Montag, Christian
Wegmann, Elisa
Schmidt, Lasse David
Klein, Lena
Rozgonjuk, Dmitri
Rumpf, Hans-Jürgen
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universität Ulm
Article History
Received: 20 March 2024
Accepted: 17 June 2024
First Online: 5 July 2024
Declarations
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: The present study was used as a pre-screener tool for supporting the recruitment process for a subsequent study investigating SNUD and TUD with experimental means, which was approved by the local ethics committee of the University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany. All participants provided informed e-consent to participate in the study.
: All participants provided informed e-consent so that the data of this study can be anonymously shared.
: Dr. Montag reports no conflict of interest. However, 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: https://about.fb.com/de/news/h/gespraechskreis-digitalitaet-und-verantwortung/) debating ethical questions linked to social media, digitalization and society/democracy at Facebook. In this context, he received 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. The remaining authors do not report a conflict of interest.