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Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

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Discipline
  
Psychology

Edited by
  
Nancy M. Petry

Frequency
  
8/year

Language
  
English

Publication history
  
1987-present

Publisher
  
American Psychological Association (United States)

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal of the American Psychological Association that publishes original articles related to the psychological aspects of addictive behaviors. The current editor-in-chief is Nancy M. Petry (University of Connecticut School of Medicine).

The journal includes articles on the following topics:

  • alcohol and alcoholism
  • drug use and abuse
  • eating disorders
  • smoking and nicotine addiction, and
  • other excessive behaviors (e.g., gambling, sexual addiction)

    • Abstracting and indexing

    The journal is abstracted and indexed by MEDLINE/PubMed and the Social Science Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2015 impact factor of 2.780, ranking it 7th out of 34 journals in the category "Substance Abuse" and 23rd out of 129 journals in the category "Psychology, Multidisciplinary".

    References

    Psychology of Addictive Behaviors Wikipedia
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