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A taxonomy of technology design features that promote potentially addictive online behaviours
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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
- Venue
- Nature Reviews Psychology
- Published
- 2023-02-14
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 136-150
- ISSN
- 2731-0574 (ISSN-L)
- 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
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- Nature Reviews Psychology (publishedVersion)
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- 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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