Mindfulness as a Treatment for Behavioural Addiction

Gordon, William Van

doi:10.4172/2155-6105.1000e122

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“…Recently, researchers have developed very successful interventions to help individuals avoid rash actions and decisions when experiencing intense negative and positive affect, such as computer-delivered intervention tailored to motives (Canale, Vieno, Chieco, Santinello, & Andriolo, 2015) and mindfulness meditation (Shonin, Van Gordon, & Griffiths, 2014). …”

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Trait urgency and gambling problems in young people by age: The mediating role of decision-making processes

Canale

Vieno

Griffiths

et al. 2015

Addictive Behaviors

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Although the personality trait of urgency has been linked to problem gambling, less is known about psychological mechanisms that mediate the relationship between urgency and problem gambling. One individual variable of potential relevance to impulsivity and addictive disorders is age. The aims of this study were to examine: (i) a theoretical model associating urgency and gambling problems, (ii) the mediating effects of decision-making processes (operationalized as preference for small/immediate rewards and lower levels of deliberative decision-making); and (iii) age differences in these relationships. Participants comprised 986 students (64% male; mean age=19.51 years; SD=2.30) divided into three groups: 16-17 years, 18-21 years, and 22-25 years. All participants completed measures of urgency, problem gambling, and a delay-discounting questionnaire involving choices between a smaller amount of money received immediately and a larger amount of money received later. Participants were also asked to reflect on their decision-making process. Compared to those aged 16-17 years and 22-25 years, participants aged 18-21 years had a higher level of gambling problems and decreased scores on lower levels of deliberative decision-making. Higher levels of urgency were associated with higher levels of gambling problems. The association was mediated by a lower level of deliberative decision-making and preference for an immediate/small reward. A distinct pathway was observed for lower levels of deliberative decision-making. Young people who tend to act rashly in response to extreme moods, had lower levels of deliberative decision-making, that in turn were positively related to gambling problems. This study highlights unique decision-making pathways through which urgency trait may operate, suggesting that those developing prevention and/or treatment strategies may want to consider the model's variables, including urgency, delay discounting, and deliberative decision-making.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Trait urgency and gambling problems in young people by age: The mediating role of decision-making processes

Canale

Vieno

Griffiths

et al. 2015

Addictive Behaviors

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“…Interventions designed in experimental studies to increase trait mindfulness may effectively reduce or prevent psychological problems in children and adolescents (Bögels et al, 2008;Raes, Griffith, Van der Gucht, & Williams, 2014;Van der Oord, Bögels, & Peijnenburg, 2012). Additionally, previous correlational research has also connected mindfulness to various self-regulation issues -higher levels of trait mindfulness are associated with decreased substance-abuse (Bowen & Enkema, 2014), pathological gambling (Riley, 2014), exercise addiction (Shonin, Van Gordon, & Griffiths, 2014), as well as problematic Internet use (Gámez-Guadix & Calvete, 2016).…”

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Trait Mindfulness as a Protective Factor in Connections between Psychological Issues and Facebook Addiction among Turkish University Students

Eşkisu¹,

Çam

Geli̇bolu

et al. 2020

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Facebook addiction is a growing issue that has increasingly attracted the attention of clinicians and researchers in a variety of countries and cultures. Relying on the Cognitive-Behavioral Model for Pathological Internet Use, and in a sample of Turkish undergraduates, we investigate whether mindfulness might account for how self-esteem and psychological problems (depression, anxiety, and stress) connect to Facebook addiction. A total of 298 college students completed measures of Facebook addiction, self-esteem, mindfulness and psychological problems, which we analyzed using path analysis, testing various models of how Facebook addiction might be predicted by these factors. We found that Facebook addiction was positively associated with psychological problems and negatively associated with self-esteem and mindfulness, with mindfulness fully accounting for the association between psychological problems, self-esteem and Facebook addiction. These results support the role of mindfulness in the prevention of Facebook addiction and the treatment of addicted individuals. This study also helps clarify previous research connecting mindfulness to Internet addiction, and extends those findings cross-culturally to a Turkish context.

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“…Mindfulness-based practices often include spiritual elements and have empirical support in the treatment of addictions (Brewer, Bowen, Smith, Marlatt, & Potenza, 2010;Brewer et al, 2009;Witkiewitz et al, 2014). Similarly, mindfulness has been considered in the treatment of gambling disorder (Chen, Jindani, Perry, & Turner, 2014;de Lisle, Dowling, & Allen, 2012;Shonin, Van Gordon, & Griffiths, 2014), Internet gaming disorder (Zhang, Yao, Potenza, Xia, Lan, Liu, et al, 2016a;, and compulsive sexual behaviors (Blycker & Potenza, 2018). As such, the current findings suggests mechanisms by which aspects of such interventions may operate, and studies directly examining how interventions that include mindfulness-related elements should consider examining directly changes in spiritual processes and frontotemporal-network function.…”

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Spiritual experiences are related to engagement of a ventral frontotemporal functional brain network: Implications for prevention and treatment of behavioral and substance addictions

McClintock

Worhunsky

et al. 2019

J Behav Addict

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Background and aims: Spirituality is an important component of 12-step programs for behavioral and substance addictions and has been linked to recovery processes. Understanding the neural correlates of spiritual experiences may help to promote efforts to enhance recovery processes in behavioral addictions. We recently used general linear model (GLM) analyses of functional magnetic resonance imaging data to examine neural correlates of spiritual experiences, with findings implicating cortical and subcortical brain regions. Although informative, the GLM-based approach does not provide insight into brain circuits that may underlie spiritual experiences. Methods: Spatial independent component analysis (sICA) was used to identify functional brain networks specifically linked to spiritual (vs. stressful or neutral-relaxing) conditions using a previously validated guided imagery task in 27 young adults. Results: Using sICA, engagement of a ventral frontotemporal network was identified that was engaged at the onset and conclusion of the spiritual condition in a manner distinct from engagement during the stress or neutral-relaxing conditions. Degree of engagement correlated with subjective reports of spirituality in the scanner (r = .71, p < .001) and an out-of-the-magnet measure of spirituality (r = .48, p < .018). Discussion and conclusion: The current findings suggest a distributed functional neural network associated with spiritual experiences and provide a foundation for investigating brain mechanisms underlying the role of spirituality in recovery from behavioral addictions.

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Mindfulness as a Treatment for Behavioural Addiction

Cited by 23 publications

References 15 publications

Trait urgency and gambling problems in young people by age: The mediating role of decision-making processes

Trait urgency and gambling problems in young people by age: The mediating role of decision-making processes

Trait Mindfulness as a Protective Factor in Connections between Psychological Issues and Facebook Addiction among Turkish University Students

Spiritual experiences are related to engagement of a ventral frontotemporal functional brain network: Implications for prevention and treatment of behavioral and substance addictions

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