Damien Brevers
Biographic Data
| ID | 4426506 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Damien Brevers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Damien |
| FAMILY NAME | Brevers |
| SIGNATURE | BREVERS D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Luxembourg |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4503-0898 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Why Are Therapists Walking the Talk? Exploring the Person of the Therapist in Walk‐and‐Talk Therapy
Open science practices in behavioral addictions
Does Time Pressure Alter the Affect Gap in Risky Choice
People often exhibit systematic differences in their risky choices when decisions elicit high anticipatory affect compared to choices that are relatively affect‐poor—typically showing lower decision quality and greater risk aversion. This affect gap can be modeled by assuming that people use a compensatory strategy (i.e., a strategy that weighs outcomes against their probability of occurring) in affect‐poor choices, but a simple non‐compensatory …
Walking in nature decreases state anxiety through pleasure
Effects of 72-hour abstinence from instant messaging on craving, withdrawal, and affect
The effects of abstinence from digital services and/or devices (aka “digital detox”) on mental health have received increased interest in recent years. Regular breaks and abstinent periods are advised to help individuals who overuse digital technology, but the psychological benefits and related consequences require empirical attention. While some studies have examined the impact of abstinence from smartphone or social networks (SN) on mental heal…
The landscape of open science in behavioral addiction research
Open science refers to a set of practices that aim to make scientific research more transparent, accessible, and reproducible, including pre-registration of study protocols, sharing of data and materials, the use of transparent research methods, and open access publishing. In this commentary, we describe and evaluate the current state of open science practices in behavioral addiction research. We highlight the specific value of open science pract…
The role of negative and positive urgency in the relationship between craving and symptoms of problematic video game use
Craving and emotion-driven impulsivity dimensions (positive and negative urgency) have been suggested as factors involved in the progression of different potentially problematic behaviors. However, their role in severity of video gaming-related problems remains unclear. This study aims to assess the differential capacity of negative and positive urgency to predict craving and the number of internet gaming disorder (IGD) symptoms endorsed (as a pr…
Operationalization and measurement of compulsivity across video gaming and gambling behavioral domains
Results support the proposal that core symptoms of behavioral addictions strongly overlap with compulsivity, and peripheral symptoms are not essential for their conceptualization. Further research should clarify the etiology of compulsive behavior, and whether pathways to compulsivity in behavioral addictions could be common or different across domains
On the pitfalls of conceptualizing excessive physical exercise as an addictive disorder
This commentary challenges some of the proposals made in the opinion paper entitled “The expanded interactional model of exercise addiction” by Dinardi, Egorov, and Szabo (2021). We first question the usefulness of the (expanded) interactional model of exercise addiction to determine the psychological processes underlying distress and functional impairment in excessive physical exercise. We then consider the authors’ use of the Self-Determination…
Identifying the psychological processes delineating non-harmful from problematic binge-watching
As on-demand streaming technology rapidly expanded, binge-watching (i.e., watching multiple episodes of TV series back-to-back) has become a widespread activity, and substantial research has been conducted to explore its potential harmfulness. There is, however, a need for differentiating non-harmful and problematic binge-watching. This is the first study using a machine learning analytical strategy to further investigate the distinct psychologic…
Brain mechanisms underlying prospective thinking of sustainable behaviours
Implementation Intention for Initiating Intuitive Eating and Active Embodiment in Obese Patients Using a Smartphone Application
This article describes a study protocol, which aims to explore and describe the feasibility of a mobile-phone application for initiating intuitive eating and intuitive exercising in patients who are following an ambulatory treatment for obesity. Intuitive eating refers to one's ability to make food choices based on one's awareness of his/her body's response. Intuitive exercising encourages people in finding enjoyable ways of being physically acti…
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Implementation Intention for Initiating Intuitive Eating and Active Embodiment in Obese Patients Using a Smartphone Application
This article describes a study protocol, which aims to explore and describe the feasibility of a mobile-phone application for initiating intuitive eating and intuitive exercising in patients who are following an ambulatory treatment for obesity. Intuitive eating refers to one's ability to make food choices based on one's awareness of his/her body's response. Intuitive exercising encourages people in finding enjoyable ways of being physically acti…
Brain mechanisms underlying prospective thinking of sustainable behaviours
On the pitfalls of conceptualizing excessive physical exercise as an addictive disorder
This commentary challenges some of the proposals made in the opinion paper entitled “The expanded interactional model of exercise addiction” by Dinardi, Egorov, and Szabo (2021). We first question the usefulness of the (expanded) interactional model of exercise addiction to determine the psychological processes underlying distress and functional impairment in excessive physical exercise. We then consider the authors’ use of the Self-Determination…
Identifying the psychological processes delineating non-harmful from problematic binge-watching
As on-demand streaming technology rapidly expanded, binge-watching (i.e., watching multiple episodes of TV series back-to-back) has become a widespread activity, and substantial research has been conducted to explore its potential harmfulness. There is, however, a need for differentiating non-harmful and problematic binge-watching. This is the first study using a machine learning analytical strategy to further investigate the distinct psychologic…
The landscape of open science in behavioral addiction research
Open science refers to a set of practices that aim to make scientific research more transparent, accessible, and reproducible, including pre-registration of study protocols, sharing of data and materials, the use of transparent research methods, and open access publishing. In this commentary, we describe and evaluate the current state of open science practices in behavioral addiction research. We highlight the specific value of open science pract…
The role of negative and positive urgency in the relationship between craving and symptoms of problematic video game use
Craving and emotion-driven impulsivity dimensions (positive and negative urgency) have been suggested as factors involved in the progression of different potentially problematic behaviors. However, their role in severity of video gaming-related problems remains unclear. This study aims to assess the differential capacity of negative and positive urgency to predict craving and the number of internet gaming disorder (IGD) symptoms endorsed (as a pr…
Operationalization and measurement of compulsivity across video gaming and gambling behavioral domains
Results support the proposal that core symptoms of behavioral addictions strongly overlap with compulsivity, and peripheral symptoms are not essential for their conceptualization. Further research should clarify the etiology of compulsive behavior, and whether pathways to compulsivity in behavioral addictions could be common or different across domains
Effects of 72-hour abstinence from instant messaging on craving, withdrawal, and affect
The effects of abstinence from digital services and/or devices (aka “digital detox”) on mental health have received increased interest in recent years. Regular breaks and abstinent periods are advised to help individuals who overuse digital technology, but the psychological benefits and related consequences require empirical attention. While some studies have examined the impact of abstinence from smartphone or social networks (SN) on mental heal…
Does Time Pressure Alter the Affect Gap in Risky Choice
People often exhibit systematic differences in their risky choices when decisions elicit high anticipatory affect compared to choices that are relatively affect‐poor—typically showing lower decision quality and greater risk aversion. This affect gap can be modeled by assuming that people use a compensatory strategy (i.e., a strategy that weighs outcomes against their probability of occurring) in affect‐poor choices, but a simple non‐compensatory …
Walking in nature decreases state anxiety through pleasure
Why Are Therapists Walking the Talk? Exploring the Person of the Therapist in Walk‐and‐Talk Therapy
Open science practices in behavioral addictions
Psychology (10 works) · Addiction (6 works) · Impact of Technology on Adolescents (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Behavioral Health and Interventions (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Applied Psychology (2 works)