Self-identification as a pornography addict: examining the roles of pornography use, religiousness, and moral incongruence (2019)

COMMENTS: See the YBOP analysis Self-identification as a pornography addict: examining the roles of pornography use, religiousness, and moral incongruence (2019) Grubbs, Joshua B., Jennifer T. Grant, and Joel Engelman. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity (2019) Abstract At present, the scientific community has not reached a consensus regarding whether or not people may be become addicted […]

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Evaluating Pornography Problems Due to Moral Incongruence Model (2019)

YBOP comments: In plain English, this research found (again) that religiosity is NOT associated with believing yourself to be a porn addict (“perceived pornography addiction”). This explodes the meme that Josh Grubbs worked for years to “sell” to the world, that believing oneself an addict is related to religious shame. Grubbs’s CPUI-9 studies and his […]

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Altered Prefrontal and Inferior Parietal Activity During a Stroop Task in Individuals With Problematic Hypersexual Behavior (2018)

Comments: This study reports poorer executive functioning and lower activation of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex during the cognitive tests (Stroop test). All this indicates poorer prefrontal cortex functioning, which is a hallmark of addiction, and manifests as the inability to control use or suppress cravings.  ————————————————– Front. Psychiatry, 25 September 2018 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00460 Ji-Woo Seok1 and […]

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Critique of “Is Pornography Use Related to Erectile Functioning? Results From Cross-Sectional and Latent Growth Curve Analyses” (2019)

Introduction: His correlations say one thing, but Joshua Grubbs says another The researcher who saddled humankind with “perceived pornography addiction” and claimed it somehow “functions very differently from other addictions,” has now turned his dexterity to porn-induced ED. Joshua Grubbs’s new paper claims there’s no epidemic of youthful ED, boldly concluding its abstract with: In […]

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“The Anatomy of a Lazy News Article About Porn, In Four Parts” (Pornhelp.org)

Visit post. Listen up, everybody. Here at PornHelp, we are not inclined to label news as “fake” or “real.” Not for any political reason. We just find those tags uselessly reductive. They too-easily surrender our right and obligation as citizens to think critically about every piece of information we absorb over the airwaves and internets. […]

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The contribution of personality factors and gender to ratings of sex addiction among men and women who use the Internet for sex purpose (2018)

J Behav Addict. 2018 Oct 31:1-7. doi: 10.1556/2006.7.2018.101. Shimoni L1, Dayan M1, Cohen K1, Weinstein A1. Abstract BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Sex addiction is characterized by excessive sexual activity on the Internet. We have investigated the contribution of the Big Five personality factors and sex differences to sex addiction. METHODS: A total of 267 participants (186 […]

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Understanding and predicting profiles of compulsive sexual behavior among adolescents (2018)

Yaniv Efrati, Mateusz Gola Ahead of Print, pp. 1–11 https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.7.2018.100 Keywords: compulsive sexual behavior, adolescents, personality traits, loneliness Abstract | Full Text | References | PDF (330 KB) Abstract Background and aims This two-study research was designed to define and predict profiles of compulsive sexual behavior (CSB) among non-clinical population of adolescents, and aimed to […]

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Nicole Prause’s Unethical Harassment and Defamation of Gary Wilson & Others (Page 2)

Introduction (as it appears on Page #1) Legal counsel advised us to create these pages, which document Nicole Prause’s extensive campaign targeting those who point out possible harms of porn use or issues in the porn industry. “Sunshine” protects the community Prause harasses by preserving facts and permitting visitors and journalists to understand the truth […]

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Neurocognitive mechanisms in compulsive sexual behavior disorder (2018)

[Co-authored by multiple researchers in the field of problematic sexual behavior, this article questions whether the new CSBD diagnosis belongs under the “Impulse Control Disorder” category, where it currently resides. They find the most support for CSB as an ‘addictive disorder.’] Ewelina Kowalewska, Joshua B. Grubbs, Marc N. Potenza, Mateusz Gola, Małgorzata Draps, and Shane […]

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Correcting Misunderstandings About Neuroscience and Problematic Sexual Behaviors (2017) by Don Hilton, MD

Neuroscience and PSBs In recent years, neuroscience discoveries about the reward system and human sexuality have shed new light on both problematic and healthy sexual behavior. As can be expected with any new paradigm, however, some doubtful neuroscience claims have also appeared in the media. As a neurosurgeon and the author of several papers on […]

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