Stephen A. Wilson, MD, MPH Fam Med. 2018;50(3):238-240. DOI: 10.22454/FamMed.2018.365688 Women and men are different. In the striving for equal opportunity and treatment there is often confusion about equal and same, which can lead to neutering or muting constructive dialogue. Pornography is not hard to discern—as Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart said in 1964, “…I […]
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Introduction Compulsive porn users often describe escalation in their porn use that takes the form of greater time viewing or seeking out new genres of porn. New genres that induce shock, surprise, violation of expectations or even anxiety can function to increase sexual arousal, and in porn users whose response to stimuli is growing blunted […]
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International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology (2018): 0306624X18794135. Francis Fortin, Jean Proulx, https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X18794135 ABSTRACT This study analyzed the evolution over time of the activity of consumers of child sexual exploitation material (CSEM). To this end, images and metadata were extracted from the hard drives of 40 individuals convicted of possession of child pornography […]
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PLoS One. 2018 Jul 27;13(7):e0201176. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0201176. Stavropoulos V1,2, Mastrotheodoros S1,3, Burleigh TL4, Papadopoulos N5, Gomez R4. Abstract Romantic development is a distinctive characteristic of puberty. However, a significant proportion of adolescents present with avoidant romantic attachment (ARA) tendencies, which have significant impact on their general adaptation. ARA variations have been suggested in relation to […]
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Front Psychol. 2018 Aug 6;9:1411. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01411. eCollection 2018. Wang HY1, Sigerson L1, Jiang H2, Cheng C1. Abstract There has been a growing concern of excessive smartphone use that interferes with people’s daily functioning, most notably among youngsters. The Smartphone Addiction Inventory (SPAI) was constructed to assess this type of information technology addiction. Although the […]
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Iran J Psychiatry. 2018 Apr;13(2):103-110. Farahani M1, Alavi SS2, Mirzamani Bafghi M3, Esmaili Alamuti S4, Taghavi Z4, Mohammadi M2. Abstract Objective: Problematic internet use is an important social problem among adolescents and has become a global health issue. This study identified predictors and patterns of problematic internet use among adult students. Method: In this study, […]
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COMMENTS: Thorough and compelling review of the neuroscience literature related to Internet addiction subtypes, with special focus on internet porn addiction. The review also critiques recent headline-grabbing studies by SPAN lab, which purport to have “debunked porn addiction.” An excerpt from the abstract: “Within this review, we give a summary of the concepts proposed underlying […]
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Introduction This critique has two parts: Part 1 exposes how Nicole Prause, Marty Klein and Taylor Kohut completely misrepresent their solitary bit of “evidence” to support the article’s core falsehood – that “compulsive pornography viewing” was excluded from the new ICD-11 “Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder” diagnosis. Part 2 exposes the startling omissions, false claims, research […]
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Below this long intro are many sub-sections containing relevant studies. Relevant Research – first we have lists of studies that provide support for the claims made by YBOP. (See Questionable & Misleading Studies for highly publicized papers that are not what they claim to be.): Porn/sex addiction? This page lists 60+ neuroscience-based studies (MRI, fMRI, […]
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Pan Afr Med J. 2017 Nov 15;28:234. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2017.28.234.12125. Akibu M1, Gebresellasie F2, Zekarias F3, Tsegaye W4. Abstract Introduction: Adolescents are susceptible to different social, peer and cultural pressures that Drives them into earlier sexual experimentation. Despite the fact that delaying sexual activity until marriage reduces the spread of HIV/AIDS and various sexually transmitted infections […]
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