UPDATE 2016: A much more comprehensive analysis of Joshua Grubbs’s claims and studies can be found here – Is Grubbs pulling the wool over our eyes with his “perceived porn addiction” research? (2016) UPDATE 2017: A new study (Fernandez et al., 2017) tested and analyzed the CPUI-9, a purported “perceived pornography addiction” questionnaire developed by […]
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COMMENTS: One of the 4 case studies in this paper (reproduced below) reports on a man with porn-induced sexual problems (low libido, fetishes, anorgasmia). The sexual intervention called for a 6-week abstinence from porn and masturbation. After 8 months the man reported increased sexual desire, successful sex and orgasm, and enjoying “good sexual practices.” J […]
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I am 24, and have been using porn since early teens, pretty much exactly the same as Gabe to be honest. Oh what was I thinking right? Don’t you just love hindsight. I know you got to roll with the punches in life but man, a broken noodle is one low blow from the man […]
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Ann N Y Acad Sci. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2011 Jul 22. Published in final edited form as: Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2011 Jan; 1216: 114–121. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05896.x PMCID: PMC3141575 NIHMSID: NIHMS309807 Pauline Belujon and Anthony A. Grace Author information ► Copyright and License information ► The publisher’s final edited version of this […]
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Authors Olsen VV, Lugo RG, Sütterlin S Published Date July 2015 Volume 2015:8 Pages 187—200 DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S68695 Received 2 March 2015, Accepted 7 April 2015, Published 6 July 2015 Approved for publication by Dr Igor Elman Vegard V Olsen,1 Ricardo G Lugo,1 Stefan Sütterlin1,2 1Section of Psychology, Lillehammer University College, Lillehammer, 2Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, […]
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Neuroimage Clin. 2015; 8: 1–31. Published online 2015 Mar 24. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2015.03.016 PMCID: PMC4473270 D. Val-Laillet,a,⁎ E. Aarts,b B. Weber,c M. Ferrari,d V. Quaresima,d L.E. Stoeckel,e M. Alonso-Alonso,f M. Audette,g C.H. Malbert,h and E. Sticei Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract Functional, molecular and genetic neuroimaging has […]
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Front. Behav. Neurosci., 11 February 2014 | Martin Zack1*, Robert E. Featherstone2, Sarah Mathewson3 and Paul J. Fletcher3 1Cognitive Psychopharmacology Laboratory, Neuroscience Department, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada 2Translational Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA 3Biopsychology Section, Neuroscience Department, Centre for Addiction and […]
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J Reward Defic Syndr 1(1): 46-64. Kenneth Blum1-5,9, Benjamin Thompson6, Zsolt Demotrovics7, John Femino3,8, John Giordano9, Marlene Oscar-Berman10, Scott Teitelbaum1, David E. Smith3,11, A. Kennison Roy12, Gozde Agan3, James Fratantonio3, Rajendra D. Badgaiyan13 and Mark S. Gold14,15 1Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine and McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA 2Department of […]
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UPDATE 1: Peer-reviewed criticism of this paper – Comment on: Is Pornography Use Associated with Sexual Difficulties and Dysfunctions among Younger Heterosexual Men? by Gert Martin Hald, PhD UPDATE 2015: Landripet & Stulhofer’s paper omitted three significant correlations they presented to a European conference (excerpts from their abstract): Reporting a preference for specific pornographic genres […]
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For years in his teens, Daniel Simmons says he suffered “numerous breakdowns” — panic attacks and a series of unexplained physical problems. But in October 2013, at the age of 21, the intelligent and likeable, if slightly withdrawn, British music student underwent a miraculous change for the better. “I suddenly had much more energy, and […]
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