COMMENTS: Very few objective, controlled studies have been done on Internet pornography. Important findings in this study are that neither time spent viewing porn on the Internet nor personality factors were associated the level of reported problems with Internet porn use (IAT sex score). Instead, it was intensity of the experience and amount of novelty […]
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EXCERPTS FROM SELECTED STUDIES ON INTERNET PORN USE Predicting Compulsive Internet Use: It’s All About Sex! (2006) Meerkerk GJ, Van Den Eijnden RJ, Garretsen HF. Cyberpsychol Behav. 2006 Feb;9(1):95-103. The objective of this research was to assess the predictive power of various Internet applications on the development of compulsive Internet use (CIU). The study has […]
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She was on the cover of a glossy magazine he’d found while playing in the neighborhood with his friends. “Playboy,” he read. Little did he know, “Playboy” Magazine would be the beginning of Gabe’s excessive consumption of pornography. In middle school, he would stay up watching late-night music videos on MTV and BET and softcore […]
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Eur J Public Health. 2013 May 30. Sasmaz T, Oner S, Kurt AO, Yapici G, Yazici AE, Bugdayci R, Sis M. Source 1 Department of Public Health, Mersin University School of Medicine, Turkey. Abstract AIM: In this study, the prevalence and risk factors of Internet addiction in high school students was investigated. Material and Method: […]
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Teen Smartphone ‘Addicts’ Also Have Other Ills By John Gever, Deputy Managing Editor, MedPage Today Published: May 22, 2013 Reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD; Emeritus Professor, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Action Points Note that this study was published as an abstract and presented at a conference. These data and conclusions should be […]
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J Korean Med Sci. 2013 May;28(5):763-8. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2013.28.5.763. Epub 2013 May 2. Lee K, Lee HK, Gyeong H, Yu B, Song YM, Kim D. Source Department of Psychiatry, Gongju National Hospital, Gongju, Korea. Abstract We developed a Korean translation of the Internet Addiction Test (KIAT), widely used self-report for internet addiction and tested its reliability […]
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Prepare students to deal with porn; teach them about their brains Recent UK headline: “Teachers should give lessons in pornography and tell pupils ‘it’s not all bad’, experts say.” Education that helps kids cope with today’s Internet porn phenomenon is a great idea. But let’s not waste a brilliant educational opportunity trying to sort good […]
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Academia prepares to ‘accentuate the positive’ in new porn periodical If there were ever a human phenomenon in need of serious objective investigation, Internet porn use is surely it. Never has the youthful human brain been battered with so much erotic novelty during such a critical window of sexual development, and cracks are definitely appearing. […]
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Condom compliance may be a matter of software, not hardware Progress has stalled on teen condom use to ward off the spread of STIs. Bill Gates is convinced that better condoms will increase condom use by making sex more pleasurable. To this end, “His foundation will give a $100,000 grant to anyone with credible plans […]
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Stress Health. 2013 Apr 25. doi: 10.1002/smi.2490. Yan W, Li Y, Sui N. Source Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. Abstract Internet addiction (IA) is an emerging social and mental health issue among youths. Analysis of risk […]
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