Expanding on the multidisciplinary stakeholder framework to minimize harms for problematic risk-taking involving emerging technologies

Commentary on: Problematic risk-taking involving emerging technologies: A stakeholder framework to minimize harms (Swanton et al., 2019)

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ID21881969
AuthorsJing Shi (0000-0001-7156-8128, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health), Mark van der Maas (0000-0001-9606-0187, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey), Nigel E Turner (0000-0002-1035-2064, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health), Marc N Potenza (0000-0002-6323-1354, Yale University)
Year2021
Volume9
Issue4
Pages886-897
Publication date2021-01-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Behavioral Addictions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2062-5871 • E-ISSN: 2063-5303
PublisherAkademiai Kiado Zrt. (PUBLISHER • HU)
DOI10.1556/2006.2020.00096
PMID33372914
OpenAlexW3115432760
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited48

As new types of problematic behaviors and new forms of online risk-taking emerge, forming collaborative relationships while understanding complexities of motivations may help to promote harm reduction and intervention. While it may be too early to form a stakeholder framework without first conceptually understanding the problematic behaviors involved, we attempt to build upon a proposed multidisciplinary stakeholder framework to minimize harms for problematic risk-taking involving emerging technologies. We propose an expansion of roles for individual stakeholders and an expansion of proposed roles for family stakeholders to include partner/spouses, others living in the household, and/or those with close relationships with individuals who are experiencing problems. Empowering individuals who use emerging technologies through participatory action research and knowledge translation/dissemination may lead to improvements in the quality of research and a greater impact on policy and practice. Also, we discuss benefits of industry self-regulation and collaboration on data-sharing practices. We recommend approaches to promote global collaboration with a larger group of relevant stakeholders (including but not limited to individual consumers of technology, families, communities, treatment and welfare providers, researchers, industries, and governments) to address protection of vulnerable populations and reduce harms for users of rapidly advancing technologies

Business · Emerging technologies · Harm · Knowledge management · Multidisciplinary approach · Political science · Public relations · Stakeholder · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Computer Science · Digital Mental Health Interventions · Health Policy Implementation Science · Psychology · Social Psychology

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