Perceptions of Pornography and Attitudes Toward Condom Use in Heterosexual Chinese Adults: The Effect of Sexual Pleasure, Safer Sex Communication Apprehension, and Shared Pornography Use During Sex

Arch Sex Behav 51, 1337–1350 (2022). Wu, T., Zheng, Y.  Abstract Chinese people’s pornography use is increasing and condomless sex is prevalent in pornography. However, both the relationship between pornography and condom use among Chinese adults and the mechanisms underlying this relationship are underexplored. This study examined how perceptions of pornography were associated with attitudes […]

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The Influence of Maladaptive Metacognitions In Education: Rethinking Proness Toward Addiction

Treva Etsitty Excerpt Dysregulation of metacognition has the potential to develop into maladaptive coping rather than healthy self-regulation skills, which in turn, can develop into mental illness or addiction …. Results confirmed that pornography use was a predictor of maladaptive metacognitions. Description (Link to full item) Metacognition plays a role in motivation, executive function, declarative […]

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Flatline lasted 1.5 months

New I’ve successfully gotten over the flatline phase. Mine lasted 1.5 months… it was awful and disheartening to a point where I almost said f*ck it, let me wank it once. I didn’t want to jeopardize my progress though… Every time I controlled my urges it boosted my self-esteem. Gotta think long term sometimes. I’m […]

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COMMENT: Do pornography use and masturbation play a role in erectile dysfunction and relationship satisfaction in men? (2022)

This commentary critiques a questionable study in which researchers essentially dismissed participants who had been raised on porn, and concluded that porn is unlikely to be a factor in ED. Urologist, researcher and professor Gunter De Win and his team then published this response, in which he highlights the findings of his own research. Here […]

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