The Harmful Dysfunction Analysis applied to the concept of behavioral addiction: A secondary analysis of data from the Health Behaviour in School - aged Children 2018use asterix (*) to get italics

Simone Amendola, Michael P. Hengartner, Jerome C. WakefieldPlease use the format "First name initials family name" as in "Marie S. Curie, Niels H. D. Bohr, Albert Einstein, John R. R. Tolkien, Donna T. Strickland"

2024

<p>Objective: The present study is an attempt to advance the debate on the validity of the diagnosis of gaming disorder and other specified disorders due to addictive behaviours by improving the differentiation between excessive/high involvement versus pathological involvement. The principal aim of the study is to explore the usefulness of the Harmful Dysfunction Analysis (HDA) in identifying individuals with pathological social media use as an alternative approach to the study of behavioral addictions while also analyzing similarities and differences with DSM-5-TR-based scoring adopting criteria for internet gaming and substance use disorders.&nbsp;</p> <p>Method: The present study will use Swiss data (N = 7,510) from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Study 2018, a World Health Organization collaborative cross-national study of adolescent health and well-being. First, convergence between different scoring methods (HDA and DSM-5-TR-based) will be examined. Second, groups based on each scoring method (i.e., non-overlapping cases) will be compared on measures of physical health (physical activity and body mass index) and mental health (psychosomatic health, life satisfaction, school well-being). Adjusted models for age, gender, migration status, and family affluence will also be tested. Data from Hungary (N = 3,789) was selected to repeat the analysis as part of a sensitivity investigation. &nbsp;</p> <p>Results: A detailed summary of the results of the above analysis will be provided in the text of the manuscript while the results of the sensitivity analysis will be reported as supplementary material.&nbsp;</p> <p>Conclusions: The conclusions will consist of a description of the research and clinical implications of the findings. The limitations of the study will be discussed as well as recommendations for future research applying the HDA.&nbsp;</p>

harmful dysfunction analysis; theoretical framework; addictive behavior; normal engagement; normal involvement

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