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July 31, 2024
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Maladaptive daydreaming and problematic online behaviors: A network analysis approach

Publicated to:JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH. 177 314-320 - 2024-09-01 177(), DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.07.023

Authors: Pezzi M; Zagaria A; Miguel-Alvaro A; Gámez-Guadix M; Gori A; Santoro G; Musetti A

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Sapienza Università di Roma - Author
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid - Author
Universidad Complutense de Madrid - Author
Università degli Studi di Firenze; Integrated Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Institute (IPPI) - Author
Università di Parma - Author
Università di Parma; co-last author. - Author
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Abstract

Previous evidence showed that Maladaptive Daydreaming (MD) is positively associated with different Problematic Online Behaviors (POBs). This study aimed to investigate the mutual relationship between MD and several POBs. Data were collected from 1209 participants, aged 18–73 (M = 30.59, SD = 12.26), through self-report questionnaires assessing MD and POBs, including problematic online gambling, problematic online gaming, problematic cybersex, Problematic Social Media Use (PSMU), problematic online shopping, and cyberchondria. Two psychometric network analyses were performed to examine the associations between all POBs at item levels, and between MD and POBs at construct levels. Results revealed six distinct communities, supporting the specificity of each POB. Furthermore, MD was found to be more strongly associated with PSMU and cyberchondria, and weakly associated with problematic online gaming, problematic cybersex, and problematic online shopping. The mutual relationships between MD and POBs might have relevant implications for the assessment and treatment of these clinical conditions.

Keywords

Maladaptive daydreamingNetwork analysisProblematic internet useProblematic online behaviorsSpectrum hypothesis

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2024 there are still no calculated indicators, but in 2023, it was in position 63/276, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Psychiatry.

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-22:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 29.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 52 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 1.25.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 1 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://repositorio.uam.es/handle/10486/720247

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Italy.