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Is dysfunctional use of the mobile phone a behavioural addiction? Confronting symptom-based versus process-based approaches

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Billieux, Joël [UCL] Philippot, Pierre [UCL] Schmid, Cécile Maurage, Pierre [UCL] De Mol, Jan [UCL] Van der Linden, Martial [ULg]

Dysfunctional use of the mobile phone has often been conceptualized as a ‘behavioural addiction’ that shares most features with drug addictions. In the current article, we challenge the clinical utility of the addiction model as applied to mobile phone overuse. We describe the case of a woman who overuses her mobile phone from two distinct approaches: (1) a symptom-based categorical approach inspired from the addiction model of dysfunctional mobile phone use and (2) a process-based approach resulting from an idiosyncratic clinical case conceptualization. In the case depicted here, the addiction model was shown to lead to standardized and non-relevant treatment, whereas the clinical case conceptualization allowed identification of specific psychological processes that can be targeted with specific, empirically based psychological interventions. This finding highlights that conceptualizing excessive behaviours (e.g., gambling and sex) within the addiction model can be a simplification of an individual's psychological functioning, offering only limited clinical relevance.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Access type Accès restreint
Publication date 2015
Language Anglais
Journal information "Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy : an international journal of theory and practice" - Vol. 22, p. 460-468 (2015)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Wiley-Blackwell
issn 1063-3995
e-issn 1099-0879
Publication status Publié
Affiliations UCL - SSH/IPSY - Psychological Sciences Research Institute
UCL - SSS/IONS - Institute of NeuroScience
UCL - SSS/IONS/COSY - Systems & cognitive Neuroscience
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Bibliographic reference Billieux, Joël ; Philippot, Pierre ; Schmid, Cécile ; Maurage, Pierre ; De Mol, Jan ; et. al. Is dysfunctional use of the mobile phone a behavioural addiction? Confronting symptom-based versus process-based approaches. In: Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy : an international journal of theory and practice, Vol. 22, p. 460-468 (2015)
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