Funding for this research was provided by:
Institute of Psychology at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
Article History
Accepted: 21 September 2022
First Online: 5 October 2022
Declarations
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: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Institute of Psychology’s Ethics Committee (The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin).
: For reasons of transparency, Dr. Montag mentions that he has received (to Ulm University and earlier University of Bonn) grants from agencies such as the German Research Foundation (DFG). Dr. Montag has performed grant reviews for several agencies, has edited journal sections and articles, has given academic lectures in clinical or scientific venues or companies and has generated books or book chapters for publishers of mental health texts. For some of these activities he received royalties, but never from gaming or social media companies. Dr. Montag mentions that he was part of a discussion circle (Digitalität und Verantwortung: ) debating ethical questions linked to social media, digitalisation and society/democracy at Meta. In this context, he receives no salary for his activities. Finally, he mentions that he currently functions as independent scientist on the scientific advisory board of the Nymphenburg group (Munich, Germany). This activity is financially compensated. Moreover, he is on the scientific advisory board of Applied Cognition (Redwood City, CA, USA), an activity which is also compensated.