Authors: Alexandraki, Kyriaki; Stavropoulos, Vasileios; Anderson, Emma; Latifi, Mohammad Q.; Gomez, Rapson Source: Current Psychiatry Reviews, Volume 14, Number 1, March 2018, pp. 47-58(12) Publisher: Bentham Science Publishers DOI: https://doi.org/10.2174/2211556007666180606073617 Background: Pornography Use (PU) has been defined as the viewing of explicit materials in the form of pictures and videos, in which people are performing intercourse with clearly exposed and […]
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J Behav Addict. 2018 Sep 11:1-9. doi: 10.1556/2006.7.2018.77. Chen L1,2,3, Yang Y2, Su W1,2,3, Zheng L4, Ding C5, Potenza MN3,6,7,8,9. Abstract Background and aims Internet pornography consumption is prevalent among college students and problematic for some, yet little is known regarding the psychological constructs underlying problematic Internet pornography use (PIPU). Drawing on the Interaction of […]
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Our forefathers were fierce & our foremothers were faithful By Razib Khan | October 27, 2013 One of the peculiarities of human historical genetics is that people can simultaneously accept the existence of aggressive polygynous males such as Genghis Khan, and promiscuous females who give rise to the idea that 1 out of 10 children […]
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J Behav Addict. 2017 Sep; 6(3): 271–279. Published online 2017 Jul 26. doi: 10.1556/2006.6.2017.039 PMCID: PMC5700714 PMID: 28816494 Saunders JB1, Hao W2, Long J2, King DL3, Mann K4, Fauth-Bühler M4, Rumpf HJ5, Bowden-Jones H6, Rahimi-Movaghar A7, Chung T8, Chan E9, Bahar N10, Achab S11, Lee HK12, Potenza M13, Petry N14, Spritzer D15, Ambekar A16, Derevensky […]
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Addict Behav Rep. 2017 Jun; 5: 19–28. Published online 2017 Feb 7. doi: 10.1016/j.abrep.2017.02.002 PMCID: PMC5800554 PMID: 29450224 Language: English | German | German Rayna Sariyska,a,⁎ Bernd Lachmann,a Sebastian Markett,b,c Martin Reuter,b,c and Christian Montaga,d 1. Introduction The Internet has found its way into the daily life of many people worldwide, offering an easy way to […]
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Front Psychiatry. 2018; 9: 291. Published online 2018 Jun 29. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00291 PMCID: PMC6033968 PMID: 30008681 Chang-hyun Park,1 Ji-Won Chun,1 Hyun Cho,1,2 and Dai-Jin Kim1,* Abstract Internet gaming disorder (IGD) is often diagnosed on the basis of nine underlying criteria from the latest version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). Here, […]
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Front Psychiatry. 2018 Aug 3;9:341. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00341 Han X1, Wang Y1, Jiang W2, Bao X2, Sun Y1, Ding W1, Cao M1, Wu X1, Du Y2, Zhou Y1. Abstract Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is effective for the treatment of Internet gaming disorder (IGD). However, the mechanisms by which CBT improves IGD-related clinical symptoms remain unknown. This […]
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J Behav Addict. 2018 Aug 29:1-9. doi: 10.1556/2006.7.2018.67. [Epub ahead of print] Franc E1, Khazaal Y1,2,3, Jasiowka K2, Lepers T2, Bianchi-Demicheli F1,2, Rothen S1,2. Abstract The Internet is widely used for sexual activities and pornography. Little is known, however, about why people look for meetings and sexual interactions through the Internet and about the correlates […]
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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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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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