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Measuring cue-elicited responding in the context of gaming and online shopping: Validity and reliability of a short Pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer paradigm.

Anna M Schmid, Patricia Schaar, Ferdinand Gut, Lilli Herbelßheimer, Niklas Meurer, Charlotte Arend, Damla Seck, Patrick Ort, Astrid Müller, Matthias Brand and 1 more

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Anna M SchmidDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany. anna.schmid@uni-bamberg.de.
Patricia SchaarDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany.
Ferdinand GutDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany.
Lilli HerbelßheimerDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany.
Niklas MeurerDepartment of General Psychology: Cognition, Faculty of Computer Science, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany.
Charlotte ArendDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany.
Damla SeckDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany.
Patrick OrtDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany.
Astrid MüllerDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany.
Matthias BrandDepartment of General Psychology: Cognition, Faculty of Computer Science, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany.
Sabine Steins-LoeberDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany.

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Abstract

Cue-elicited habits are considered relevant in the development and maintenance of addictive behaviors. To investigate this mechanism in online shopping and gaming, this study developed and evaluated a short Pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer (PIT) paradigm with gaming- and shopping-related cues and a devaluation procedure. Additionally, the retest reliability of this short PIT paradigm was assessed. A sample with game use (N = 32) and a sample with use of shopping websites (N = 31) performed the PIT paradigm twice and an Approach-Avoidance Task in between. During both sessions of the PIT paradigm, either the gaming- or shopping-related reward (depending on the sample) was devalued by eliminating its availability. While gaming-related cues enhanced responding for the gaming-related reward (gaming PIT effect), shopping-related cues triggered responding for the shopping-related reward (shopping PIT effect). This cue-elicited responding was reduced, but not eliminated, after devaluation, which might indicate habit-like responding. Furthermore, subgroup analyses revealed similar responding towards cues displaying favorite and non-favorite games/shopping websites. The magnitudes of the PIT effects demonstrated moderate stability. Although replication in clinical samples and over longer time intervals is warranted, our PIT paradigm may enable a reliable and economic assessment of cue-elicited responding in the context of gaming and online shopping.

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Behavior, AddictiveConditioning, ClassicalConditioning, OperantCuesVideo GamesAdultFemaleHumansInternetMaleReproducibility of ResultsRewardYoung AdultHabitsPavlovian-to-Instrumental transferProblematic gamingProblematic online shoppingRetest reliability

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PMID41461675
PMCPMC12753825

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