On 18th June 2018, the authors of the International Classification of Diseases, 11th Revision, put out a press release announcing that the implementation version of the upcoming ICD-11 is now available online. It included Compulsive Sexual Behaviour Disorder for the first time (link to original article). The Press release can be seen on the WHO site […]
J Behav Addict. 2018 Jul 16:1-6. doi: 10.1556/2006.7.2018.59. Rumpf HJ1, Achab S2,3, Billieux J4, Bowden-Jones H5, Carragher N6, Demetrovics Z7, Higuchi S8, King DL9, Mann K10, Potenza M11, Saunders JB12, Abbott M13, Ambekar A14, Aricak OT15, Assanangkornchai S16, Bahar N17, Borges G18, Brand M19,20, Chan EM21, Chung T22, Derevensky J23, Kashef AE24, Farrell M25, Fineberg […]
Charles, P. and Meyrick, J. (2018) Journal of Health Psychology. ISSN 1359-1053 Abstract Purpose Research suggests that exposure to Sexually Explicit Material (SEM) has negative effects on the beliefs, attitudes and actions of young men, but little research has examines how this may happen. The objective of this study was to address this emerging issue […]
Have you heard these claims a lot recently? Or perhaps even believed they are true? Religious populations have higher rates of porn use than their secular brethren, and lie about it. Religious porn users are not really addicted to porn; they only believe they are addicted because they are ashamed. Believing in porn addiction is […]
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https://wwjournals.com/index.php/ijsr/article/view/2959 Rosângela M. Müller, Vera Regina Levien, Elaine Pinto Albernaz Abstract Internet addiction is characterized as a compulsive-impulsive spectrum disorder and it has four components: excessive use, withdrawal, tolerance and negative repercussions. The objective of this study is to review the world literature regarding the prevalence of Internet addiction and to verify comorbidities associated with […]
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Ann Gen Psychiatry. 2018 Jun 15;17:28. doi: 10.1186/s12991-018-0198-y. eCollection 2018. De Pasquale C1, Dinaro C2, Sciacca F1. Abstract The purpose of this study was twofold: (a) to investigate the prevalence of Internet gaming disorder (IGD) among Italian university students and (b) to explore the associations between the former and dissociative phenomena. The sample included 221 […]
Maas, Megan K., and Shannamar Dewey. SAGE Open 8, no. 2 (2018): 2158244018786640. Abstract Pornography use has become more commonplace since the advent of high-speed Internet, yet there is little investigation that is exclusively targeted to women’s use of pornography. Given the paradox of viewing mainstream Internet pornography, which often portrays the objectification of and […]
Translated from Malaysian Hubs-Asia 9, no. 2 (2010). Euis Supriati, Sandra Fikawati Abstract Adolescent is a vulnerable group in reproductive health area. This period is marked by strong desire to try and explore new things. Pornography is a medium which can influence adolescent toward high risk sexual behaviour. The exposure to pornographic materials is a […]
Lauren E Sherman Leanna M Hernandez Patricia M Greenfield Mirella Dapretto Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, nsy051, https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsy051 Abstract Evidence increasingly suggests that neural structures that respond to primary and secondary rewards are also implicated in the processing of social rewards. The “Like” – a popular feature on social media – shares features with both […]
PDF of full paper: Pornography as a Public Health Issue: Promoting Violence and Exploitation of Children, Youth, and Adults Taylor, Elisabeth (2018) Dignity: A Journal on Sexual Exploitation and Violence: Vol. 3: Iss. 2, Article 8. Abstract The pornography industry is expanding exponentially as a result of ongoing technological advances. The ability to stream videos […]