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2026

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  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Joël Billieux is affiliated with the University of Lausanne in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to research in psychology and social sciences, with a substantial focus on clinical psychology, sociology, political science, experimental and cognitive psychology, applied psychology, and psychiatry and mental health.

Their research addresses multiple aspects of technology's influence on behavior and mental health. Key topics include the impact of technology on adolescents, gambling behavior and treatments, sexuality and behavior in relation to technology, child development and digital technology, digital mental health interventions, broader mental health research topics, and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health.

Billieux has published articles in a variety of academic journals, with frequent contributions in the following venues:

  • Journal of Behavioral Addictions
  • Addictive Behaviors
  • Computers in Human Behavior
  • PsycTESTS Dataset
  • Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies

Frequent collaborators include Daniel L. King, Jesús Castro-Calvo, Marc N. Potenza, Zsolt Demetrovics, and Maèva Flayelle, indicating a collaborative approach in the fields of behavioral addictions and psychology.

Some of the notable recent publications by Billieux are:

  • Preventing problematic internet use during the COVID-19 pandemic: Consensus guidance (2020), published in Comprehensive Psychiatry
  • Problematic online gaming and the COVID-19 pandemic (2020), published in Journal of Behavioral Addictions
  • Which conditions should be considered as disorders in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) designation of "other specified disorders due to addictive behaviors"? (2020), published in Journal of Behavioral Addictions
  • Screening and assessment tools for gaming disorder: A comprehensive systematic review (2020), published in Clinical Psychology Review
  • The Four Horsemen of Fear: An Integrated Model of Understanding Fear Experiences During the Covid-19 Pandemic (2020), published in PubMed

Billieux's work spans both theoretical and applied dimensions of psychology, with a focus on understanding and addressing maladaptive behaviors related to internet use, gaming, and addiction, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Best Publications

  • The relationship between addictive use of social media and video games and symptoms of psychiatric disorders: a large-scale cross-sectional study

    Cecilie Schou Andreassen;Joël Billieux;Mark D. Griffiths;Daria J. Kuss

  • Internet addiction: a systematic review of epidemiological research for the last decade.

    Daria Kuss;Mark Griffiths;Laurent Karila;Joël Billieux

  • Can Disordered Mobile Phone Use Be Considered a Behavioral Addiction? An Update on Current Evidence and a Comprehensive Model for Future Research

    Joël Billieux;Joël Billieux;Pierre Maurage;Pierre Maurage;Olatz Lopez-Fernandez;Olatz Lopez-Fernandez;Daria J. Kuss

  • Are we overpathologizing everyday life? A tenable blueprint for behavioral addiction research

    Joël Billieux;Adriano Schimmenti;Yasser Khazaal;Pierre Maurage

  • Problematic Use of the Mobile Phone: A Literature Review and a Pathways Model

    Joël Billieux

  • The Role of Impulsivity in Actual and Problematic Use of the Mobile Phone

    Joël Billieux;Martial Van Der Linden;Lucien Rochat

  • Preventing problematic internet use during the COVID-19 pandemic: Consensus guidance.

    Orsolya Király;Marc N. Potenza;Dan J. Stein;Daniel L. King

  • How can we conceptualize behavioural addiction without pathologizing common behaviours

    Daniel Kardefelt-Winther;Alexandre Heeren;Adriano Schimmenti;Antonius J. van Rooij

  • Problematic online gaming and the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Daniel L. King;Paul H. Delfabbro;Joel Billieux;Marc N. Potenza

  • Working towards an international consensus on criteria for assessing Internet Gaming Disorder: a critical commentary on Petry et al (2014)

    Mark D. Griffiths;Antonius J. Van Rooij;Daniel Kardefelt-Winther;Vladan Starcevic

  • Why do you play World of Warcraft? An in-depth exploration of self-reported motivations to play online and in-game behaviours in the virtual world of Azeroth

    JoëL Billieux;Martial Van Der Linden;Sophia Achab;Yasser Khazaal

  • French validation of the internet addiction test.

    Yasser Khazaal;Joël Billieux;Gabriel Thorens;Riaz Khan

  • Validation of a short French version of the UPPS-P Impulsive Behavior Scale.

    Joël Billieux;Joël Billieux;Lucien Rochat;Grazia Ceschi;Arnaud Carré

  • Prevalence and correlates of problematic smartphone use in a large random sample of Chinese undergraduates

    Jiang Long;Jiang Long;Tie-Qiao Liu;Yan-Hui Liao;Yan-Hui Liao;Chang Qi

  • Which conditions should be considered as disorders in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) designation of “other specified disorders due to addictive behaviors”?

    Matthias Brand;Matthias Brand;Hans-JÜrgen Rumpf;Zsolt Demetrovics;Astrid MÜller

  • The four horsemen of fear: An integrated model of understanding fear experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Adriano Schimmenti;Joël Billieux;Vladan Starcevic

  • The role of urgency and its underlying psychological mechanisms in problematic behaviours

    Joël Billieux;Lucien Rochat;Martial Van der Linden

  • Screening and assessment tools for gaming disorder: A comprehensive systematic review.

    Daniel L. King;Samuel R. Chamberlain;Natacha Carragher;Joel Billieux

  • Are all facets of impulsivity related to self-reported compulsive buying behavior?

    Joël Billieux;Lucien Rochat;Marie My Lien Rebetez;Martial Van der Linden

  • Manifesto for a European research network into Problematic Usage of the Internet.

    N A Fineberg;N A Fineberg;N A Fineberg;Z Demetrovics;D J Stein;K Ioannidis

  • Including gaming disorder in the ICD-11: The need to do so from a clinical and public health perspective.

    Hans Jürgen Rumpf;Sophia Achab;Sophia Achab;Joël Billieux;Henrietta Bowden-Jones

  • The evolution of Internet addiction: A global perspective

    Mark D. Griffiths;Daria J. Kuss;Joël Billieux;Halley M. Pontes

  • Is Dysfunctional Use of the Mobile Phone a Behavioural Addiction? Confronting Symptom-Based Versus Process-Based Approaches.

    Joël Billieux;Pierre Philippot;Cécile Schmid;Pierre Maurage

Frequent Co-Authors

Martial Van der Linden
Martial Van der Linden University of Geneva
Pierre Maurage
Pierre Maurage Université Catholique de Louvain
Yasser Khazaal
Yasser Khazaal University of Lausanne
Adriano Schimmenti
Adriano Schimmenti Università degli Studi di Enna Kore
Daniel King
Daniel King Flinders University
Alexandre Heeren
Alexandre Heeren Université Catholique de Louvain
Daria J. Kuss
Daria J. Kuss Nottingham Trent University
Mark D. Griffiths
Mark D. Griffiths Nottingham Trent University
Vladan Starcevic
Vladan Starcevic University of Sydney
Zsolt Demetrovics
Zsolt Demetrovics Flinders University

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