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Displacement

Neuroticism and Addiction

Researchers chart a relationship between stress, displacement, neuroticism, and addiction.

The Connection Between Cognitive Dissonance and Addiction

Cognitive dissonance leads to negative emotional states and irrational behavior, even for robots.

Programs to Prevent Substance Abuse

Resources for evaluating the effectiveness of prevention programs for substance abuse.

Study Connects Childhood Trauma With Short-Video Addiction

A large study of college students in China finds a connection between short-video addiction and childhood abuse.

Smartphone Addiction + Pornography Addiction = A Crisis in Coupling

Experts in birth rate decline point to smartphone addiction and pornography addiction as culprits in a worldwide crisis of coupling.

Is Revenge An Addiction?

A legal scholar, psychiatrist, and neuroscientist says revenge is an addiction that can be treated like behavioral and substance use disorders.