Curious about Internet porn? Ask an addiction specialist. Spoiler alert: We’re in favor of free speech, aren’t working to ban porn, and have little tolerance for Santorum’s politics. Nor are we religious. That said, it’s good that Ricky baby moved the Internet porn addiction debate into the spotlight. There are important new developments in the […]
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COMMENTS: 12.5 % of high scholl students were found to were identified as problematic Internet users (PIUs). FULL STUDY with tables. PLoS One. 2011; 6(5): e19660. Published online 2011 May 6. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019660 Copyright Wang et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, […]
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From the study: “problems due to Internet addiction, such as anxiety, depression, aggression, and job and educational dissatisfaction.” Correlation does not equal causation but we see symptoms such as depression and anxiety remit through recovery from porn addiction. Int J Prev Med. 2012 Feb;3(2):122-7. Alavi SS, Alaghemandan H, Maracy MR, Jannatifard F, Eslami M, Ferdosi M. […]
Comments: Like studies before it, brain scans revealed addiction-like structural changes in those with Internet addiction. Abnormalities in white and gray matter are also found in those with drug addiction. FULL STUDY Background Internet addiction disorder (IAD) is currently becoming a serious mental health issue around the globe. Previous studies regarding IAD were mainly focused […]
Comments: This study acknowledges that Internet pornography (cybersexual) is one of five categories of Internt addiction. It also states the problem is growing. ScientificWorldJournal. 2011; 11: 2187–2196. Published online 2011 November 3. doi: 10.1100/2011/308631 Hing Keung Ma Department of Education Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Academic Editor: Joav Merrick This is an open […]
Read More… from Internet Addiction and Antisocial Internet Behavior of Adolescents (2011)
Tales of Porn-Related ED 7 is in an 8-part series of stories with a very small sampling of self-reports by various men who have experienced porn-induced ED. For more stories check out these porn-induced ED threads and forum sections: Too much porn/masturbation cause ED? (3300 posts) 22 with porn induced erectile dysfunction? (450 posts) Porn-induced […]
Comments: States – Internet addiction may be as high as 25% in the population, and ADHD is associated with overuse, and may exacerbate symptoms. Atten Defic Hyperact Disord. 2011 Dec;3(4):327-34. Epub 2011 Sep 24. Weiss MD, Baer S, Allan BA, Saran K, Schibuk H. Source Children’s and Women’s Health Centre of BC, University of British […]
Comments: Great article on Interent Addiction. Can be found here Just as fast-food executives have capitalized on reward circuitry in our brains, savvy Internet entrepreneurs could influence our every action How would a fast-food business executive build a very profitable Internet business? He would use techniques similar to those perfected by McDonald’s, Coca Cola, Nestle, […]
Read More… from (L) Internet Compulsion Disorder: Should We Include It in the DSM? (2011)
This page contains short internet addiction summaries of the latest research on Internet Addiction (As of 2020 we are no longer adding studies to this current page: see this page for all Internet addiction studies). Other studies involving Internet Gaming Addiction (IGD) can be found here. Internet addiction brain studies have already confirmed the presence […]
COMMENTS: Greek study finding that 21% of 9th & 10th graders displayed maladaptive Interent use: “Among the study population (n = 866), the prevalence rate of maladaptive internet use (MIU) was 20.9% (n = 181).” (Among the study population, the prevalence rates of potential PIU and PIU were 19.4% and 1.5%, respectively) Note that the […]