Vladan Starčević
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View article: Psychological consequences of school mobile phone bans: Emulated trial of a natural experiment in South Australia
Psychological consequences of school mobile phone bans: Emulated trial of a natural experiment in South Australia Open
View article: Cyberchondria in Older Adults and Its Relationship With Cognitive Fusion, Health-Related Quality of Life, and Mental Well-Being: Mediation Analysis
Cyberchondria in Older Adults and Its Relationship With Cognitive Fusion, Health-Related Quality of Life, and Mental Well-Being: Mediation Analysis Open
Background Cyberchondria is the compulsive searching for health information online that continues despite harmful effects. It leads to increased health anxiety and lower health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Older adults face higher risk…
View article: Exploring the Relationship Between Cyberchondria and Suicidal Ideation: Cross-Sectional Mediation Analysis
Exploring the Relationship Between Cyberchondria and Suicidal Ideation: Cross-Sectional Mediation Analysis Open
Background The proliferation of internet-based health information has intensified cyberchondria, or anxiety resulting from excessive health-related searches. The relationship between cyberchondria and suicidal ideation remains underexplore…
View article: A network analysis of obsessive-compulsive symptoms and their comorbidity with other disorders
A network analysis of obsessive-compulsive symptoms and their comorbidity with other disorders Open
This study highlights the potential role of comorbidity. Contamination/cleaning symptoms were observed to have less psychiatric comorbidity. Symmetry/ordering symptoms did not feature prominently in the symptom clusters, whilst checking co…
View article: The relationship between e-Health literacy and cyberchondria in Iranian students of health sciences
The relationship between e-Health literacy and cyberchondria in Iranian students of health sciences Open
Introduction Cyberchondria has been growing in recent years. Understanding the relationship between e-Health Literacy and Cyberchondria is important, as enhancing e-Health Literacy perhaps empower individuals to navigate online health info…
View article: Exploring the Relationship Between Cyberchondria and Suicidal Ideation: Cross-Sectional Mediation Analysis (Preprint)
Exploring the Relationship Between Cyberchondria and Suicidal Ideation: Cross-Sectional Mediation Analysis (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND The proliferation of internet-based health information has intensified cyberchondria, or anxiety resulting from excessive health-related searches. The relationship between cyberchondria and suicidal ideation remains underexplor…
View article: Dysregulated Use of Mobile/Smartphone
Dysregulated Use of Mobile/Smartphone Open
Given the ability to use the internet and applications that are both immediately accessible and highly rewarding to users, concern exists regarding the development of excessive and dysregulated smartphone use (also known as ‘smartphone add…
View article: Problematic online behaviors constitute related yet distinct conditions: A cross-sectional study
Problematic online behaviors constitute related yet distinct conditions: A cross-sectional study Open
This study tested the Spectrum hypothesis of problematic online behaviors (POBs) which posits that POBs (e.g., online gaming, gambling, sexual activities, and social networking) constitute distinct, yet related constructs. To overcome the …
View article: Problematic gaming, social withdrawal, and Escapism: The Compensatory-Dissociative Online Gaming (C-DOG) model
Problematic gaming, social withdrawal, and Escapism: The Compensatory-Dissociative Online Gaming (C-DOG) model Open
View article: Deconstructing the components model of addiction: an illustration through "addictive" use of social media
Deconstructing the components model of addiction: an illustration through "addictive" use of social media Open
The components model of addiction posits that all addictions share six components, namely salience, tolerance, mood modification, relapse, withdrawal, and conflict. This highly influential model has resulted in the development of numerous …
View article: Further evidence for the bidimensionality of the components model of addiction: a reply to Amendola (2023)
Further evidence for the bidimensionality of the components model of addiction: a reply to Amendola (2023) Open
In our original research article entitled “Deconstructing the components model of addiction: an illustration through “addictive” use of social media” (Fournier et al., 2023), we showed that the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale, a six-it…
View article: Resolving the Paradox of Long-Term Benzodiazepine Treatment
Resolving the Paradox of Long-Term Benzodiazepine Treatment Open
Resolving the Paradox of Long-Term Benzodiazepine Treatment: Toward Evidence-Based Practice Guidelines
View article: Keeping Dr. Google under control: how to prevent and manage cyberchondria
Keeping Dr. Google under control: how to prevent and manage cyberchondria Open
The Internet has become the main source of health information, which is usually obtained via online health search using relevant engines – a behavioral pattern also known as "Dr. Google". Online health search has had an empowering effect, …
View article: Predictors of Cyberchondria During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-sectional Study Using Supervised Machine Learning
Predictors of Cyberchondria During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-sectional Study Using Supervised Machine Learning Open
Background Cyberchondria is characterized by repeated and compulsive online searches for health information, resulting in increased health anxiety and distress. It has been conceptualized as a multidimensional construct fueled by both anxi…
View article: Deconstructing the components model of addiction: an illustration through “addictive” use of social media
Deconstructing the components model of addiction: an illustration through “addictive” use of social media Open
The components model of addiction posits that all addictions share six components, namely salience, tolerance, mood modification, relapse, withdrawal, and conflict. This highly influential model has resulted in the development of numerous …
View article: Psychometric Properties of the Multidimensional Assessment of Covid-19-Related Fears (MAC-RF) in French-Speaking Healthcare Professionals and Community Adults
Psychometric Properties of the Multidimensional Assessment of Covid-19-Related Fears (MAC-RF) in French-Speaking Healthcare Professionals and Community Adults Open
The Multidimensional Assessment of COVID-19-Related Fears (MAC-RF) is an 8-item self-report measure, which is based on the theoretical premise that fear responses to COVID-19 involve different yet intertwined domains (i.e., bodily, relatio…
View article: The Doctor Is In(ternet): The Mediating Role of Health Anxiety in the Relationship between Somatic Symptoms and Cyberchondria
The Doctor Is In(ternet): The Mediating Role of Health Anxiety in the Relationship between Somatic Symptoms and Cyberchondria Open
Cyberchondria is a dysfunctional behavioral pattern characterized by an excessive and anxiety-amplifying engagement in searching for reassuring health information on the Internet. Research demonstrated that somatic symptoms and health anxi…
View article: World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) guidelines for treatment of anxiety, obsessive-compulsive and posttraumatic stress disorders – Version 3. Part I: Anxiety disorders
World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) guidelines for treatment of anxiety, obsessive-compulsive and posttraumatic stress disorders – Version 3. Part I: Anxiety disorders Open
It is the goal of this initiative to provide treatment guidance for these disorders that has validity throughout the world.
View article: World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) guidelines for treatment of anxiety, obsessive-compulsive and posttraumatic stress disorders – Version 3. Part II: OCD and PTSD
World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) guidelines for treatment of anxiety, obsessive-compulsive and posttraumatic stress disorders – Version 3. Part II: OCD and PTSD Open
OCD and PTSD can be effectively treated with CBT and medications.
View article: The psychometric properties of the Nepean Belief Scale as a tool for assessing delusions in schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders
The psychometric properties of the Nepean Belief Scale as a tool for assessing delusions in schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders Open
View article: The Spanish version of the short form of the Cyberchondria Severity Scale (CSS-12): Testing the factor structure and measurement invariance across genders
The Spanish version of the short form of the Cyberchondria Severity Scale (CSS-12): Testing the factor structure and measurement invariance across genders Open
Cyberchondria refers to excessive and repeated online health-related searching, which is associated with increased distress and anxiety. The Cyberchondria Severity Scale (CSS) is the most widely used measure for assessment of cyberchondria…
View article: Gaming disorder and the COVID-19 pandemic: Treatment demand and service delivery challenges
Gaming disorder and the COVID-19 pandemic: Treatment demand and service delivery challenges Open
Gaming activities have conferred numerous benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, some individuals may be at greater risk of problem gaming due to disruption to adaptive routines, increased anxiety and/or depression, and social iso…
View article: Validation of self-report measures of narcissism against a diagnostic interview
Validation of self-report measures of narcissism against a diagnostic interview Open
The Pathological Narcissism Inventory (PNI) and the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) are often used to screen for pathological narcissism but have rarely been validated against a clinician-administered diagnostic interview. Our stu…
View article: The Pitfalls of Recycling Substance-Use Disorder Criteria to Diagnose Behavioral Addictions
The Pitfalls of Recycling Substance-Use Disorder Criteria to Diagnose Behavioral Addictions Open
While increasing academic attention has been paid to behavioral addictions (i.e., non-substance-related addictive behaviors) over the past 15 years, new diagnoses of questionable clinical relevance have proliferated in the literature. This…
View article: Representation of Benzodiazepines in Treatment Guidelines: The Paradox of Undesirable Objectivity
Representation of Benzodiazepines in Treatment Guidelines: The Paradox of Undesirable Objectivity Open
View article: Research Directions in the Study of Gaming-Related Escapism: a Commentary to Melodia, Canale, and Griffiths (2020)
Research Directions in the Study of Gaming-Related Escapism: a Commentary to Melodia, Canale, and Griffiths (2020) Open
View article: Measuring emptiness: Validation of the Italian version of the Subjective Emptiness Scale in clinical and non-clinical populations
Measuring emptiness: Validation of the Italian version of the Subjective Emptiness Scale in clinical and non-clinical populations Open
View article: Unveiling the relationships between cyberchondria and psychopathological symptoms
Unveiling the relationships between cyberchondria and psychopathological symptoms Open
View article: Relationship between benzodiazepine prescription, aggressive behavior, and behavioral disinhibition: a retrospective study in a Swiss prison
Relationship between benzodiazepine prescription, aggressive behavior, and behavioral disinhibition: a retrospective study in a Swiss prison Open
View article: ‘Things are not what they seem to be’: A proposal for the spectrum approach to conspiracy beliefs
‘Things are not what they seem to be’: A proposal for the spectrum approach to conspiracy beliefs Open
Objective: Conspiracy beliefs (also known as conspiracy theories) become more prominent at times of heightened uncertainty and inconsistent or conflicting explanations provided by the authorities for events like terrorist attacks or pandem…