Joël Billieux
joelbillieux.bsky.social
Joël Billieux
@joelbillieux.bsky.social
Professor of Clinical Psychology, Psychopathology, and Psychological Assessment #Unil. Highly engaged in Boardgames and TTRPGs.
Ready for #ICBA2025 !

Bonjour Nantes
July 6, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Ready for #ICBA2025 in Nantes ! I will among other co-chair with Loïs Fournier the Session 4A: Is the components model of addiction truly valid in the context of behavioral addictions? (Auditorium, 8 July, 13h30).

Teaser 😇 : slide taken from my talk + detailed program of this sympo
July 3, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Conférences et soirée jeux autour des mondes virtuels et du jeu de rôle

17 juin (18h-24h). Musé Suisse du Jeu

museedujeu.ch/evenement/co...

@unil.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Impatient de présenter les travaux de notre équipe sur l'utilisation du jeu de rôle sur table (type "donjons et dragons") dans le cadre d'interventions psychologiques. #TTRPG

Cela prendra place le 20 Mai à 14h à Lausanne, voir les infos ci-dessous 👇

@unil.bsky.social
May 17, 2025 at 9:32 AM
C est parti pour le #GREPACO2025 à Lyon ! Au nom du comité scientifique ~ un immense merci aux organisatrices et organiseurs locaux.

Deux jours entiers de conférences, ateliers, et discussions autour de la psychopathologie cognitive

Dans un cadre et un amphithéâtre exceptionnel.
May 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Mes slides sont disponibles osf.io/efhpx
May 10, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Merci aux étudiant-e-x-s et collègues ayant participés aux débats, conférences et discussions pendant ces deux jours #ACFAS2025 @acfas.ca Nous ne pouvions être à Montréal ; mais nous avons activement participé depuis @unil.bsky.social
May 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
We developped the idea that research directions must shift from linear causal approaches to interactionist ones and proposed research directions, with examples of suitable study designs.
April 30, 2025 at 7:20 AM
With @maevaflayelle.bsky.social we published a paper aiming to pave the way to research focusing on the interplay between video game design features and dysregulated gaming patterns

#Gaming #DesignFestures #dysregulation

@unil.bsky.social

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
April 30, 2025 at 7:20 AM
They charge more than 3000$ of APC ; then forget to include your abstract and upload the wrong version of your figure. I will try to have this fixed asap but this is *annoying*

This is day and night with the recent experience I had Royal Society Open Science (3 rounds of proof checking)
April 20, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The study was submitted and reviewed through @pci-regreports.bsky.social . All study material and pre-registrations are available from the Open Science Framework osf.io/3pgt7/. PCI-RR recommandation: rr.peercommunityin.org/articles/rec...
April 12, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Multiple single-case analyses showed that most participants benefited from the intervention through a reduction in social anxiety symptoms and problematic gaming symptoms, although to varying degrees. Assertiveness and self-concepts were not improved. This is an exemple of single case analysis
April 12, 2025 at 8:53 AM
This is a quasi-experimental multiple single-case design with a three-week baseline across groups (4 groups of 5 gamers) and a 3-month follow-up. Primary outcomes were gaming disorder symptoms and social anxiety symptoms. Secondary outcomes were assertiveness, self-concepts and perceived loneliness
April 12, 2025 at 8:53 AM
We tested the feasibility and initial effect of a structured protocol in which socially anxious online gamers are exposed to real-life social interactions while playing a #TTRPG (Dungeons & Dragons) in the context of a protocol taking place in 10 weeks and involving 10 consecutive sessions.
April 12, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Our registered exploratory pilot programme using offline tabletop role-playing games hashtag #TTRPG to mitigate social anxiety and reduce problematic involvement in online video games has just been published at Royal Society Open Science @royalsociety.org

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
April 12, 2025 at 8:53 AM
🎯 Joueurs et joueuses de FPS recherché·e·s ! 🎯

🎮 On cherche des joueurs et joueuses expérimenté·e·s pour une étude @unil.bsky.social

🕹️ Tâche : jouer à un FPS, puis répondre à des questionnaires (durée ~1h)

💵 Récompense : bon 25 CHF Galaxus

📍 Lieu : UNIL Géopolis

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April 2, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Nous cherchons des participant.e.s dans le cadre d'une étude de cyberpsychologie menée à @unil.bsky.social

Toutes les info pour participer sont disponibles dans le document ci-dessous 👇

Lien de participation: qualtricsxmqlj8h8gvc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Un grand merci de partager
April 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Today’s talk is ready !

I will be presenting on our pilot study using Table-Top RPG to mitigate problem gaming and social anxiety

This takes place at Tampere University in Finland. Feeling so lucky !

@unil.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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March 26, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Drawing parallels with previous cases of pathologizing everyday behaviors, we caution against labeling and defining intensive or habitual chatbot use as addictive behavior. To label a behavior as addictive, there must be convincing evidence of impaired control, distress, and functional impairment
March 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
We published an article that questions the “ChatGPT addiction” construct and review the available studies

Spoiler: These studies fail to provide convincing and robust scientific evidence

There is a risk of (over)pathologization

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
March 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I am soooooo happy to receive these proofs !!!

#TTRPG

Soon more to come
March 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Merci @unil.bsky.social et Uniscope pour la réalisation de ce podcast autour de l’usage et du mésusage des #smartphone.

On y aborde notamment la validité de la notion d’addiction dans ce contexte ; ou encore la pertinence de la notion de temps d’écran.

wp.unil.ch/uniscope/sma...
March 8, 2025 at 7:29 AM