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We have another paper out! 📝 Led by Víctor Ciudad-Fernández, we explore problematic social media use, not as an "addiction," but as a consequence of overvaluation of rewards concerning adolescents' goals and values. Check it out! 👇
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The seven deadly sins: measuring overvaluation of social media with the Plan-net 25 scale - BMC Psychology
Background Problematic social media use refers to the excessive and maladaptive use of social media platforms, which negatively affects personal, social, and professional functioning. Although linked ...
https://bmcpsychology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40359-025-02801-1
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After writing this opinion piece, the team wanted to know if and how the field embraces open science practices and what we need to do better. Check our our new preprint with exploratory survey results:
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In the 🧵are some key messages.
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An impressive talk by
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explored how emotion regulation mechanisms influence craving in gambling and gaming.
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Researchers value null results, but struggle to publish them | Nature
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Researchers value null results, but struggle to publish them
Survey finds that fear of reputational harm and a lack of support and publication platforms are among respondents’ key concerns.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02312-4
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Los nuevos fármacos contra la obesidad funcionan reduciendo el craving condicionado a las claves de incentivo. Eso indica (a) que el modelo de sensibilización de incentivo es correcto y (b) que la sobreingesta sí puede tener mecanismos comunes con las adicciones.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Tirzepatide on ingestive behavior in adults with overweight or obesity: a randomized 6-week phase 1 trial - Nature Medicine
In a 6-week randomized phase 1 trial, tirzepatide led to reduced caloric intake during a meal test at week 3 compared with placebo and liraglutide in people with overweight or obesity.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-025-03774-9
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New paper straight out of the oven! We created a scale to measure a pretty interesting contruct: Exaggerating value of social media for communication. That way the field could advance in explaining instead of describing problematic behaviors.
doi.org/10.1186/s403...
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The seven deadly sins: measuring overvaluation of social media with the Plan-net 25 scale - BMC Psychology
Background Problematic social media use refers to the excessive and maladaptive use of social media platforms, which negatively affects personal, social, and professional functioning. Although linked ...
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-025-02801-1
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If nudging/sludging patterns and standard instrumental learning principles already explain problematic Internet use, what does the addiction framework add?
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We have another paper out! 📝 Led by Víctor Ciudad-Fernández, we explore problematic social media use, not as an "addiction," but as a consequence of overvaluation of rewards concerning adolescents' goals and values. Check it out! 👇
bmcpsychology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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The seven deadly sins: measuring overvaluation of social media with the Plan-net 25 scale - BMC Psychology
Background Problematic social media use refers to the excessive and maladaptive use of social media platforms, which negatively affects personal, social, and professional functioning. Although linked ...
https://bmcpsychology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40359-025-02801-1
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Sobre esta noticia de la UGR, me gustaría aclarar que los autores del trabajo en cuestión desaprobamos el uso del término "adicción al móvil", y que dicho término no aparece ni en el artículo original ni en el cuerpo de la nota de prensa.
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Investigadores de la UGR evalúan la eficacia de los tratamientos contra las adicciones al juego o al uso del móvil - Canal UGR
La compulsividad se refiere a la sensación de no poder parar, incluso cuando el comportamiento va en contra de los propios intereses
https://canal.ugr.es/noticia/tratamientos-contra-las-adicciones-al-juego-o-al-uso-del-movil/
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We're excited to announce that enrollment is now open for the Master's Degree in Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience at the University of Granada!
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What's the role of emotion regulation strategies and traits in emergence and control of gambling and gaming cravings? Find out in our new paper in Addictive Behaviors.
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Untangling the role of emotion regulation in gambling and video gaming cravings: A replication and extension study
Existing evidence suggests that urgency—the tendency to act rashly under intense positive or negative affect—reflects dysregulated incidental emotion …
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306460325001546
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It seems the “consensus” attempt backfired big time.
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Social media consensus paper causes social media uproar
Preprint reporting common ground among researchers on smartphones and teen mental health is premature and flawed, critics say
https://www.science.org/content/article/social-media-consensus-paper-causes-social-media-uproar
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Dejo aquí mi charla "Falacias, sesgos y lugares comunes en la (supuesta) adicción a las pantallas", y aprovecho para agradecer a la Institución Libre de Enseñanza y a
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permitirme hablar en un contexto con tanta historia y tan acogedor.
www.youtube.com/live/IaAQ6xg...
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Falacias, sesgos y lugares comunes en la (supuesta) adicción a las pantallas
YouTube video by Institución Libre de Enseñanza
https://www.youtube.com/live/IaAQ6xgV2hA
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Youth, Technology, Past History, Selective Amplification, and the Oz Effect | The White Hatter
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Youth, Technology, Past History, Selective Amplification, and the Oz Effect: – The White Hatter
https://thewhitehatter.ca/blog/youth-technology-past-history-selective-amplification-and-the-oz-effect/
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Fixing the science of digital technology harms | Science
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Llevaba tiempo intentando encontrar una referencia para esto. ¿Cuánta gente (especialmente joven) trolea los estudios de opinión? Bien, el 12% de los jóvenes en EEUU (vs solo el 1% de los 61+) responden que tienen licencia para operar un submarino.
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Online opt-in polls can produce misleading results, especially for young people and Hispanic adults
We examine how an opt-in poll may have unintentionally misled the public about the sensitive issue of Holocaust denial among young Americans.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/03/05/online-opt-in-polls-can-produce-misleading-results-especially-for-young-people-and-hispanic-adults/
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"Slot machine firms target UK’s poorest areas and channel funds to billionaires" by
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Slot machine firms target UK’s poorest areas and channel funds to billionaires
Exclusive: Politicians including Andy Burnham call for councils to be given powers to stop new sites opening
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/may/18/slot-machine-firms-uk-poorest-areas-andy-burnham
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I’m happy to share our data, but it can be frustrating when people request information that is readily available at the accompanying OSF link or when their email makes it clear they haven’t even read the paper.
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Juan F. Navas: "Las casas de apuestas han crecido a costa de otras alternativas de ocio"
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Juan F. Navas: 'Las casas de apuestas han crecido a costa de otras alternativas de ocio'
El psicólogo y miembro del Consejo Asesor de Juego Responsable del Ministerio de Derechos Sociales participa este martes en el Congreso Internacional de Psicología de la UCAM
https://www.laopiniondemurcia.es/comunidad/2025/05/06/juan-f-navas-casas-apuestas-117066066.html
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📲 Los adolescentes con problemas de salud mental pasan más tiempo en las redes sociales 🗨️
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: "Aunque los resultados no aportan evidencia causal, sí revelan posibles mecanismos de la interrelación entre salud mental y uso de redes sociales"
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“Sludge, dark patterns and dark nudges: A taxonomy of on-line gambling platforms' deceptive design features” by Philip Newall
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Sludge, dark patterns and dark nudges: A taxonomy of on-line gambling platforms' deceptive design features - PubMed
The complexity of on-line gambling platforms poses challenges for researchers, to understand what effects various design features have on behavior, and also for policymakers, to ensure fairer outcomes...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40302118/
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The Self-Control Industrial Complex, by
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The Self-Control Industrial Complex
A Confession
https://www.speakandregret.michaelinzlicht.com/p/the-self-control-industrial-complex?utm_campaign=post
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Afortunadamente, el feminismo será lo las mujeres quieran que sea. Sobre todo las jóvenes, por una mera cuestión de tiempo. Y no lo que cuatro dinosaurios quieran imponer, por muy alta que sean sus tarimas.
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🔴 Comunicado sobre la campaña de 'Barbijaputa' contra 'Público'
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La salud pública y los juegos de azar: "Por cada euro que producen, el Estado gasta entre cinco y siete para paliar sus efectos"
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La salud pública y los juegos de azar: "Por cada euro que producen, el Estado gasta entre cinco y siete para paliar sus efectos"
Dos expertos en los problemas de salud pública que genera el juego, Francisco Navas y Ana Estévez, analizan los intentos de las empresas del sector por participar en actividades escolares de prevenció...
https://www.eldiario.es/1_bac3cf?utm_campaign=botonera-share&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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IU en Aragón tacha de "negligente" que el Ejecutivo autonómico "abra las puertas de los colegios a la patronal del juego"
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IU en Aragón tacha de "negligente" que el Ejecutivo autonómico "abra las puertas de los colegios a la patronal del juego"
La formación recuerda que la "responsabilidad" de las administraciones es "diseñar y llevar a cabo las tareas de sensibilización" en materia de juego
https://www.eldiario.es/1_bab247?utm_campaign=botonera-share&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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La patronal del juego se cuela en los gobiernos autonómicos e indigna a los afectados: "Los están blanqueando"
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La patronal del juego se cuela en los gobiernos autonómicos e indigna a los afectados: "Los están blanqueando"
Al menos seis comunidades autónomas han abierto la puerta al Proyecto FES, una iniciativa de las empresas de locales de apuestas y de tragaperras para mejorar su imagen y llegar hasta los escolares. L...
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So far, meta-analyses of RCTs in psychology have offered little practical value, except for showing how messy and inconclusive current “evidence” is.
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So far, meta-analyses of RCTs in psychology have offered little practical value, except for showing how messy and inconclusive current “evidence” is.
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Sería fantástico volver a la infancia o la adolescencia, pero no a las que recordamos, sino a las que fueron, y ver desde ellas a los niños y adolescentes de ahora como iguales, sin el complejo de superioridad con el que los juzgamos.
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No longitudinal link between video gaming at 9 and gambling at 17-20. Weak association (OR = 1.4) between gaming at 17 and gambling at 20.
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Kid gamers to adult gamblers? An investigation of gaming in childhood and young adult gambling
Technological advancement has seen a rise in computer-based and online gaming, and the online space has facilitated a proliferation in gambling options that increasingly adopt game-like features. T...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14459795.2025.2488867
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I have already received three (carefully personalized) emails from predatory publishers asking me to facilitate their landing in JCR journals. This is much more worrying and widespread than most people think.
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El estado actual de la publicidad de los juegos de azar en España y sus riesgos potenciales - Revista Adicciones - Por Juan F. Navas y José C. Perales
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"Weak empirical support and concerns about the model downplaying fundamental psychosocial causes of SUDs have led to stark disagreement as to whether addiction should be conceptualised as a brain disease."
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Reevaluating the brain disease model of addiction
The brain disease model of addiction has dominated public and scientific discourse on addiction (termed substance use disorder [SUD] in the DSM-5) ove…
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Claro que hay gente con problemas con los videojuegos, pero la mayoría de los especialistas siguen enfrascados en una falsa idea de adicción. Los videojuegos no son "maquinitas", son contextos complejos, con dinámicas sociales y comunicativas que muchos "expertos" ni se huelen.
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He escrito un breve hilo sobre algunas de las consecuencias menos tenidas en cuenta del pánico alrededor de las pantallas.
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In Spain, over 80% of all admissions for the treatment of behavioral addictions were due to gambling disorder, while only 10% were for all technological addictions.
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Así es. Es una pena que proyectos tan cuidados acaben no teniendo cabida en un sector tan necesitado de fuentes fiables.
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Voy a volver a leer el Libro del Apocalipsis, porque todo esto me suena.
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The Guardian view on Spain: a progressive beacon in dark times | Editorial
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The Guardian view on Spain: a progressive beacon in dark times | Editorial
Editorial: Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist-led government has welcomed immigration and boosted public spending, with stellar results
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/26/the-guardian-view-on-spain-a-progressive-beacon-in-dark-times?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Las mujeres son cada vez más feministas y votan a partidos que están en contra de que se pisoteen sus derechos. Así que ya podemos agradecer al feminismo que todavía no nos hayan comido los fachas.
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Algunos chicos giran a posiciones reaccionarias porque quieren tener lo que sus padres tuvieron: que nadie les discuta el derecho a ser unos inútiles con estatus y poder por el simple hecho de haber nacido hombres.
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Cognition plays an important role in gambling disorder. Our more counterintuitive and solid finding so far is that, in spite of that, emotion reappraisal strategies are ineffective or even detrimental for symptoms control.
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Congrats to
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for leading this much needed work and the well-deserved prize! Grateful to have been a (very modest) part of it—thank you!
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Publishing null results is always challenging, especially when they contradict conventional wisdom. However, we ensured full transparency in our methods and analyses, and results remained consistent across measures. It's great that the editors and reviewers valued this.
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We have a new paper out in the Journal of Behavioral Addictions! "No evidence for the role of intentional emotion regulation in gambling-related problems: Insights from self-report, behavioral, and heart rate variability measures"
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Fua. Pero qué locura es esta, María.
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María Peláe, JEDET - La Perra de Despeñaperros (Según Sta. Francisca)
YouTube video by María Peláe
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