Archives of Sexual Behavior February 2019, Volume 48, Issue 2, pp 417–423 | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10508-018-1293-5 Matthias Brand, Stephanie Antons, Elisa Wegmann, Marc N. Potenza This comment refers to the article available at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-018-1248-x. Introduction The Target Article by Grubbs, Perry, Wilt, and Reid (2018) addresses an important and timely topic regarding problems that individuals may experience related to pornography use. Grubbs et […]
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Archives of Sexual Behavior February 2019, Volume 48, Issue 2, pp 431–435 | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10508-018-1301-9 Shane W. Kraus, Patricia J. Sweeney This comment refers to the article available at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-018-1248-x. Grubbs, Perry, Wilt, and Reid (2018a) proposed a model for understanding individuals’ problems with pornography due to moral incongruence (PPMI). Specifically, they posit that some pornography users experience psychological distress and […]
Read More… from Hitting the Target: Considerations for Differential Diagnosis When Treating Individuals for Problematic Use of Pornography (2018). (Analysis of the Grubbs moral incongruence model)
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10508-018-1294-4 Archives of Sexual Behavior February 2019, Volume 48, Issue 2, pp 449–453 | Brian J. Willoughby This comment refers to the article available at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-018-1248-x. While the viewing of sexually explicit content is by no means a new phenomenon, the digital age and availability of online pornography has led to a surge in scholarship seeking to understand […]
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Archives of Sexual Behavior February 2019, Volume 48, Issue 2, pp 455–460 | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10508-018-1277-5 Paul J. Wright This comment refers to the article available at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-018-1248-x. In this Commentary, after providing a brief overview of my background and research interests in relation to the topics covered by Grubbs, Perry, Wilt, and Reid’s (2018) Pornography Problems Due to Moral […]
Read More… from Dysregulated Pornography Use and the Possibility of a Unipathway Approach (2018). (Analysis of the Grubbs moral incongruence model)
UPDATE 2017: A new study (Fernandez et al., 2017) tested and analyzed the CPUI-9, a purported “perceived pornography addiction” questionnaire developed by Joshua Grubbs, and found that it couldn’t accurately assess “actual porn addiction” or “perceived porn addiction” (Do Cyber Pornography Use Inventory-9 Scores Reflect Actual Compulsivity in Internet Pornography Use? Exploring the Role of […]
Read More… from Is Joshua Grubbs pulling the wool over our eyes with his “perceived porn addiction” research?
The authors of this so-called review would have readers believe that self-identification as a porn addict is a function of religious shame/moral disapproval about porn. They only reviewed a small number of studies, which rely on the CPUI-9, an instrument developed by co-author Grubbs that produces skewed findings. The co-authors carefully omitted or misrepresented opposing […]
Read More… from Research Suggests the Grubbs, Perry, Wilt, Reid Review is Disingenuous (“Pornography Problems Due to Moral Incongruence: An Integrative Model with a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”, 2018)
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Authors: Manuel Mennig,1 Sophia Tennie,1 and Antonia Barke2 Author information Article notes Copyright and License information Disclaimer Archives of Sexual Behavior (link to study) Abstract Online pornography is a widespread Internet application. As with other Internet applications, in some cases its use can become problematic. First indications point to a link between problematic use of online pornography and psychological distress […]
Read More… from Self-Perceived Problematic Use of Online Pornography Is Linked to Clinically Relevant Levels of Psychological Distress and Psychopathological Symptoms (2022)
LINK TO FULL STUDY Abstract Background The addiction model of compulsive sexual behavior disorder (CSBD) and problematic pornography use (PPU) predicts the presence of withdrawal symptoms and increased tolerance for sexual stimuli in the disorder phenotype. However, clear empirical evidence supporting this claim has largely been lacking. Methods In the preregistered, nationally representative […]
Read More… from Withdrawal and tolerance as related to compulsive sexual behavior disorder and problematic pornography use – Preregistered study based on a nationally representative sample in Poland (2022)
Authors: Laura I. Kü[email protected], Christian Wiessner1,2, Wiebke Schoon1, Peer Briken1, Daniel Schöttle3, and Johanna Schröder1,4 Online Publication Date: 30 Jun 2022 Publication Date: 13 Jul 2022 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2022.00046 Open access LINK TO FULL STUDY Abstract Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic had numerous consequences for general, mental and sexual health. As gender differences in sexual compulsivity (SC) have been reported in the past […]
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