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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"addictive behaviours"”.
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The Web of Addiction An Exploration of the Complex Physiological, Psychological, Social and Political Forces Involved in the Development of Addictive Behaviours.
… contemporary theory on the development of addictive behaviours. It acknowledged the complex dynamic relationships between five key variables including; individual, family, society, "stakeholders" and "addictive" substances in developing an interactive model of addiction. The hypothesis …
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Clinical psychology and substance misuse: a portfolio of study, practice and research
… Misuse Service. During the past nine years addictive behaviours have emerged as my main area of clinical and academic interest. I have included in this portfolio examples of my research work involving the assessment and the measurement of outcome in the treatment of opiate users, description …
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Internet use and its impact on secondary school students in Chiang Mai, Thailand
… suggest that IA, like other well researched addictive behaviours, has an effect on many aspects of a person‟s life, including academic/work performance, relationships, and physical and mental health (Goldberg, 1996; Young, 1996, 1998). Evidence of IA has been suggested by the findings that …
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An interpretative phenomenological analysis of young Jewish adults’ experience of having a digital detox during Shabbat
… to weekdays where technology is present. Addictive behaviours towards technology are examined, as well as themes related to activities and routines during Shabbat. It was also found that only half the participants were able to maintain their digital detox while growing up, signifying a …
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Fashion in an Age of Transindividual Disruption: Feeling the fashion milieu through fashion media and mobile phone technology
… digital dependency characterized by anxiety and addictive behaviours. This research advances scholarly understanding of how mobile-mediated fashion media consumption reconfigures affective experiences and social formations in contemporary culture. This thesis makes significant contributions to …
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I IS ANOTHER: The fabulative filmic collaboration with someone recovering from addiction
… practice that seeks to address the issue of addictive behaviours in a way that has rarely been investigated, with a focus on the recovery process in the long-term. The research lies at the intersection of Film Studies, Performance Studies, Philosophy, Psychiatry and Anthropology. Theoretical …
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Potential relevance of neuroscience to guide consumption of multimedia technologies towards enhancing learning
… weaned correctly, can have negative effects and addictive behaviours emerge such as craving, concealing, and lying. There is no link, to the author's knowledge, between these scientific findings of neuroscience and advising institutions on changes and implementations necessary to the learning …
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Neurocognitive risk and protective factors in addictive disorders
… and obese individuals with binge-eating behaviours showed differences in their substance-specific and general reward responsivity on a novel reward-valuation task. However, in Chapter 6 a similar decline in orbitofrontal cortex grey matter volume in relation to both years of stimulant use …
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Engineering social networking to combat digital addiction: the case of online peer groups.
… approach is one of the strategies to combat addictive behaviours. It can provide a motivational and learning environment, and ambivalence reduction through sharing, counselling and mutual helping. Hosting peer groups online as a domain-specific social networking service can empower behaviour …
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Primary children’s attitudes towards electronic games and effect of electronic games on primary children’s mathematics learning
… that game playing is linked to aggressive or addictive behaviours (Sandford & Williamson, 2005) – a number of empirical studies suggest that games can be a tool for learning (e.g. McFarlane, Sparrowhawk & Heald, 2002, Miller & Robertson, 2010, 2011).<br/><br/>The purpose of this thesis was to …
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The Neurocognitive Dynamics Underlying Loss of Control in Alcohol Misuse and Addiction
… highlighting potential amplification of addictive behaviours within the pandemic’s milieu. Furthermore, this instrument assesses the effects of psychiatric symptoms- primarily within the spheres of impulsivity and negative emotionality- and specific contextual stressors- such as …