ArticleJournal of behavioral addictions2019
Overcoming the unitary exploration of binge-watching: A cluster analytical approach.
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- Understanding the Phenomenon of Binge-Watching-A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
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- 'This is the last episode': the association between problematic binge-watching and loneliness, emotion regulation, and sleep-related factors in poor sleepers.Journal of sleep research · 2023Article
- Job satisfaction has differential associations with delay discounting and risk-taking.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Applying ICD-11 criteria of Gaming Disorder to identify problematic video streaming in adolescents: Conceptualization of a new clinical phenomenon.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2022Article
- Negative Affect and Problematic Binge-Watching: The Mediating Role of Unconstructive Ruminative Thinking Style.Psychologica Belgica · 2022Article
- Binge watching and serial viewing: Comparing new media viewing habits in 2015 and 2020.Addictive behaviors reports · 2021Article
- Video Game Streaming in Young People and Teenagers: Uptake, User Groups, Dangers, and Opportunities.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Anxiety-Depressive Syndrome and Binge-Watching Among Young Adults.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Is Watching TV Series an Adaptive Coping Strategy During the COVID-19 Pandemic? Insights From an Italian Community Sample.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- A casino in my pocket: Gratifications associated with obsessive and harmonious passion for mobile gambling.PloS one · 2021Article
- Impulsivity and Difficulties in Emotional Regulation as Predictors of Binge-Watching Behaviours.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimsBinge-watching (i.e., watching multiple episodes of a TV series in one session) has recently become standard practice among TV series viewers; this expansion generates concerns regarding the potential negative outcomes associated with this habit. However, the investigation of its psychological correlates remains fragmentary, with few initial studies a priori conceptualizing this behavior as a new addictive disorder. This study explored these psychological correlates using cluster analysis of binge-watching behavior based on three key psychological factors: motivations, impulsivity, and emotional reactivity.
methodsAn online survey was completed by 4,039 TV series viewers. Data were analyzed using hierarchical and non-hierarchical cluster analyses, the validity of the clusters being finally determined through mutual comparisons with a selection of external correlates.
resultsFour clusters were identified: recreational TV series viewers (presenting low involvement in binge-watching), regulated binge-watchers (moderately involved), avid binge-watchers (presenting elevated but non-problematic involvement), and unregulated binge-watchers (presenting potentially problematic involvement associated with negative outcomes). DISCUSSION AND
conclusionsThis study underlines the heterogeneous and multidetermined nature of binge-watching. Our findings suggest that high engagement in binge-watching is distinct from problematic binge-watching, thus reinforcing the notion that conceptualizing binge-watching as an addictive disorder is of low relevance and might actually lead to the overpathologization of this highly popular leisure activity.
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