Trial reportBrain and behavior2025
Targeting Internet Addiction Through Body Awareness Psychotherapy: The Mediating Role of Executive Functions and Emotion Regulation.
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- Targeting Internet Addiction Through Body Awareness Psychotherapy: The Mediating Role of Executive Functions and Emotion Regulation.Brain and behavior · 2025Trial
- Towards an Integrative Framework of Self-Regulation: A Scoping Review on the Interplay Between Emotion Regulation, Executive Functions and Decision-Making in Clinical Populations.Brain sciences · 2026Review
- Time Overestimation Devalues Future Rewards: Electroencephalogram Evidence from Intertemporal Choice.Brain sciences · 2026Article
- Internet addiction is associated with differences in static and dynamic hippocampal functional connectivity in young adults: the mediating role of emotion regulation difficulties.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Internet addiction and mind-wandering in Chinese college students: chain mediation roles of physical activity and self-control.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Prevalence of Internet Addiction and Its Associated Factors Among Undergraduate Students at the University of Botswana: A Cross-Sectional Study.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingArticle
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Abstract
backgroundInternet addiction disorder (IAD) is increasingly recognized as a behavioral addiction linked to deficits in executive functioning, emotion regulation, boredom susceptibility, and impaired time perception. Emerging therapies such as body awareness psychotherapy (BAP) aim to improve cognitive and emotional self-regulation through embodied mindfulness. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of BAP in reducing internet addiction and related issues with time perception and boredom, focusing specifically on the mediating roles of executive functions and emotion regulation. MATERIALS AND
methodsA randomized controlled trial was conducted with 60 university students (aged 18-30) diagnosed with IAD. Participants were assigned to either the intervention group, which received BAP (n = 30), or the control group, which participated in general psychological discussions (n = 30). Over 8 weeks, the BAP group received structured training in body literacy, interoception, and self-regulation. Assessments included Chen's Internet addiction scale, the multidimensional state boredom scale, the emotion regulation difficulties scale, the time perception task, the Stroop task, and the Iowa gambling task. Mediation analyses were performed using bootstrapped structural equation modeling.
resultsBAP significantly reduced levels of internet addiction, boredom, and decision-making deficits (p < 0.001). It also improved time perception and executive functions. Mediation analyses confirmed that improvements in executive functions-cognitive flexibility, impulse control, and response inhibition-and emotion regulation, significantly mediated the relationship between BAP and reduced internet addiction (p < 0.05).
conclusionsBAP is an effective intervention for reducing internet addiction and enhancing executive function and emotional regulation. Its efficacy is mediated by improvements in cognitive function, impulsivity, decision-making, and emotion regulation, making it a promising tool for addressing behavioral addictions.
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