The University of Surrey recently developed a new internet addiction “spectrum” that categorizes internet users into five groups. Dr. Brigitte Stangi, the study’s lead author, said, “Our main aim was ...

Are you a social media enthusiast or simply a Facebook addict? Researchers have developed a new instrument to measure Facebook addiction, the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale. Are you a social media ...

Researchers from Norway and the United Kingdom have developed a new instrument to measure work addiction: The Bergen Work Addiction Scale. The new instrument is based on core elements of addiction ...

Researchers have proven the usefulness of DUWAS, a new scale for measuring addiction to work, a disorder that affects around 12 percent of all working people in Spain. The experts say that 8 percent ...

Social media is a fact of life now — but I’m sure I’m not alone in wondering whether we’re using it, or whether it is now using us. This same train of thought has also lead me to wonder how addicted ...

If you buy something from a link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Already translated into three languages, YFAS is the current standard defining how researchers and ...

“The words you use should be your own/Don't plagiarize or take on loans/There's always someone, somewhere/With a big nose, who knows” (Lyrics written by Morrissey from ‘Cemetry Gates’ (sic) by The ...

Ruddock et al. 1 state that the AEBS overcomes limitations of the YFAS by assessing behavioral features of an eating addiction. Yet, all addictive disorders, including both SUDs and gambling disorder, ...

Should you be hiding your scale? Traumatic dieters tend to live and die by the scale. It's the barometer of mood and the arbiter of how things are going. A day where it's down is a "good" day, and ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. First we learn about sex addiction, now researchers are studying work addiction and how better to ...