Obsessive online social gaming has become a worldwide societal challenge that deserves
more scholarly investigation. However, this issue has not received much attention in the …

Background Despite the growing interest in the construct of drinker identity and empirical
evidence for its role in drinking behavior, there is a paucity of papers that evaluate and …

Objective: Research indicates that a substance user identity (ie, drinking, smoking, and
marijuana identity) is positively correlated with substance use-related outcomes (eg …

Few studies have examined whether specific aspects of group identification predict
problematic and non-problematic addictive behaviours and none have focused on …

Background Previous research has linked discrimination to poorer health. Yet health risk
behaviours such as heavy alcohol consumption are often targeted with stigmatising public …

Introduction Cannabis use has become a more normative, socially-acceptable behavior in
the United States, despite research indicating that frequent use may become problematic for …

Background and Objectives Emerging adulthood is a time of identity formation, and is also
the most common time period for individuals to consume alcohol. Alcohol self‐concept (or …

Problematic alcohol consumption is elevated among those who identify (ie, associate
themselves) with drinking. We extended prior research on drinking identity by considering …

Background Recent studies suggest that young adult participation in, and volume of, alcohol
consumption has decreased. However, the evidence on trends in harmful alcohol …

Whilst limited previous work has detailed the influence of personal and social identities on
the development and maintenance of a number of addictive behaviours, fewer still have …