How can we conceptualize behavioural addiction without pathologizing common behaviours?

Daniel Kardefelt‐Winther; Alexandre Heeren; Adriano Schimmenti; Antonius van Rooij; Pierre Maurage; Michelle Carras; Johan Edman; Alexander Blaszczynski; Yasser Khazaal; Joël Billieux

doi:10.1111/add.13763

journal article Feb 15, 2017

How can we conceptualize behavioural addiction without pathologizing common behaviours?

Daniel Kardefelt‐Winther Alexandre Heeren

Adriano Schimmenti

Antonius van Rooij Pierre Maurage

Michelle Carras Johan Edman Alexander Blaszczynski Yasser Khazaal Joël Billieux

Addiction Vol. 112 No. 10 pp. 1709-1715 · Wiley

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Abstract

AbstractFollowing the recent changes to the diagnostic category for addictive disorders in DSM‐5, it is urgent to clarify what constitutes behavioural addiction to have a clear direction for future research and classification. However, in the years following the release of DSM‐5, an expanding body of research has increasingly classified engagement in a wide range of common behaviours and leisure activities as possible behavioural addiction. If this expansion does not end, both the relevance and the credibility of the field of addictive disorders might be questioned, which may prompt a dismissive appraisal of the new DSM‐5 subcategory for behavioural addiction. We propose an operational definition of behavioural addiction together with a number of exclusion criteria, to avoid pathologizing common behaviours and provide a common ground for further research. The definition and its exclusion criteria are clarified and justified by illustrating how these address a number of theoretical and methodological shortcomings that result from existing conceptualizations. We invite other researchers to extend our definition under an Open Science Foundation framework.

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Published: Feb 15, 2017
Vol/Issue: 112(10)
Pages: 1709-1715
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Authors

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Daniel Kardefelt‐Winther

Department of Clinical Neuroscience Karolinska Institutet Stockholm Sweden

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Alexandre Heeren

Department of Psychology Harvard University Cambridge MA USA

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Adriano Schimmenti

Faculty of Human and Social Sciences Kore University of Enna Enna Italy

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Antonius van Rooij

Department of Communication Sciences imec–mict–Ghent University Ghent Belgium

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Pierre Maurage

Laboratory for Experimental Psychopathology Université Catholique de Louvain Louvain Belgium

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Michelle Carras

Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Baltimore MD USA

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Johan Edman

Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs Stockholm University Stockholm Sweden

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Alexander Blaszczynski

Gambling Treatment Clinic and Research, School of Psychology University of Sydney Sydney Australia

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Yasser Khazaal

Geneva University Hospital, University of Geneva Geneva Switzerland

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Joël Billieux

Laboratory for Experimental Psychopathology Université Catholique de Louvain Louvain Belgium; Institute for Health and Behavior, Integrative Research Unit on Social and Individual Development (INSIDE) University of Luxembourg Luxembourg; Internet and gambling disorders Clinic, Department of Adult Psychiatry Cliniques Universitaires Saint‐Luc Brussels Belgium

Funding

National Institute of Mental Health Award: 5T32MH014592‐39

Cite This Article

Daniel Kardefelt‐Winther, Alexandre Heeren, Adriano Schimmenti, et al. (2017). How can we conceptualize behavioural addiction without pathologizing common behaviours?. Addiction, 112(10), 1709-1715. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.13763

How can we conceptualize behavioural addiction without pathologizing common behaviours?

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