Targeting Internet Addiction Through Body Awareness Psychotherapy: The Mediating Role of Executive Functions and Emotion Regulation.
Brain and Behavior September 1, 2025 Maliheh Fallah, Hamidreza Mohajerani, Abdullah Omidi et al.
Body awareness psychotherapy (BAP) reduces internet addiction, boredom, and decision-making deficits while improving time perception and executive functions in university students diagnosed with internet addiction disorder. Improvements in cognitive flexibility, impulse control, response inhibition, and emotion regulation mediated the reduction in internet addiction. A randomized controlled trial with 60 students aged 18-30 found BAP significantly outperformed general psychological discussions over 8 weeks.