Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2019 Feb 18;374(1766):20180129. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2018.0129. Leeman RF1,2, Rowland BHP1, Gebru NM1, Potenza MN2,3,4,5. Abstract Impulsivity’s relationships to addictive and sexual behaviours raise questions regarding the extent impulsivity may constitute a vulnerability factor for subsequent addictive and sexual behaviours and/or results from each of these. Here, we systematically […]
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Behav Sci (Basel). 2019 Feb 18;9(2). pii: E19. doi: 10.3390/bs9020019. Hussain Z1, Simonovic B2, Stupple EJN3, Austin M4. Abstract Social networking sites (SNSs) have become ubiquitous in our everyday lives, and for all its communicative benefits, excessive SNS use has been associated with a range of negative health implications. In the present study, the authors […]
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Minerva Pediatr. 2019 Feb 13. doi: 10.23736/S0026-4946.19.05367-2. Principi N1, Magnoni P1, Grimoldi L1, Carnevali D1, Cavazzana L1, Pellai A2. Abstract BACKGROUND: Nowadays adolescents and children are more and more exposed to sexually explicit internet material (SEIM), but most parents and healthcare professionals neglect this issue. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the […]
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Article about the study – http://time.com/5514539/screen-time-children-brain/ Original Investigation January 28, 2019 Sheri Madigan, PhD1,2; Dillon Browne, PhD3; Nicole Racine, PhD1,2; et al Camille Mori, BA1,2; Suzanne Tough, PhD2 Author Affiliations Article Information JAMA Pediatr. Published online January 28, 2019. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.5056 Key Points Question Is increased screen time associated with poor performance on children’s developmental screening tests? Findings In this cohort study of early childhood development in […]
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https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/1/e023191 Neza Stiglic, Russell M Viner Abstract Objectives To systematically examine the evidence of harms and benefits relating to time spent on screens for children and young people’s (CYP) health and well-being, to inform policy. Methods Systematic review of reviews undertaken to answer the question ‘What is the evidence for health and well-being effects of […]
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J Behav Addict. 2018 Dec 23:1-13. doi: 10.1556/2006.7.2018.127. Blycker GR1,2, Potenza MN3,4,5. 1 College of Nursing, University of Rhode Island , Kingston, RI, USA. 2 Hälsosam Therapy , Jamestown, RI, USA. 3 Departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience and the Child Study Center, School of Medicine, Yale University , New Haven, CT, USA. 4 Connecticut Council […]
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…and I’m so damn happy to be here. I’m 36 and have been trying to give up porn for least 7 years, looking at it for 18. I could write paragraphs over the negative effects of the days, weeks and months of my life I have spent in front of my computer jacking off to […]
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Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2018 Sep 25. doi: 10.1007/s00127-018-1605-z. Takahashi M1, Adachi M2, Nishimura T3, Hirota T4, Yasuda S2, Kuribayashi M2, Nakamura K2,5. Abstract PURPOSE: Pathological Internet use has been predominantly studied in junior high/middle school-aged or older children; data from elementary/primary school-aged children, however, are scarce. The current study aimed to examine the prevalence […]
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Stein, D. J., Billieux, J. , Bowden‐Jones, H. , Grant, J. E., Fineberg, N. , Higuchi, S. , Hao, W. , Mann, K. , Matsunaga, H. , Potenza, M. N., Rumpf, H. M., Veale, D. , Ray, R. , Saunders, J. B., Reed, G. M. and Poznyak, V. (2018), Balancing validity, utility and public health […]
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So basically, over 4.5 years ago I’ve decided to stop PMO. I have always been aroused by women in real life, I wasn’t too deep into PMO luckily, started [NoFap] at the age of 17. I sometimes get some mini urges, but it doesn’t take much to fight them back. Fapping is unnatural. No need […]
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