BMC Psychiatry. 2016; 16: 132. Published online 2016 May 10. doi: 10.1186/s12888-016-0836-3 PMCID: PMC4862221 Yasser Khazaal, Anne Chatton, Stephane Rothen, Sophia Achab, Gabriel Thorens, Daniele Zullino, and Gerhard Gmel Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract Background The 7-item Game Addiction Scale (GAS) is a used to […]
Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2016 Apr;19(4):288-93. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2015.0605. Epub 2016 Mar 14. Pontes HM1, Griffiths MD1. Abstract In the latest (fifth) edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) was included as a tentative disorder worthy of future research. Since then, several psychometric instruments to assess IGD have […]
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Comput Human Behav. 2016 Sep;62:475-479. Guillot CR1, Bello MS1, Tsai JY1, Huh J1, Leventhal AM2, Sussman S3. Abstract Internet addiction (including online gaming) has been associated with depression. However, most prior research relating internet addiction symptomatology to depressive symptoms has been cross-sectional, conducted with children and adolescents, and only examined depressive symptoms as a broad […]
J Behav Addict. 2016 May 9:1-13. Harper C1, Hodgins DC1. Abstract Background and aims The phenomenon of Internet pornography (IP) addiction is gaining increasing attention in the popular media and psychological research.What has not been tested empirically is how frequency and amount of IP use, along with other individual characteristics, are related to symptoms of […]
Indian J Psychol Med. 2016 Mar-Apr;38(2):150-1. doi: 10.4103/0253-7176.178811. Sharma MK1. Abstract Limitation of available information on caregiver perspective on managing the users excessive use of technology. The present case series explore the caregiver burden related to users addictive use of video game. The users and caregivers approached the service of healthy use of technology (SHUT […]
J Behav Addict. 2016 May 9:1-5. Nathan D1, Shukla L1, Kandasamy A1, Benegal V1. Abstract Background Problematic Internet use (PIU) is an emerging entity with varied contents. Behavioral addictions have high comorbidity of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders. Social networking site (SNS) addiction and role playing game (RPG) addiction are traditionally studied […]
A former pornography addict is raising awareness about the negative consequences of porn. He shares his personal story and discusses the science behind porn addiction. He also explains why he recommends adolescents stay away from pornography. LISTEN (20 mins) Problems? Try Direct mp3 […]
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DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2016.1142496 L. Monique Warda* pages 560-577 Published online: 15 Mar 2016 Abstract Sexually objectifying portrayals of women are a frequent occurrence in mainstream media, raising questions about the potential impact of exposure to this content on others’ impressions of women and on women’s views of themselves. The goal of this review was to synthesize empirical […]
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How about trusting addiction neuroscientists and peer-reviewed papers? Before I address many of the claims within the Pfaus article (link to the Pfaus article), it must be noted that Jim Pfaus omitted the 52 neuroscience-based studies (and 27 reviews of the literature and commentaries) on porn users published in the last few years. So far, […]
The first generation of men who grew up with unlimited online porn sound the alarm Excerpt: A growing number of young men are convinced that their sexual responses have been sabotaged because their brains were virtually marinated in porn when they were adolescents. Their generation has consumed explicit content in quantities and varieties never before […]