Journal of Child Psychotherapy Eliza Newell, 52:1, 110-123, DOI: 10.1080/0075417X.2026.2638381 ABSTRACT This paper explores the impact of exposure to online pornography in childhood on aspects of development in late adolescence, with a particular focus on sexual development. Three composite cases are used to outline some common themes found in treatment with young people, drawn from […]
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Comment: Note that 67% of representative sample comprised the group showing the most problems. Understanding how people develop habits around viewing adult content can help identify potential psychological risks later in life. Researchers identified three distinct patterns of how adults start viewing sexually explicit material, revealing that establishing a regular habit at a young age […]
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Dr Marshall Ballantine-Jones examines the neuroscience of porn addiction and its wreckage across an entire generation. Forty-two billion porn site visits occur every month — 92% through the smartphone in your pocket — and the average Australian child encounters it at age 11. Marshall Ballantine-Jones is a specialist in online sexualisation education with over 25 […]
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Comment: Visitors who are interested in the current state of the research on CSBD/PPU will appreciate this thorough account of the current research. There’s much work still to be done. It’s essential that problematic online porn use gets carved out of CSBD, that is, not lumped in with partnered sex and treated as an impulse-control disorder. […]
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People who exhibit certain negative personality traits tend to spend more time consuming violent pornography and engaging in problematic online sexual behaviors. This pattern suggests a reinforcing cycle where people drawn to aggressive content may further normalize their own antisocial tendencies. These results were recently published in the journal Sexual Health & Compulsivity. The internet […]
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A prominent Thai forensic medicine expert has sounded the alarm over the dangers of excessive porn consumption, warning that it may lead to erectile dysfunction and serious relationship issues, especially among younger men. Associate Professor Dr Weerasak Charuschaisri, a medical lecturer at Srinakharinwirot University, took to Facebook to share a video clip titled Watching too […]
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The long-awaited French translation of YBOP is now available. Tell your francophone friends who might be interested. It can be purchased here (France) and here (Québec). Désormais, 100 % des hommes ont consommé de la pornographie en ligne avant leur majorité, près des deux tiers ayant commencé à 13 ans ou moins ; le phénomène […]
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The number of people accessing prominent pornography websites in the United Kingdom has plummeted after new age-verification laws — that are also heading to Australia — were introduced earlier this year. Since July, people in the UK wanting to view pornography online must prove they are over 18 by uploading identity documents, sharing credit card […]
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Frontiers in Human Neuroscience Shu, et al, 15 April 2025 Sec. Brain Health and Clinical Neuroscience, Volume 19 – 2025 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2025.1477914 Introduction: There is extensive awareness of internet pornography addiction. It not only affects the mental health of adolescents but also promotes criminal activity. However, the impact of internet pornography addiction on functional in the brain […]
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Archives of Sexual Behavior Minihan S, Burton M, Giunta K, Villegas L, Nicholas M., Arch Sex Behav. 2025 Mar 17. doi: 10.1007/s10508-025-03109-2. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40097900. Abstract Amidst the increased online engagement of adolescents, a growing global body of literature has examined adolescents’ encounters with internet pornography (IP). Though prevalence rates vary across […]
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