Front Psychiatry. 2019; 10: 336. Published online 2019 May 10. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00336 PMCID: PMC6524313 PMID: 31133904 Xavier Benarous, 1 , 2 , * Pierre Morales, 3 Hanna Mayer, 1 Cosmin Iancu, 1 Yves Edel, 3 and David Cohen 1 , 4 Abstract Internet gaming disorder (IGD) has been a controversial entity with various opinions about its […]
J Sex Res. 2016 May-Jun;53(4-5):509-31. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2016.1143441. Peter J1, Valkenburg PM1. Abstract The goal of this review was to systematize empirical research that was published in peer-reviewed English-language journals between 1995 and 2015 on the prevalence, predictors, and implications of adolescents’ use of pornography. This research showed that adolescents use pornography, but prevalence rates varied […]
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YBOP comments: Contains a section about “Compulsive sexual behaviour disorder”: Compulsive sexual behaviour disorder Compulsive sexual behaviour disorder is characterized by a persistent pattern of failure to control intense repetitive sexual impulses or urges, resulting in repetitive sexual behaviour over an extended period (e.g., six months or more) that causes marked distress or impairment in […]
Front Psychiatry. 2019 Mar 12;10:113. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00113. Shek DTL1, Zhu X1, Dou D1. Abstract The present study investigated how the quality of the parent-child subsystem (indexed by behavioral control, psychological control, and parent-child relationship) predicted Internet addiction (IA) levels and change rates among senior high school students. It also examined the concurrent and longitudinal influence […]
J Behav Addict. 2019 Mar 28:1-9. doi: 10.1556/2006.8.2019.12. Hui BPH1, S Wu AM2, Pun N1. Abstract BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Previous research shows that empathy can be one of the potential protective factors for Internet gaming disorder (IGD), yet the complex relationships between multidimensional factors of empathy and IGD remain understudied. Thus, a major question moving […]
Front. Psychol., 27 March 2019 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00578 Sebastiano Costa1 and Daria J. Kuss2* 1Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Caserta, Italy 2Department of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom Background: Despite the growth in the number of studies on Gaming Disorders (GD), assessing the characteristics of clinical subjects is still […]
NOTE: This page contains multiple self-reports by people (some of whom are more politically correct than others), who concluded that their porn tastes influenced their sexual tastes after they quit porn and noticed their tastes reverting. These self-reports are taken from porn recovery forums. YBOP excerpts them pretty much as they are, and their authors’ […]
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Tong, W.-T., Islam, M. A., Low, W. Y., Choo, W. Y., & Abdullah, A. (2019). The Journal of Behavioral Science, 14(1), 63-83. https://www.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/IJBS/article/view/141412 Abstract Pathological Internet Use (PIU) affects one’s physical and mental health, and university students are at risk as they are more likely to develop PIU. This study determines the prevalence of PIU […]
Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2019 Jan 14;10(1):1565031. doi: 10.1080/20008198.2018.1565031. Kircaburun K1, Griffiths MD2, Billieux J3. Abstract in English, Chinese, Spanish Internet gaming disorder (IGD) has been related to a wide range of detrimental psychological and health consequences. The purpose of the present pilot study was to test the direct and indirect relationships between IGD and emotional […]