abstract background: nowadays, prevalence of addictive behaviors among bipolar patients is considered to be a serious health threat by the world health organization. the aim of this study is to investigate the role of behavioral activation and inhibition systems in predicting addictive behaviors of male patients with bipolar disorder at the roozbeh psychiatric hospital. materials and methods: t...

background: the use of mobile phone by children is increasing drastically. children are likely to accumulate many years of exposure during their lives. furthermore, as nervous systems in children are developing, children may be at a greater risk compared to adults. in this light, some scientists have suggested that the use of mobile phones should be restricted in high-risk groups such as childr...

cell phone technology is being increasingly used by clinicians to access up-to-date information during patient care. medical students, residents, and faculty members of medical faculties or hospitals use mobile devices, such as smartphones (e.g., iphone, android, blackberry) and tablet computers (e.g., ipad), to answer clinical questions and find medical information. this article investigates t...

BACKGROUND The present study aimed at investigating the role of depression and attachment styles in predicting cell phone addiction. METHODS In this descriptive correlational study, a sample including 100 students of Payame Noor University (PNU), Reyneh Center, Iran, in the academic year of 2013-2014 was selected using volunteer sampling. Participants were asked to complete the adult attachme...

Background: Digital interventions are an emerging and promising avenue for addiction prevention mental health promotion, but their reach use often limited, little is known about the factors associated with youth accessibility. SmartCoach a life skills training program where adolescents proactively invited participation in secondary school classes. The mobile phone-based provides individualized ...

Exploring the effect of certain factors on problematic smartphone use (PSU) and mechanism these effects may help researchers understand antecedents PSU propose targeted interventions. Accordingly, current study tested mediating role self-control moderating gender in relationship between neuroticism PSU. A sample 768 Chinese users (439 female, 329 male) aged 14–37 years (M = 22.5, SD 3.27) compl...