Marc N Potenza
Biographic Data
| ID | 4459700 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marc N Potenza |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marc N |
| FAMILY NAME | Potenza |
| SIGNATURE | POTENZA M N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Yale University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6323-1354 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 177 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 63 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 174 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Protection or constraint? A phenomenological study of the learning experience among doctors receiving postgraduate medical education during the Covid-19 pandemic
A global investigation of the Moral Incongruence Model of Pornography Use across genders, religions, and cultures
Sex differences in the longitudinal association between high risk of internet gaming disorder and subsequent suicidality among adolescents: A cohort study
Are you on the internet or using screen-based devices: Revisiting the concepts of ‘internet addiction’ and ‘smartphone addiction’
The concept of ‘internet addiction’ was introduced in the 1990s and has increasingly been recognized as a clinical and public health issue. Although umbrella terms can be useful for screening, theoretical considerations, and intervention planning, the term itself has received criticism because of its conceptual heterogeneity, implying an addiction to a medium and not including a wide range of problematic behavioral patterns that are below the dia…
Health response to problematic usage of the internet: A global survey on trends, available treatments and key challenges
“Feeling unseen”: Generation and psychometric validation of a scale assessing sense of absence
Compulsive sexual behavior disorder (CSBD) and problematic pornography use (PPU): A comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and expert-informed narrative review with suggested future directions
Compulsive sexual behavior may be more state-like than trait-like: Findings from a three-year longitudinal representative survey
Connectome-based predictive modelling of problematic gaming in youth from the ABCD study
A comparative analysis of sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of gambling disorder by sex among treatment-seeking individuals: A national sample from Türkiye
Dynamic interplay between food addiction, psychological and behavioral factors, and weight-related measures: A longitudinal network analysis in developing youth
Characterizing Profiles of Substance Use and Addictive Behaviors Among High School Students: A Latent Class Analysis
BACKGROUND: Adolescence is a critical period for experimenting with substances and addictive behaviors. Early initiation and co-occurrence of these behaviors are associated with adverse mental health, academic, and social outcomes/measures, underscoring the importance of identifying distinct patterns. We investigated correlates of substance use, gambling, and high-frequency screen time from a representative school-based survey. METHODS: = 2,015),…
Potential effects of a gaming restriction policy on problematic use of the internet and time spent on the internet among Chinese adolescents: A longitudinal study
Altered uncertainty processing during adaptive learning in internet gaming disorder
Sex-Specific Associations Between Cannabis Use, Suicidal Intent, and Suicidal Ideation Among Low-Income U.S. Veterans
Homelessness Among U.S. Veterans: National Trends, Correlates, and Mental Health Burden
Mechanism‐based subtypes of problematic use of the internet and corresponding neurobehavioral characteristics among children and adolescents
BACKGROUND: The global prevalence of problematic use of the internet (PUI) has increased over time, particularly among youth. To enhance the efficacy of treatments and identify personalized intervention targets, it is important to classify subtypes based on differences in underlying mechanisms rather than solely on symptom severity. This study aimed to identify reliable subtypes of PUI among youth by examining three neurofunctional domains common…
Sexual Assertiveness and Sexual Victimization Across Different Life Stages: Examining Gender-Related and Cultural Differences
Objectives A growing body of research indicate that experiencing sexual victimization may be linked to lower levels of sexual assertiveness, yet significant gaps remain in understanding how this association varies across the life stages in which one is victimized, gender identities, and cultural contexts. Prior studies have primarily focused on cisgender women from Western countries, mainly examined adolescent/adult sexual assault (AASA), and emp…
Clinical Consensus Statements on Intervention Content for Gambling Treatment: A Contextualised Delphi Study with Clinical Researchers
Comprehensive Sexuality Education: A Qualitative Study on the Perspectives of Teachers, Parents and Adolescents
Introduction Comprehensive sexuality education in schools remains an important avenue for providing crucial information to adolescents as they develop. However, the content and delivery of sexuality education need to be periodically updated to stay current and relevant to adolescents. It is important to define effective and comprehensive pedagogical methods to provide sexuality education to developing youth. Objective The main aim of this study w…
Investigating associations between maternal neural responsivity and infant developmental outcomes
Maternal responsiveness plays an important role in child development. Event-related potentials can be used to examine neural mechanisms underlying maternal responsivity. Here, associations between neural markers of maternal responsivity and five child development domains-cognitive, language, motor, adaptive behavior, and social-emotional development-were examined in 94 mothers ( M age = 29.19 years; 41% African American, 28% Caucasian, 19% Hispan…
Psychometric Properties and Measurement Invariance of Video Addiction Scales: The Chinese YouTube Addiction Scale for Taiwan and Hong Kong
As the second most frequently visited website globally, YouTube attracts numerous people who spend significant amounts of time on the platform, potentially leading to problematic consequences. To investigate the underlying mechanism of problematic video-based social media use, the present study translated and culturally adapted the YouTube Addiction Scale (YAS) into two Chinese versions for people in Taiwan and Hong Kong. Psychometric properties …
Current interpretations of the I-Pace model of behavioral addictions
Gambling disorder and problematic pornography use: Does co-occurrence influence treatment outcome
Scars, screens, and stakes: Link between non-suicidal self-injury and problem gambling, problem gaming, and problematic internet use – A systematic review
Labyrinth Revisited. Rethinking 'Minoan' Archaeology
These findings suggest that co-occurring obesity and smoking is associated with substantial mental and physical health burden in U.S. veterans. Collectively, they underscore the importance of multicomponent interventions targeting, obesity, smoking, and co-occurring issues, such as trauma and internalizing disorders, in this population
The Association between the Quantity and Severity of Pornography Use: A Meta-analysis
Revisiting the Role of Impulsivity and Compulsivity in Problematic Sexual Behaviors
Impulsivity and compulsivity are transdiagnostic features associated with clinically relevant aspects of psychiatric disorders, including addictions. However, little research has investigated how impulsivity and compulsivity relate to hypersexuality and problematic pornography use. Thus, the aims of the present study were to investigate (a) self-reported impulsivity and compulsivity with respect to hypersexuality and problematic pornography use a…
Why Do People Watch Pornography? Cross-Cultural Validation of the Pornography Use Motivations Scale (Pums) and Its Short Form (Pums-8)
Motivations for pornography use may vary across gender identities, sexual orientations, and geographical regions, warranting examination to promote individual and public health. The aims of this study were to validate the Pornography Use Motivations Scale (PUMS) in a diverse, multicultural sample, and develop a short form (PUMS-8) that can assess a wide range of pornography use motivations. Using data from 42 countries (N = 75,117; Mage = 32.07; …
Cross-cultural Validation of the Arizona Sexual Experience Scale (Asex) in 42 Countries and 26 Languages
Introduction The Arizona Sexual Experiences Scale (ASEX) is a brief questionnaire that evaluates five major aspects of sexual function: sex drive, arousal, erectile function/vaginal lubrication, ability to reach orgasm, and satisfaction with orgasm. An advantage of the ASEX is its simplicity and brevity (five items), making it suitable for the screening of sexual function problems in healthcare contexts and large-scale studies. The main objective…
Substance use and mothers’ neural responses to infant cues
Substance use may influence mothers’ responsiveness to their infants and negatively impact the parent–infant relationship. Maternal substance use may co‐opt neural circuitry involved in caregiving, thus reducing the salience of infant cues and diminishing the sense of reward experienced by caring for infants. Gaps in understanding exist with regard to the mechanisms by which substance use operates to influence mothers’ processing of infant cues a…
The Proof of the Pudding Is in the Tasting: Data Are Needed to Test Models and Hypotheses Related to Compulsive Sexual Behaviors
general adult population. Unfortunately, definitions regarding what constitutes CSB remain debated, complicating the precise estimates of the prevalence of CSB. A similar situation existed for internet gaming disorder (IGD) where prevalence estimates ranged widely prior to the introduction of formal proposed criteria in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5; APA, 2013; Furthermore, no nationally rep…
Current Tobacco-Smoking and Neural Responses to Infant Cues in Mothers
SYNOPSISObjective. Smoking has a detrimental impact on maternal physical health and exposes children to secondhand smoke, but the extent to which it affects maternal brain and behavior is not well-known and may have implications for parent and child development. We examined how current smoking status might relate to maternal neural responses to infant cues using event-related potentials. Design. Current smoking (n = 35) and non-smoking (n = 35) m…
Cross-Cultural Validation of the Sexual Desire Inventory (SDI-2) in 42 Countries and 26 Languages
Sexual desire is a complex construct with important implications for sexual functioning and well-being. In this research, we translated the Sexual Desire Inventory (SDI-2), a widely used scale for assessing sexual (desire), into 25 languages from English and used data from the International Sex Survey (ISS) to (a) investigate its psychometric properties (i.e. factorial structure, reliability, validity, and measurement invariance) and (b) explore …
Debates on Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder: A Call for Global and Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Suicidal ideation among Bangladeshi university students early during the Covid-19 pandemic: Prevalence estimates and correlates
Gender-Related Differences in the Characteristics of Problem Gamblers Using a Gambling Helpline
OBJECTIVE: The characteristics of male and female gamblers utilizing a gambling helpline were examined to identify gender-related differences. METHOD: The authors performed logistic regression analyses on data obtained in 1998-1999 from callers to a gambling helpline serving southern New England. RESULTS: Of the 562 phone calls used in the analyses, 349 (62.1%) were from male callers and 213 (37.9%) from female callers. Gender-related differences…
Developmental Neurocircuitry of Motivation in Adolescence: A Critical Period of Addiction Vulnerability
OBJECTIVE: Epidemiological studies indicate that experimentation with addictive drugs and onset of addictive disorders is primarily concentrated in adolescence and young adulthood. The authors describe basic and clinical data supporting adolescent neurodevelopment as a biologically critical period of greater vulnerability for experimentation with substances and acquisition of substance use disorders. METHOD: The authors reviewed recent literature…
The Neurobiology of Pathological Gambling: Translating Research Findings into Clinical Advances
Labyrinth Revisited. Rethinking 'Minoan' Archaeology
These findings suggest that co-occurring obesity and smoking is associated with substantial mental and physical health burden in U.S. veterans. Collectively, they underscore the importance of multicomponent interventions targeting, obesity, smoking, and co-occurring issues, such as trauma and internalizing disorders, in this population
Genetic Studies of Pathological Gambling: A Review of Methodology and Analyses of Data from the Vietnam Era Twin Registry
Characteristics of Gambling Helpline Callers with Self-Reported Gambling and Alcohol Use Problems
Advancing Treatment Strategies for Pathological Gambling
Characteristics of Older Adult Problem Gamblers Calling a Gambling Helpline
A Gender-based Examination of Past-year Recreational Gamblers
Self-perception of Gambling Problems among Adolescents Identified as At-risk or Problem Gamblers
Excitement-seeking Gambling in a Nationally Representative Sample of Recreational Gamblers
Introduction to Behavioral Addictions
BACKGROUND: Several behaviors, besides psychoactive substance ingestion, produce short-term reward that may engender persistent behavior, despite knowledge of adverse consequences, i.e., diminished control over the behavior. These disorders have historically been conceptualized in several ways. One view posits these disorders as lying along an impulsive-compulsive spectrum, with some classified as impulse control disorders. An alternate, but not …
Recreational Drug Use and Impulsivity in a Population of Canadian Undergraduate Drinkers
The consumption of drugs during young adulthood may be particularly detrimental given important neurodevelopmental changes occurring during this period. As impulsivity may lead to substance use and substance use to the commission of seemingly impulsive acts, an improved understanding of the relationship between alcohol use, other substance use and impulsivity in young adults is important. We gathered information on self-reported impulsivity, recr…
The Oxford Handbook of Impulse Control Disorders
Impulsivity, to varying degrees, is what underlies human behavior and decision-making processes. As such, a thorough examination of impulsivity allows us to better understand modes of normal behavior and action as well as a range of related psychopathological disorders, including kleptomania, pyromania, trichotillomania, intermittent explosive disorder, and pathological gambling—disorders grouped under the term "impulse control disorders" (ISDs).…
Maternal Neural Responses to Infant Cries and Faces: Relationships with Substance Use
Substance abuse in pregnant and recently post-partum women is a major public health concern because of effects on the infant and on the ability of the adult to care for the infant. In addition to the negative health effects of teratogenic substances on fetal development, substance use can contribute to difficulties associated with the social and behavioral aspects of parenting. Neural circuits associated with parenting behavior overlap with circu…
Assessment and Treatment of Problem Internet Use
Research over the last decade has identified Internet addiction as a new and often unrecognized clinical disorder that impacts a user’s ability to control online use to the extent that it can cause relational, occupational, and social problems. Symptoms of problem Internet use are compared to the criteria used to diagnose other addictions. In particular, pathological gambling is compared to problematic Internet use because of overlapping criteria…
A preliminary examination of the relationship between the 5-HTTLPR and childhood emotional abuse on depressive symptoms in 10-12-year-old youth
Childhood emotional abuse (CEA) is a pervasive problem associated with negative sequelae such as elevated depressive symptoms. Key stress-related genes, such as the 5-HTTLPR polymorphism, interact with childhood abuse to produce elevated depressive symptoms in older adolescent girls, but not in older adolescent boys. To date, studies have not examined this relationship as a function of CEA specifically or among younger adolescents. To extend prio…
Psychometric development of the Problematic Pornography Use Scale
Neural Correlates of Sexual Cue Reactivity in Individuals with and without Compulsive Sexual Behaviours
Although compulsive sexual behaviour (CSB) has been conceptualized as a "behavioural" addiction and common or overlapping neural circuits may govern the processing of natural and drug rewards, little is known regarding the responses to sexually explicit materials in individuals with and without CSB. Here, the processing of cues of varying sexual content was assessed in individuals with and without CSB, focusing on neural regions identified in pri…
A cognitive-behavioral model of Internet gaming disorder: Theoretical underpinnings and clinical implications
Problematic Internet use, well-being, self-esteem and self-control: Data from a high-school survey in China
Should compulsive sexual behavior be considered an addiction?
Integrating psychological and neurobiological considerations regarding the development and maintenance of specific Internet-use disorders: An Interaction of Person-Affect-Cognition-Execution (I-Pace) …
Within the last two decades, many studies have addressed the clinical phenomenon of Internet-use disorders, with a particular focus on Internet-gaming disorder. Based on previous theoretical considerations and empirical findings, we suggest an Interaction of Person-Affect-Cognition-Execution (I-PACE) model of specific Internet-use disorders. The I-PACE model is a theoretical framework for the processes underlying the development and maintenance o…
A commentary on the “eating addiction” versus “food addiction” perspectives on addictive-like food consumption
Gaming disorder: Its delineation as an important condition for diagnosis, management, and prevention
Online gaming has greatly increased in popularity in recent years, and with this has come a multiplicity of problems due to excessive involvement in gaming. Gaming disorder, both online and offline, has been defined for the first time in the draft of 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). National surveys have shown prevalence rates of gaming disorder/addiction of 10%-15% among young people in several Asian countr…
Psychology (138 works) · Clinical Psychology (102 works) · Medicine (92 works) · Psychiatry (87 works) · Impact of Technology on Adolescents (68 works) · Addiction (55 works) · Developmental psychology (52 works) · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology (51 works) · Gambling Behavior and Treatments (37 works) · Social Psychology (37 works)