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A taxonomy of technology design features that promote potentially addictive online behaviours

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Flayelle, Maèva, Brevers, Damien, King, Daniel L., Maurage, Pierre, Perales, José C., Billieux, Joël·2023·Nature Reviews Psychology

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Authors: Flayelle, M., Brevers, D., King, D. L., Maurage, P., Perales, J. C., & Billieux, J.
Affiliations: University of Lausanne (CH)
University of Luxembourg (LU)
Flinders University (AU)
UCLouvain (BE)
Universidad de Granada (ES)
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CH)
Corresponding author: Flayelle, Maèva
Billieux, Joël
ORCID: Flayelle, Maèva
Brevers, Damien
King, Daniel L.
Maurage, Pierre
Perales, José C.
Billieux, Joël
Venue: Nature Reviews Psychology
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2023-02-14
Volume: 2
Issue: 3
Pages: 136-150
ISSN: 2731-0574 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1038/s44159-023-00153-4
OpenAlex: W4321370273
Cited by: 195
References: 252
Citations by year: 2026: 70 · 2025: 56 · 2024: 45 · 2023: 24
FWCI: 9.91
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: bronze
doi.org
Licence: www.springernature.com/gp/researchers/text-and-data-mining (tdm)
www.springernature.com/gp/researchers/text-and-data-mining (vor)
Locations: Nature Reviews Psychology (publishedVersion)
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IRIS (submittedVersion)
Funders: Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS
Topics: Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Gambling Behavior and Treatments
Social Sciences › Communication › Digital Media and Philosophy
Keywords: gaming disorder, online gambling, cybersex, online shopping, social networking, loss of control, addictive behavior, reinforcement learning, design taxonomy

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