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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023

"I Can't Do without You": Treatment Perspectives for Affective Dependence: A Scoping Review.

Zeynep Özal, Giacomo Mancini, Greta De Fino, Federica Ambrosini, Roberta Biolcati, Roberto Truzoli

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Addicted to love? Validity evidence for the Love Addiction Inventory - Brazilian version.Psicologia, reflexao e critica : revista semestral do Departamento de Psicologia da UFRGS · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Zeynep ÖzalDepartment of Education Sciences "G.M. Bertin", Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0009-0006-4784-0543
Giacomo ManciniDepartment of Education Sciences "G.M. Bertin", Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5015-5578
Greta De FinoDepartment of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Milan, 20157 Milano, Italy.
Federica AmbrosiniDepartment of Education Sciences "G.M. Bertin", Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
Roberta BiolcatiDepartment of Education Sciences "G.M. Bertin", Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5584-1996
Roberto TruzoliDepartment of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Milan, 20157 Milano, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Affective Dependence (AD) is a problematic model of the love relationship that is becoming increasingly prevalent and evident in the context of couple relationships. Similarly, the phenomenon is being observed with growing frequency in daily clinical practice, making it increasingly necessary to identify treatment guidelines that can help clinicians in dealing with AD, while waiting for the literature to reach a consensus on its definition and nosographic profile. The main objective of this work is to explore the existing evidence of effectiveness regarding feasible treatments for Affective Dependence through a scoping review of the international literature carried out using the main scientific databases and following the PRISMA-ScR (PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews) guidelines. Seven studies were included in this review, and the results show that several pharmaceuticals, as well as different types of individual and group therapies, are proposed as treatment plans for AD. However, there is a lack of clinical trials that can verify the efficacy of the AD treatments reported so far in the literature. Some reflections that may help to distinguish a "healthy" addiction from a dysfunctional or markedly pathological one are considered alongside potential prevention perspectives.

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affective dependenceclinical interventionsemotional dependencelove addictionpathological loverelationship addictiontreatment

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PMID37959234
PMCPMC10648727

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