Antons, S., Müller, S. M., Thomas, T. A., Schmid, A. M., Kessling, A., Joshi, M., Krikova, K., Kampa, M., Mallon, L., Schmidt, L. D., Klein, L., Dominick, N., Büsche, K., Oelker, A., Brandtner, A., Montag, C., Wölfling, K., Wolf, O. T., Klucken, T., Rumpf, H.-J., Steins-Löber, S., Stark, R., Müller, A., Diers, M., Wegmann, E., & Brand, M. (in press). Cue-reactivity towards distal cues in specific internet-use disorders: Findings from diagnostically validated samples. British Journal of Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2025.10379 

Antons, S., Heyder, A., Precht, L.-M., Wegmann, E., Liebherr, M., & Brailovskaia, J. (2025). The digital media use effects-scales for adolescents (d-MUsE-scales): Conceptualization and validation of a screening tool. Computers in Human Behavior Reports. 18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2025.100621

Brand, M., Antons, S., Bőthe, B., Demetrovics, Z., Fineberg, N. A., Jimenez-Murcia, S., King, D. L., Mestre-Bach, G., Moretta, T., Müller, A., Wegmann, E., & Potenza, M. N. (2025). Current advances in behavioral addictions: From fundamental research to clinical practice. American Journal of Psychiatry. 182(2), 155-163. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.20240092

Brand, M., Müller, A., Wegmann, E., Antons, S., Brandtner, A., Müller, S. M., Stark, R., Steins-Loeber, S., & Potenza, M. N. (2025). Current interpretations of the I-PACE model of behavioral addictions. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 14(1), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2025.0002

Knorr, A., Wegmann, E., Müller, A., Brand, M., & Antons, S. (in press) Ambulatory Assessment in the Context of Behavioral Addictions: A Systematic Review. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice.

Liebherr, M., Heyder, A., Brailovskaia, J., Burkardt, T. M., Latrouite, C., Montag, C., & Antons, S. (2025). The Digital Media-use Effects (d-MUsE) Model: A comprehensive framework for exploring/studying functional and dyfunctional effects on adolescent wellbeing. Journal of Behavioral Addictions. 14 (1), 100-113. https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2025.00007

Mallon, L., Antons, S., Büsche, K., Müller, S. M., Brand, M., & Diers, M. (2025). The Mediating Role of Coping-Strategies in the Relation between Personality Traits and Symptoms of Gaming Disorder. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-025-01523-0 

Müller, S. M., Antons, S., Schmid, A. M., Thomas, T. A., Kessling, A., Joshi, M., Krikova, K., Kampa, M., Mallon, L., Schmidt, L. D., Klein, L., Dominick, N., Büsche, K., Oelker, A., Brandtner, A., Montag, C., Wölfling, K., Wolf, O. T., Diers, M.,…Brand, M. (2025). Self-Control Abilities in Specific Types of Problematic Usage of the Internet: Findings From Clinically Validated Samples With Neurocognitive Tasks. American Journal of Psychiatry, appiajp20240486. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.20240486

Stark, R., Brand, M., Briken, P., Bischof, A., Rumpf, H.-J., Krüger, T. H. C., Engel, J., & Antons, S. (2025). Guideline on the Treatment of Pornography Use Disorder (Vol. 71). SUCHT, 71(2). https://doi.org/10.1024/0939-5911/a000916

Wegmann, E., Antons, S., Schmidt, L. D., Klein, L., Montag, C., Rumpf, H.-J., Müller, S. M., & Brand, M. (2025). Feels good, and less bad: Problematic use of the Internet is associated with heightened experiences of both gratification and compensation. Journal of Behavioral Addictions. https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2024.00067 

Wegmann, E., Knorr, A., Antons, S., & Brand, M. (2025). Systematic review about gratification and compensation in addictive behaviors: Key mechanisms which deserve more attention in addiction research. Current Addiction Reports, 12(1), 50. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40429-025-00663-

Antons, S., Yip, S. W., Lacadie, C. M., Dadashkarimi, J., Scheinost, D., Brand, M., & Potenza, M. N. (2024). Prediction of craving across studies: A commentary on conceptual and methodological considerations when using data-driven methods. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 13(3), 695-701. https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2024.00050

Stark, R., Markert, C., Golder, S., Psarros, R., Discher, J. P., Khatib, S., Metzger, J., Palmer, S., Rechmann, J., Storz, F., Walter, B., Allard, S., Antons, S., Bledzka, M., Brand, M., Dörrenbächer, S., Englisch, J., Friehs, T., Da Cunha Gonçalves, K.,…Heinz, C. (2024). The PornLoS Treatment Program: Study protocol of a new psychotherapeutic approach for treating pornography use disorder. Journal of Behavioral Addictions. https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2024.00046

Wegmann, E., Antons, S., Müller, S. M., & Brand, M. (2024). Onlinebezogene Verhaltenssüchte auf dem Prüfstand: Was wissen wir aus (neuro)psychologischer Sicht? neuro aktuell, 6(38), 25-31.

Antons, S., Büsche, K., Mallon, L., Wolf, O. T., Diers, M., & Brand, M. (2023). Stress susceptibility, affective responses toward acute stressors and emotion regulation strategies in the context of problematic pornography use. Sexual Health & Compulsivity, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/26929953.2023.2220003

Antons, S., Müller, S. M., Neumann, P., Müller, A., & Steins-Loeber, S. (2023). Stimuli-specific inhibitory control in disorders due to addictive behaviours: A review of current evidence and discussion of methodological challenges. Current Addiction Reports, 10(4), 749-769. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40429-023-00517-z 

Antons, S., Liebherr, M., Brand, M., & Brandtner, A. (2023). From game engagement to craving responses – The role of gratification and compensation experiences during video-gaming in casual and at-risk gamers. Addictive Behaviors Reports, 18, 100520. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2023.100520 

Antons, S., Yip., S.W., Lacadie, C.M., Dadashkarimi, J., Scheinost, D., Brand, M., & Potenza, M.N. (2023). Connectome-based prediction of craving in gambling disorder and cocaine use disorder, Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience, 25 (1), 33-42. https://doi.org/10.1080/19585969.2023.2208586

Brailovskaia, J., Balcerowska, J. M., Precht, L.-M., & Margraf, J. (2023). Positive mental health mediates the association between insomnia symptoms and addictive social media use in Germany and Poland. Computers in Human Behavior, 143, Artikel 107676. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2023.107676

Brailovskaia, J., & Margraf, J. (2023). Less sense of control, more anxiety, and addictive social media use: Cohort trends in German university freshmen between 2019 and 2021. Current Research in Behavioral Sciences, 4, Article 100088. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crbeha.2022.100088

Brailovskaia, J., & Margraf, J. (2023). Physical activity mediates the relationship between depressive symptoms and problematic smartphone use (PSU) in Germany. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 12, Artikel 100505. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2023.100505

Brandtner, A., Verduyn, P., Behrens, S., Spada, M. M., & Antons, S. (2023). License to look? The role of permissive beliefs, desire thinking, and self-control in predicting the use of social networking sites. Addictive Behaviors, 139, 107573. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2022.107573

Diers, M., Müller, S. M., Mallon, L., Schmid, A. M., Thomas, T., Klein, L., Krikova, K., Stark, R., Wegmann, E., Steins-Loeber, S., Brand, M., & Antons, S. (2023). Cue-reactivity to distal cues in individuals at risk for gaming disorder. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2023.152399

Müller, A., Laskowski, N. M., Thomas, T. A., Antons, S., Tahmassebi, N., Steins-Loeber, S., Brand, M., & Georgiadou, E. (2023). Update on treatment studies for compulsive buying-shopping disorder: A systematic review. Journal of Behavioral Addictions. https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2023.00033

Müller, S. M., & Antons, S. (2023). Decision making and executive functions in problematic pornography use. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, 1191297. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1191297

Müller, S. M., Antons, S., & Brand, M. (2023). Facets of impulsivity in gaming disorder: A narrative review. Current Addiction Reports, 10(4), 737-748. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40429-023-00522-2  

Müller, S. M., Antons, S., Wegmann, E., Ioannidis, K., King, D. L., Potenza, M. N., Chamberlain, S. R., & Brand, M. (2023). A systematic review and meta-analysis of risky decision-making in specific domains of problematic use of the internet: Evidence across different decision-making tasks. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 152, 105271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105271

Precht, L.-M., Mertens, F., Brickau, D. S., Kramm, R. J., Margraf, J., Stirnberg, J., & Brailovskaia, J. (2023). Engaging in physical activity instead of (over)using the smartphone: An experimental investigation of lifestyle interventions to prevent problematic smartphone use and to promote mental health. Journal of Public Health. Online-Vorveröffentlichung. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-023-01832-5

Antons, S., Engel, J., Briken, P., Krüger, T. H. C., Brand, M., & Stark, R. (2022). Treatments and interventions for compulsive sexual behavior disorder with a focus on problematic pornography use: A preregistered systematic review. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 11(3), 643-666. https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2022.00061

Brailovskaia, J., Delveaux, J., John, J., Wicker, V., Noveski, A., Kim, S., Schillack, H., & Margraf, J. (2023). Finding the "sweet spot" of smartphone use: Reduction or abstinence to increase well-being and healthy lifestyle?! An experimental intervention study. Journal of experimental psychology. Applied, 29(1), 149–161. https://doi.org/10.1037/xap0000430

Brailovskaia, J., & Margraf, J. (2022). Addictive social media use during Covid-19 outbreak: Validation of the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (BSMAS) and investigation of protective factors in nine countries. Current Psychology. Online-Vorveröffentlichung. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03182-z

Brailovskaia, J., Meier-Faust, J., Schillack, H., & Margraf, J. (2022). A two-week gaming-abstinence reduces Internet Gaming Disorder and improves mental health: an experimental longitudinal intervention study. Computers in Human Behavior, 134, Artikel 107334. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107334

Brailovskaia, J., Swarlik, V. J., Grethe, G. A., Schillack, H., & Margraf, J. (2022). Experimental longitudinal evidence for causal role of social media use and physical activity in Covid-19 burden and mental health. Journal of Public Health. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-022-01751-x

Brandtner, A., Antons, S., King, D. L., Potenza, M. N., Tang, Y. Y., Blycker, G. R., . . . Liebherr, M. (2022). A preregistered, systematic review considering mindfulness-based interventions and neurofeedback for targeting affective and cognitive processes in behavioral addictions. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 29(4), 379-392. https://doi.org/10.1037/cps0000075

Brandtner, A., Antons, S., Liebherr, M., & Brand, M. (2022). How different gaming genres can be described by required skills and motives for playing. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 25(9), 613-619. https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2022.0019

Wegmann, E., Antons, S., & Brand, M. (2022). The experience of gratification and compensation in addictive behaviors: How can these experiences be measured systematically within and across disorders due to addictive behaviors? Comprehensive Psychiatry, 117, Artikel 152336. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2022.152336 

Antons, S., Brailovskaia, J., Heyder, A., & Liebherr, M. (2021). Affective and cognitive mechanisms of functional media use in children and adolescents: Implications for practitioners, educators, and parents. PROSPERO 2021 CRD42021276246
Available from: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42021276246

Antons, S., & Brand, M. (2021). Diagnostic and classification considerations related to compulsive sexual behavior disorder and problematic pornography use. Current Addiction Reports, 8(3), 452-457. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40429-021-00383-7

Brailovskaia, J., Stirnberg, J., Rozgonjuk, D., Margraf, J., & Elhai, J. D. (2021). From low sense of control to problematic smartphone use severity during Covid-19 outbreak: The mediating role of fear of missing out and the moderating role of repetitive negative thinking. PloS one, 16(12), Artikel e0261023. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261023

Antons, S., & Brand, M. (2020). Inhibitory control and problematic internet-pornography use – The important balancing role of the insula. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 9(1), 58-70. https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2020.00010

Antons, S., Brand, M., & Potenza, M. N. (2020). Neurobiology of cue-reactivity, craving, and inhibitory control in non-substance addictive behaviors. Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 415, Artikel 116952. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.116952

Antons, S., Müller, S. M., Liebherr, M., & Brand, M. (2020). Gaming disorder: How to translate behavioral neuroscience into public health advances. Current Behavioral Neuroscience Reports, 7, 267-277. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40473-020-00216-3

Brailovskaia, J., Ströse, F., Schillack, H., & Margraf, J. (2020). Less facebook use – More well-being and a healthier lifestyle? An experimental intervention study. Computers in Human Behavior, 108, Artikel 106332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2020.106332

Heyder, A., Südkamp, A., & Steinmayr, R. (2020). How are teachers’ attitudes toward inclusion related to the social-emotional school experiences of students with and without special educational needs? Learning and Individual Differences, 77, Artikel 101776. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2019.101776

Heyder, A., Weidinger, A. F., Cimpian, A., & Steinmayr, R. (2020). Teachers’ belief that math requires innate ability predicts lower intrinsic motivation among low-achieving students. Learning and Instruction, 65, Artikel 101220. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2019.101220

Liebherr, M., Schubert, P., Antons, S., Montag, C., Brand, M. (2020). Smartphones and attention, curse or blessing? A review on the effects of smartphone usage on attention, inhibition, and working memory. Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 1, Artikel 100005. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2020.100005

Antons, S. & Brand, M. (2019). Das I-PACE Modell zur Beschreibung der Entstehung und Aufrechterhaltung von internetbezogenen Störungen und anderen Verhaltenssüchten. Suchttherapie, 20(4), 185-191. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1018-4792

Heyder, A. & Brunner, M. (2018). Teachers’ aptitude beliefs as a predictor of helplessness in low-achieving students: Commonalities and differences between academic domains. Learning and Individual Differences, 62, 118-127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2018.01.015

Steinmayr, R., Heyder, A., Naumburg, C., Michels, J., & Wirthwein, L. (2018). School-related and individual predictors of subjective well-Being and academic achievement. Frontiers in psychology, 9, Artikel 2631. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02631

2022

Antons, S., Brailovskaia, J., Heyder, A., & Liebherr, M. (2022, 7.-9. September). Funktionale Nutzung von sozialen Netzwerkseiten bei Kindern und Jugendlichen: Ein Überblick [Kongressbeitrag]. Deutscher Suchtkongress 2022, München, Deutschland.

Brailovskaia, J. (2022, 7.-9. September). Verbessert eine kontrollierte Veränderung der Smartphone-Nutzung die psychische Gesundheit und den Lebensstil?! Eine experimentelle längsschnittliche Intervention [Kongressbeitrag]. Deutscher Suchtkongress 2022, München, Deutschland.

2021

Brailovskaia, J. (2021, 13.-15. Oktober) Führt eine kontrollierte Reduktion der Facebook-Nutzungszeit zur Verbesserung der psychischen Gesundheit und einem gesünderen Lebensstil? Eine experimentelle längsschnittliche Untersuchung [Kongressbeitrag]. Deutscher Suchtkongress 2021, online, Deutschland.