Aline Wéry, Natale Canale, Caroline Bell, Benoit Duvivier and Joël Billieux 07 May 2020, Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies https://doi.org/10.1002/hbe2.193 [full study] Abstract Several studies have shown that problematic use of online sexual activities (OSAs) can constitute a dysfunctional coping strategy that reflects a compensatory usage of the Internet. Yet, some specific risk factors—widely investigated in the field of […]
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Porn use was the most addictive internet application: “The prevalence of PIU was the highest in the adolescents who used the internet for pornography the most (19.6%), followed by gaming (9.3%) and internet community (8.4%)” “However, the odds ratio for PIU among those who used the internet mostly for pornography was the highest, which implicates […]
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May 8, 2019: Initial 17-page complaint by Hilton (selected screenshots below): Donald Hilton defamation lawsuit against Nicole R Prause (later moved to Federal Court, and amended). The court filings are here. Civil Case Info Sheet Exhibit A Exhibit B Exhibit C Exhibit D Exhibit E On July 24, 2019 Don Hilton amended his lawsuit to include: […]
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Journal of Behavioral Addictions Volume/Issue: Volume 9: Issue 1 Authors: Martina Goslar 1 , Max Leibetseder 1 , Hannah M. Muench 2 , Stefan G. Hofmann 3 and Anton-Rupert Laireiter 1 , 4 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2020.00005 Abstract Background and aims Internet addiction, sex addiction and compulsive buying are common behavioral problems, which share similarities with gambling […]
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David Ludden’s Psychology Today blog post claims to be about this Joshua Grubbs study: Moral incongruence and compulsive sexual behavior: Results from cross-sectional interactions and parallel growth curve analyses. Not surprisingly, Grubbs’s own abstract doesn’t accurately reflect the study’s actual findings: porn addiction correlates most strongly with porn use (not “moral disapproval” or “religiosity”). Grubbs […]
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I started regarding pornography as addictive after a friend, a physician’s assistant working in a urology clinic approached me with concern. He told me that several emerging adult men, ages 18-25, we’re coming into the clinic with problems associated with Erectile Dysfunction (ED). This is an unusual problem in this age range (link to original […]
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COMMENTS: A narrative review (full paper here). The two main tables summarizing this review: March–April, 2020 Volume 34, Issue 2, Pages 191–199 Gail Hornor, DNP, CPNP, SANE-P,Correspondence information about the author DNP, CPNP, SANE-P Gail Hornor Email the author DNP, CPNP, SANE-P Gail Hornor DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedhc.2019.10.001 Introduction Children and adolescents are growing up in a digital […]
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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17(2), 488; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17020488 by Lijun Chen * and Xiaoliu Jiang Department of Psychology, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China Received: 12 November 2019 / Accepted: 10 January 2020 / Published: 12 January 2020 Abstract The primary aim of this study was to compare […]
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Introduction (as it appears on Page #1) Legal counsel advised us to create these pages, which document Nicole Prause’s extensive campaign targeting those who point out possible harms of porn use or issues in the porn industry. “Sunshine” protects the community Prause harasses by preserving facts and permitting visitors and journalists to understand the truth […]
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YBOP comments: New study reports numerous negative personality measures correlated with greater porn use (cybersex use), such as: greater neuroticism & anxiety, higher aggression–hostility, decreased sociability, dysfunctional coping mechanisms, etc. ————————————————————————————————————– J Behav Addict. 2019 Dec 23:1-10. doi: 10.1556/2006.8.2019.69. Studer J1, Marmet S1, Wicki M1, Gmel G1,2,3,4. Abstract BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Cybersex use (CU) is […]
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