Addictive Behaviors Lab- My Publications
The Behavioral Addictions Lab., led by Prof. Yaniv Efrati, conducts studies on substance use and behavioral addictions among adolescents, young adults, adults, and individuals in treatment and rehabilitation centers
2026
Efrati, Y., & Potenza, M. N. (Accepted/In press). “Feeling unseen”: Generation and psychometric validation of a scale assessing sense of absence. Journal of Behavioral Addictions. https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2025.00373
2025
Efrati, Y., Shmulewitz, D., Skvirsky, V., Vider, M., Kor, A., Lev-Ran, S., & Mikulincer, M. (2026). Longitudinal study of probable compulsive sexual behavior disorder and problematic pornography use profiles: their prospective impact on psychopathology during wartime. Addictive Behaviors, 175, Article 108589. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108589
Efrati, Y. (2025). Teacher Communication Strategies for Addressing Child Sexual Abuse: a Latent Profile Analysis. Child Indicators Research, 18(3), 1185-1207. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-025-10225-x
Efrati, Y. (2025). The landscape of youth addiction in Israel: Identifying high-risk behaviors: Identifying high-risk behaviors. Addictive Behaviors, 169, Article 108396. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108396
Efrati, Y. (2025). A Network Analysis of Addictive Behaviors: Risk and Protective Factors Among Israeli Youth in a Cross-Sectional Study. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-025-01569-0
Efrati, Y. (2025). Effectiveness of pupils’ perceptions of teacher communication strategies for addressing child sexual abuse and harassment in Israel: a six-month prospective study: a six-month prospective study. Children and Youth Services Review, 177, Article 108477. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108477
Rayan, H., Gross, Z., & Efrati, Y. (2025). A network analysis of early life trauma, parent-adolescent communication, parental warmth, and parental monitoring among adolescents with behavioral addictions. Child Abuse and Neglect, 167, Article 107588. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107588
Ophir, Y., Tikochinski, R., Elyoseph, Z., Efrati, Y., & Rosenberg, H. (2025). Balancing promise and concern in AI therapy: a critical perspective on early evidence from the MIT-OpenAI RCT. Frontiers in Medicine, 12, Article 1612838. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2025.1612838
Villena-Moya, A., Efrati, Y., Chiclana-Actis, C., & Testa, G. (2025). Correction to: Family and Parental Factors Related to Pornography Use and Problematic Pornography Use Among Adolescents and Young Adults (Current Addiction Reports, (2025), 12, 1, (38), 10.1007/s40429-025-00653-8). Current Addiction Reports, 12(1), Article 55. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40429-025-00667-2
Ophir, Y., Tikochinski, R., Elyoseph, Z., Efrati, Y., & Rosenberg, H. (2025). Correction: Balancing promise and concern in AI therapy: a critical perspective on early evidence from the MIT–OpenAI RCT (Frontiers in Medicine, (2025), 12, (1612838), 10.3389/fmed.2025.1612838). Frontiers in Medicine, 12, Article 1643202. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2025.1643202
Kabaha, M., & Efrati, Y. (2025). Profiles of Alcohol Use Disorders, Problematic Pornography Use, and Compulsive Sexual Behavior: The Role of Mental Health, Moral Disapproval, Thought Suppression, and Self-Concealment Among Israeli–Arab Adolescents. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 54(6), 2269-2286. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-025-03179-2
Shaer, B. G., Gross, Z., & Efrati, Y. (2025). Young Adults Coping with Sibling Loss: Risk and Protective Factors for Substance Use Disorder. Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40653-025-00758-2
Ophir, Y., Rosenberg, H., Tikochinski, R., & Efrati, Y. (2025). Health Side Story: Scoping Review of Literature on Narrative Therapy for ADHD: Scoping Review of Literature on Narrative Therapy for ADHD. Healthcare (Switzerland), 13(11), 1247. Article 1247. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare13111247
Epstein, R., Abulafia, J., Shukron, O., & Efrati, Y. (2025). The relationship between compulsive sexual behavior and pedophilic preference in an incarcerated sample of individuals convicted of sexual offenses-implications for treatment. Sexual Medicine, 13(3), Article qfaf040. https://doi.org/10.1093/sexmed/qfaf040
Moya, A. V., Efrati, Y., Chiclana Actis, C., & Testa, G. (2025). Family and Parental Factors Related to Pornography Use and Problematic Pornography Use Among Adolescents and Young Adults. Current Addiction Reports, 12(1), Article 38. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40429-025-00653-8
Kotyuk, E., Demetrovics, Z., Urbán, R., Czakó, A., Blum, K., Griffiths, M. D., Potenza, M. N., & Efrati, Y. (2025). Psychometric properties of the Reward Deficiency Syndrome Questionnaire among a non-clinical sample and its relationship with the characteristics of potentially addictive behaviors. Addictive Behaviors Reports, 21, Article 100598. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2025.100598
Efrati, Y. (2025). How Does Parents’ Psychopathology Associate with Parent-Adolescent Communication Related and Unrelated to Sex? Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, 51(5), 477-490. https://doi.org/10.1080/0092623X.2025.2498436
Efrati, Y., Demetrovics, Z., Horváth, Z., Griffiths, M. D., Potenza, M. N., Blum, K., Czakó, A., & Kotyuk, E. (2025). Seeking satisfaction among Israeli young adults: The roles of gratification, compensation, reward deficiency syndrome, and compulsivity in relation to addictive behaviors. Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation , 16, 177-191. https://doi.org/10.2147/sar.s527209
2024
Efrati, Y. (2024). Parental practices as predictors of adolescents’ compulsive sexual behavior: a 6-month prospective study. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 33(1), 241-253. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-023-02155-2
Tolmacz, R., Ben-Eliyahu, A., Mikulincer, M., & Efrati, Y. (2024). Student–teacher relational entitlement and its association with students' and teachers' characteristics. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 94(4), 1109-1131. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjep.12708
Efrati, Y., Goldman, K., Levin, K., & Rosca, P. (2024). A Bridge of Distress: Distress as the Critical Mediator Between Substance Use Disorders and Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder Among Women. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 22(4), 1900-1920. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-022-00964-1
Efrati, Y., Rosenberg, H., & Ophir, Y. (2024). Effective parental strategies against problematic smartphone use among adolescents: A 6-month prospective study. Addictive Behaviors, 154, Article 108024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108024
Problematic Pornography Use Machine Learning Study Consortium (2024). Uncovering the Most Robust Predictors of Problematic Pornography Use: A Large-Scale Machine Learning Study Across 16 Countries. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, 133(6), 489-502. https://doi.org/10.1037/abn0000913
Efrati, Y., & Spada, M. M. (2024). Development and Validation of the Metacognitions about Sex Scale: Exploring its Role as a Mediator between Negative Affect, Emotion Dysregulation Strategies, and Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder. Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, 50(1), 76-93. https://doi.org/10.1080/0092623X.2023.2259894
2023
Efrati, Y., & Gewirtz-Meydan, A. (2023). Just Talk to Them! The Importance of Teacher-pupil Communication About Child Sexual Abuse and Harassment as a Preventive Measure: Data from an Israeli Sample of Pupils and Their Homeroom Teachers. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 20(1), 273-286. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-022-00778-9
אפרתי, י. (2023). פורנוגרפיה בגיל ההתבגרות. In י. הרפז, & א. הורביץ (Eds.), להציל את חטיבת הביניים: הצעות למסגרת חינוכית תואמת גיל ההתבגרות (pp. 147-161). (הוראה איכותית). דביר. https://brancoweiss.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/save-middle-school-all.pdf
Efrati, Y. (2023). Parent-child quality of sex-related communication before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Children and Youth Services Review, 153, Article 107105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107105
Efrati, Y., Kolubinski, D. C., Marino, C., & Spada, M. M. (2023). Early Maladaptive Schemas are Associated with Adolescents’ Substance and Behavioral Addictions. Journal of Rational - Emotive and Cognitive - Behavior Therapy, 41(3), 690-709. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10942-022-00478-8
Efrati, Y. (2023). Risk and protective factor profiles predict addictive behavior among adolescents. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 123, Article 152387. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2023.152387
Efrati, Y. (2023). Compulsive Sexual Behavior in Adolescents: The Roles of Personality, Attachment Orientations, Cognitive Mechanisms, and Psychopathology. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 47(3), 469-482. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-023-10359-8
Efrati, Y., & Rosenberg, H. (2023). Latent Profile Analysis of Problematic Smartphone Use and Parental Strategies: A Six-month Prospective Study. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 23(1), 894-919. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-023-01144-5
Efrati, Y., & Spada, M. M. (2023). “I have no control over how much time I play” the metacognitions about online gaming scale: Evidence from a cross-cultural validation among Israeli adolescents. Addictive Behaviors, 141, Article 107638. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2023.107638
אפרתי, י. (2023). פשוט דברו איתם! In י. הרפז, & א. הורביץ (Eds.), להציל את חטיבת הביניים: הצעות למסגרת חינוכית תואמת גיל ההתבגרות (pp. 138-146). (הוראה איכותית). דביר. https://brancoweiss.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/save-middle-school-all.pdf
Sassover, E., Abrahamovitch, Z., Amsel, Y., Halle, D., Mishan, Y., Efrati, Y., & Weinstein, A. (2023). A study on the relationship between shame, guilt, self-criticism and compulsive sexual behaviour disorder. Current Psychology, 42(10), 8347-8355. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02188-3
Ophir, Y., Rosenberg, H., Efrati, Y., & Tikochinski, R. (2023). Mothers’ Perceptions of Children’s Screen Use During the COVID-19 Lockdown in Israel. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 32(1), 81-92. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-022-02399-7
2022
Efrati, Y., & Spada, M. M. (2022). Self-perceived substance and behavioral addictions among Jewish Israeli adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic. Addictive Behaviors Reports, 15, Article 100431. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2022.100431
Efrati, Y., Goldman, K., Levin, K., & Rosca, P. (2022). Early-life trauma, negative and positive life events, compulsive sexual behavior disorder and risky sexual action tendencies among young women with substance use disorder. Addictive Behaviors, 133, Article 107379. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2022.107379
2021
Efrati, Y., Kolubinski, D. C., Marino, C., & Spada, M. M. (2021). Modelling the contribution of metacognitions, impulsiveness and thought suppression to behavioural addictions in adolescents. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(7), Article 3820. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073820
Efrati, Y., & Boniel-Nissim, M. (2021). Parents’ Psychopathology Promotes the Adoption of Ineffective Pornography-Related Parenting Mediation Strategies. Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, 47(2), 117-129. https://doi.org/10.1080/0092623x.2020.1835759
Efrati, Y., Shukron, O., & Epstein, R. (2021). Early Maladaptive Schemas Are Highly Indicative of Compulsive Sexual Behavior. Evaluation and the Health Professions, 44(2), 142-151. https://doi.org/10.1177/0163278720983428
Efrati, Y., & Amichai-Hamburger, Y. (2021). Adolescents who solely engage in online sexual experiences are at higher risk for compulsive sexual behavior. Addictive Behaviors, 118, Article 106874. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.106874
Efrati, Y., Kraus, S. W., & Kaplan, G. (2021). Common features in compulsive sexual behavior, substance use disorders, personality, temperament and attachment—A narrative review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(1), Article 296. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010296
2020
Zilberman, N., Yadid, G., Efrati, Y., & Rassovsky, Y. (2020). Who becomes addicted and to what? psychosocial predictors of substance and behavioral addictive disorders. Psychiatry Research, 291, Article 113221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113221
2019
Zilberman, N., Yadid, G., Efrati, Y., & Rassovsky, Y. (2019). Negative and positive life events and their relation to substance and behavioral addictions. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 204, Article 107562. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.107562
2018
Efrati, Y., & Gola, M. (2018). Treating Compulsive Sexual Behavior. Current Sexual Health Reports, 10(2), 57-64. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11930-018-0143-8
Efrati, Y., & Gola, M. (2018). Understanding and predicting profiles of compulsive sexual behavior among adolescents. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 7(4), 1004-1014. https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.7.2018.100
Efrati, Y., & Mikulincer, M. (2018). Individual-Based Compulsive Sexual Behavior Scale: Its Development and Importance in Examining Compulsive Sexual Behavior. Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, 44(3), 249-259. https://doi.org/10.1080/0092623x.2017.1405297
Efrati, Y., & Dannon, P. (2018). Normative and Clinical Self-Perceptions of Sexuality and Their Links to Psychopathology among Adolescents. Psychopathology, 51(6), 380-389. https://doi.org/10.1159/000495842
Zilberman, N., Yadid, G., Efrati, Y., Neumark, Y., & Rassovsky, Y. (2018). Personality profiles of substance and behavioral addictions. Addictive Behaviors, 82, 174-181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.03.007
אפרתי, י. (2018). האם אני נורמלי?! : מועדות להתנהגות מינית קומפולסיבית בקרב מתבגרים: [מתוך המדור: מן המחקר]. הכל על אלכוהול, 98, 4-5.
Efrati, Y. (2018). התנהגות היפר מינית. In פ. דנון, & י. קחטן (Eds.), כרוניקה של התמכרות במאה ה-21: מהנאה ועד לתלות והתמכרות (pp. 144-161). הוצאת איפאבליש. https://kotar-cet-ac-il.eu1.proxy.openathens.net/KotarApp/Viewer.aspx?nBookID=110845570#1.0.6.default
Efrati, Y., & Gola, M. (2018). Compulsive sexual behavior: A twelve-step therapeutic approach. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 7(2), 445-453. https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.7.2018.26
Efrati, Y. (2018). Adolescents with a Disposition toward Compulsive Sexual Behavior: The Role of Shame in Willingness to Seek Help and Treatment. Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity, 25(1), 28-45. https://doi.org/10.1080/10720162.2018.1454371
Ein-Dor, T., Perry-Paldi, A., Merrin, J., Efrati, Y., & Hirschberger, G. (2018). Effective Disengagement: Insecure People Are More Likely to Disengage From an Ongoing Task and Take Effective Action When Facing Danger. Journal of Personality, 86(2), 233-246. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12308
Efrati, Y. (2018). Adolescent Compulsive Sexual Behavior: Is It a Unique Psychological Phenomenon? Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, 44(7), 687-700. https://doi.org/10.1080/0092623x.2018.1452088
2017
Tolmacz, R., Mahajna, S., & Efrati, Y. (2017). The sense of entitlement in romantic relationships: ethnic and religious aspects. Mental Health, Religion and Culture, 20(8), 728-740. https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2017.1405249
Ein-Dor, T., Perry-Paldi, A., Zohar-Cohen, K., Efrati, Y., & Hirschberger, G. (2017). It takes an insecure liar to catch a liar: The link between attachment insecurity, deception, and detection of deception. Personality and Individual Differences, 113, 81-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.03.015
2016
Tolmacz, R., Efrati, Y., & Ben-David, B. M. (2016). The sense of relational entitlement among adolescents toward their parents (SREap) – Testing an adaptation of the SRE. Journal of Adolescence, 53, 127-140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2016.09.003
אפרתי, י. (2016). היבטים תרבותיים בקרב נוער חרדי ומועדות להתמכרות לאלכוהול. הכל על אלכוהול, 91, 1-2.
2013
אפרתי, י., טולמץ', ר., & מיקלינסר, מ. (2013). התנהגות היפר-מינית ועוד בקרב מכורים לאלכוהול והימורים. הכל על אלכוהול, 80, 8-9.