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Prevalence of the Addictions: A Problem of the Majority or the Minority?

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Sussman, Steve, Lisha, Nadra, Griffiths, Mark·2011·Evaluation & the Health Professions
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An increasing number of research studies over the last three decades suggest that a wide range of substance and process addictions may serve similar functions. The current article considers 11 such potential addictions (tobacco, alcohol, illicit drugs, eating, gambling, Internet, love, sex, exercise, work, and shopping), their prevalence, and co-occurrence, based on a systematic review of the literature. Data from 83 studies (each study n = at least 500 subjects) were presented and supplemented with small-scale data. Depending on which assumptions are made, overall 12-month prevalence of an addiction among U.S. adults varies from 15% to 61%. The authors assert that it is most plausible that 47% of the U.S. adult population suffers from maladaptive signs of an addictive disorder over a 12-month period and that it may be useful to think of addictions as due to problems of lifestyle as well as to person-level factors.

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  • A recent study on AIAN adolescents in California found that the most prominent lifetime addictions were texting, internet use, love, and shopping, while cigarette use, texting, internet use, and love were the most prevalent past-month addictions.

    “A recent study on AIAN adolescents in California found that the most prominent lifetime addictions were texting, internet use, love, and shopping, while cigarette use, texting, internet use, and love (defined as maladaptive relationships that mirror addictive behaviors) were the most prevalent past-month addictions [81,83].”

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Sussman, S., Lisha, N., & Griffiths, M.
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  • University of Southern California (US)
  • Nottingham Trent University (GB)
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Evaluation & the Health Professions
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2010-09-27
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34
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  • 0163-2787 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-3918
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10.1177/0163278710380124
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  • National Institutes of Health (5r01da020138-05)
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (DA020138, R01-DA020138)
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  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Gambling Behavior and Treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
Keywords
addiction prevalence, substance use disorders, tobacco use, alcohol consumption, illicit drug use, eating disorders, gambling addiction, internet addiction, love addiction, sexual addiction, exercise addiction, workaholism, compulsive buying, lifestyle factors, adults
MeSH terms
Alcoholism, Gambling, Humans, Minority Groups, Risk Factors, Smoking, Illicit Drugs, United States, Prevalence, Behavior, Addictive, Substance-Related Disorders

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