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Behavioral Sciences, Volume 9, Issue 8

2019 August - 8 articles

Cover Story: The development of technology and the widespread use of the Internet have brought about new forms of leisure activity, which encourage continuous use. Consequently, particular attention has been given to maladaptive behaviors in relation to the excessive use of technologies, i.e., behavioral addictions. In light of inconsistent results emerging from the studies on risk factors linked to technological addictions, our exploratory research analyzed the comorbidity between maladaptive psychological functioning, impulsivity, and behavioral addictions in specific adolescent phases. Associations between impulsiveness and technological addictions were confirmed, whereas different patterns of associations resulted between males and females and only in the adolescent subgroups. These findings suggested how such associations may change depending on the developmental phase and gender. View this paper
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Articles (8)

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
7,518 Views
19 Pages

19 August 2019

Bilingual individuals have been reported to show enhanced executive function in comparison to monolingual peers. However, the role of adverse emotional traits such as trait anxiety and rumination in bilingual cognitive control has not been establishe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,546 Views
11 Pages

15 August 2019

The bilingual advantage is a heavily debated topic in research on bilingualism. The current study further investigated one specific aspect of bilingualism proposed to be a determining factor for the bilingual advantage, namely language switching beha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,571 Views
14 Pages

15 August 2019

(1) Background: Mind-body interventions (MBI), such as meditation or other relaxation techniques, have become the focus of attention in the clinical and health sciences. Differences in the effects of induction techniques are being increasingly invest...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
8,282 Views
15 Pages

15 August 2019

Some electroencephalography (EEG) studies have investigated emotional intelligence (EI), but none have examined the relationships between EI and commercial advertising messages and related consumer behaviors. This study combines brain (EEG) technique...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,127 Views
9 Pages

9 August 2019

Disadvantaged socioeconomic status is arguably the one exposure that has most consistently been linked to obesity, even more strongly so than diet and physical inactivity, which are the two main perceived root causes of weight gain. However, we still...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
6,188 Views
13 Pages

5 August 2019

(1) Background: Linking physical activity to the teaching of curricular contents provides numerous motivational and emotional benefits which improve academic performance and lead to the improvement and creation of healthy habits from an early age. (2...

  • Article
  • Open Access
54 Citations
11,682 Views
17 Pages

Exercise Intensity Influences Prefrontal Cortex Oxygenation during Cognitive Testing

  • Terence Moriarty,
  • Kelsey Bourbeau,
  • Bryanne Bellovary and
  • Micah N. Zuhl

26 July 2019

Activation changes in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) regions have been linked to acute exercise-induced improvements in cognitive performance. The type of exercise performed may influence PFC activation, and further impact cognitive function. The presen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
63 Citations
12,866 Views
11 Pages

The Use of Digital Technologies, Impulsivity and Psychopathological Symptoms in Adolescence

  • Luca Cerniglia,
  • Marco Guicciardi,
  • Maria Sinatra,
  • Lucia Monacis,
  • Alessandra Simonelli and
  • Silvia Cimino

24 July 2019

Background and aims: Past research on the associations between psychopathological symptoms and technological-based addictions, i.e., Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) and Social Media Addiction (SMA), showed contradictory results in adolescents and adul...

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