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Attachment and emotion regulation in substance addictions and behavioral addictions

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Estévez, Ana, Jáuregui, Paula, Sánchez-Marcos, Inmaculada, López-González, Hibai, Griffiths, Mark D.·2017·Journal of Behavioral Addictions

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Background: Risky behaviors have been related to emotional regulation and attachment, which may constitute risk factors for developing an addictive behavior. However, there may also be differences between substance and non-substance-related addictions. Aims: This study aimed to examine the relationship of emotional regulation and attachment, with substance (alcohol and drug abuse), and non-substance-related addictions (gambling disorder, video game addiction, and problematic Internet use) in adolescents and emerging adults. The study also aimed to examine gender differences for such predictors. Methods: The sample comprised 472 students aged 13–21 years recruited from high schools and vocational education centers. Results: Findings demonstrated that emotion regulation was predictive of all addictive behaviors assessed in this study (alcohol and drug abuse, gambling disorder, video game addiction, and problematic Internet use), whereas attachment predicted non-substance-related addictions (gambling disorder, video game addiction, and problematic Internet use). In addition, gender differences were found, with females scoring significantly higher in maternal and peer attachment, whereas males scored significantly higher in gambling disorder and video game addiction. Conclusion: The findings may be useful for preventive and clinical interventions conducted with youth regarding addictive behaviors.

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  • La impulsividad y la carencia de regulación emocional se relacionan con las adicciones a sustancias, así como con las comportamentales.

    “esto concuerda con datos anteriores que postulan que la impulsividad y la carencia de regulación emocional se relacionan con las adicciones a sustancias, así como con las comportamentales (Clemente et al., 2019; Estévez et al., 2017; Granados et al., 2020).”

    From Adicción a las redes sociales y soledad en estudiantes universitarios limeños (2022) · cites this paper as Estévez et al., 2017

    The Results and Discussion (page not provided) report that difficulties in emotion regulation were associated with the substance and behavioral addictions assessed. The Discussion links emotion regulation to impulse control, but the paper does not establish a separate association between impulsivity and both categories of addiction. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • The same goes for nonsubstance-related addictions.

    “However, as stated by many authors, the same goes for nonsubstance-related addictions (Estévez et al. 2017).”

    From Addiction to Social Media and Attachment Styles: A Systematic Literature Review (2019) · cites this paper as Estévez et al. 2017

    The Discussion reports that emotion regulation predicted the substance and non-substance addictive behaviors assessed, supporting a similarity between them. But the citing sentence does not provide the antecedent of “the same,” so our copy cannot establish whether it supports the specific comparison intended. (LLM, conf=0.72)

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  • Anxiously attached individuals use Facebook intensely as a means to develop and maintain their relationships.

    “Thus, they use Facebook intensely (i) as a means to develop and maintain their relationships (Andangsari et al. 2013;Assunção et al. 2017;Estévez et al. 2017;Liu et al. 2013;Longua Peterson et al. 2017;Rao and Madan 2012;Rom and Alfasi 2014;)”

    From Addiction to Social Media and Attachment Styles: A Systematic Literature Review (2019) · cites this paper as Estévez et al. 2017

    The Discussion (page unavailable) suggests that people with insufficient parental attachment may use the Internet excessively and that Internet use could compensate for a need to form relationships. It does not establish that anxiously attached individuals use Facebook intensely to develop and maintain relationships. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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  • The more individuals think they cannot rely on others' support, the more it leads to avoidance of interpersonal relationships and they search for compensation via online engagement.

    “The more they think they cannot rely on others' support (Estévez et al. 2017), the more it leads to the avoidance of interpersonal relationships and they search for compensation via online engagement (Eichenberg et al. 2017;Estévez et al. 2017;Fujimori et al. 2015;Lei and Wu 2007;Savcı and Aysan 2016;Yang et al. 2016).”

    From Addiction to Social Media and Attachment Styles: A Systematic Literature Review (2019) · cites this paper as Estévez et al. 2017

    The Discussion says people with insecure attachment may feel unable to rely on others’ support, that this could prompt avoidance of interpersonal relationships, and that Internet use could compensate for unmet relationship needs. The citing sentence presents these tentative links as a stronger, graded causal relationship (‘the more … the more’), which the source does not establish. No page numbers are provided in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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  • Families' inability to form emotional bonds appears to contribute to addictive behavioral patterns.

    “In contrast, it appears that families' inability to form emotional bonds appear to contribute to addictive behavioral patterns (Şenormancı et al. 2014;Estévez et al. 2017).”

    From Addiction to Social Media and Attachment Styles: A Systematic Literature Review (2019) · cites this paper as Estévez et al. 2017

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Authors
Estévez, A., Jáuregui, P., Sánchez-Marcos, I., López-González, H., & Griffiths, M. D.
Affiliations
  • Universidad de Deusto (ES)
  • Nottingham Trent University (GB)
Corresponding author
Estévez, Ana
Venue
Journal of Behavioral Addictions
Published
2017-12
Volume
6
Issue
4
Pages
534-544
ISSN
  • 2062-5871 (ISSN-L)
  • 2063-5303
OpenAlex
W2781367606
Cited by
371
References
107
Citations by year
2026: 24 · 2025: 40 · 2024: 66 · 2023: 59 · 2022: 46 · 2021: 54 · 2020: 44 · 2019: 32 · 2018: 6
FWCI
27.81
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Behavioral Addictions (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Nottingham Trent University's Institutional Repository (Nottingham Trent Repository) (acceptedVersion)
  • Repository of the Academy's Library (Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) (acceptedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Gambling Behavior and Treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
Keywords
attachment, emotion regulation, substance addiction, behavioral addiction, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, gambling addiction, gaming addiction, problematic internet use, adolescents, emerging adults, gender differences, maternal attachment, peer attachment, addictive behavior
MeSH terms
Self-Control, Adolescent, Emotions, Female, Gambling, Humans, Male, Object Attachment, Behavior, Addictive, Video Games, Substance-Related Disorders, Internet, Young Adult

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