and co-occurrence, based on a systematic review of the literature. Data from 83 studies (each study n = at least 500 subjects) were presented and supplemented with small-scale data. Depending on which assumptions are made, overall 12-month prevalence of an addiction among U.S. adults varies from 15% to 61%. The authors assert that it is most plausible that 47% of the U.S. adult population suffers from maladaptive signs of an addictive disorder over a 12-month period and that it may be useful to think of addictions as due to problems of lifestyle as well as to person-level factors.
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