Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
Discipline | Psychology |
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Language | English |
Edited by | Katie Witkiewitz |
Publication details | |
History | 1987-present |
Publisher | |
Frequency | 8/year |
3.288 (2020) | |
Standard abbreviations | |
ISO 4 | Psychol. Addict. Behav. |
Indexing | |
ISSN |
0893-164X (print) 1939-1501 (web) |
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Psychology of Addictive Behaviors is a peer-reviewed academic journal of the American Psychological Association that publishes original articles related to the psychological aspects of addictive behaviors 8 times a year. The current editor-in-chief is Katie Witkiewitz (University of New Mexico).
The journal has implemented the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines. The TOP Guidelines provide structure to research planning and reporting and aim to make research more transparent, accessible, and reproducible.
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 Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 3.288.