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  2. John Bowlby - Wikipedia

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    John Bowlby. Edward John Mostyn Bowlby, CBE, FBA, FRCP, FRCPsych ( / ˈboʊlbi /; 26 February 1907 – 2 September 1990) was a British psychologist, psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst, notable for his interest in child development and for his pioneering work in attachment theory. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked ...

  3. Problematic social media use - Wikipedia

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    The Social Media Disorder Scale (SMD) is a nine-item scale that was created to investigate addiction to social media and get to the heart of the issue. This scale has been used in conjunction with multiple scales and does measure social media addiction. The SMD has been tested and has good reliability and validity.

  4. Social media and psychology - Wikipedia

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    Social media and psychology. Social media began in the form of generalized online communities. These online communities formed on websites like Geocities.com in 1994, Theglobe.com in 1995, and Tripod.com in 1995. [1] Many of these early communities focused on social interaction by bringing people together through the use of chat rooms.

  5. Nation Media Group - Wikipedia

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    Products. Newspapers, magazines, radio stations, television stations. Number of employees. 1,400 (2004) Website. www .nationmedia .com. Nation Media Group ( NMG ), formerly East African Newspapers (Nation Series) Ltd, is an East African media group listed based in Kenya and listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange. It is owned by Aga Khan IV.

  6. Addictive behavior - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. An addictive behavior is a behavior, or a stimulus related to a behavior (e.g., sex or food), that is both rewarding and reinforcing, and is associated with the development of an addiction. There are two main forms of addiction: substance use disorders (including alcohol, tobacco, drugs and cannabis) and behavioral addiction (including ...

  7. Disease model of addiction - Wikipedia

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    The disease model of addiction describes an addiction as a disease with biological, neurological, genetic, and environmental sources of origin. [1] The traditional medical model of disease requires only that an abnormal condition be present that causes discomfort, dysfunction, or distress to the affected individual.

  8. Dynamic-maturational model of attachment and adaptation

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    The dynamic-maturational model of attachment and adaptation ( DMM) is a biopsychosocial model describing the effect attachment relationships can have on human development and functioning. It is especially focused on the effects of relationships between children and parents and between reproductive couples. It developed initially from attachment ...

  9. Addiction psychology - Wikipedia

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    The disease model suggests that addiction is a diagnosable disease similar to cancer or diabetes. This model attributes addiction to a chemical imbalance in an individual's brain that could be caused by genetics or environmental factors. The second model is the choice model of addiction, which holds that addiction is a result of voluntary ...