| AICA | Assessment of Internet and Computer Game Addiction |
| BL | Baseline |
| CIUS | Compulsive internet use scale |
| DBT | Dialectical behaviour therapy |
| DBT-A | Dialectical behaviour therapy for adolescents |
| DBT-K | Creative dialectical behaviour therapy for adolescents |
| DO | Dogmas |
| DT | Distress Tolerance |
| ER | Emotion regulation |
| FoMO | Fear of Missing Out |
| FEEL-KJ | Questionnaire for the evaluation of emotional regulation in children and adolescents (in German: Fragebogen zur Erhebung der Emotionsregulation bei Kindern und Jugendlichen) |
| ICD-10 | 10th revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems |
| IE | Interpersonal Effectiveness |
| JTCI | Junior Temperament and Character Inventory |
| MI | Mindfulness |
| NE | Negative emotions |
| PANAS | Positive and negative affect schedule |
| PE | Positive emotions |
| PIU | Problematic internet use |
| SE | Self-esteem |
| SEKJ | Self-esteem inventory for children and adolescents (in German: Selbstwertinventar für Kinder und Jugendliche) |
| SEKJ-H | Self-esteem inventory for children and adolescents height subscale |
| YSR | Youth Self-Report |