Impotency is on the rise – By Arnab Ganguly, Mumbai Mirror | May 28, 2020 Lalit has been in a quandary for several months now. In a relationship with a colleague of his for the last three years, the 25-year old has found it difficult to get sexually intimate with his partner for the last […]
COMMENTS: New qualitative study on porn users reports myriad negative effects related to porn use. A few selected excerpts: Participants described symptoms of anxiety and depression, poor concentration, and an inability to focus on essential tasks. They also reported feelings of shame, low self-worth, and guilt. Many also reported that their use of IP led […]
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 […]
J Sex Marital Ther. 2020 Apr 28:1-14. doi: 10.1080/0092623X.2020.1758860. Ezzell MB1, Johnson JA2, Bridges AJ3, Sun CF4. Abstract Rates of pornography consumption in the U.S. are high and increasing. With exploratory aims, this study addresses the questions: What is the association between pornography consumption and liking of sexual behaviors commonly depicted in pornography, and is […]
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Abstract Background Sexually explicit media exposure during early adolescence has been found to be associated with risky sexual behavior. However, previous study suffered from methodological issue, such as selection bias. Furthermore, little is known about the effect of multi-modality sexually explicit media exposure on risky sexual behavior, and how this relationship can be applied to […]
COMMENTS: Series of studies lending support to the addiction model. Conclusion: Obsessive-compulsive symptoms contributed to sexual addiction among individuals who use the Internet for finding sexual partners. Impulsivity and problematic online sexual activity contributed to ratings of sex addiction. These studies support the argument that sex addiction lies on the impulsive-compulsive scale and could be […]
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 […]
Can porn cause erectile dysfunction? Medically reviewed by Dr Juliet McGrattan (MBChB) and words by Paisley Gilmour 14/04/2020 Erectile dysfunction (ED) or impotence – the inability to achieve and maintain an erection – is a common issue for men and people with penises of all ages and sexualities. It’s believed to affect a third of […]
Addict Behav. 2020 Feb 1;105:106334. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106334. Horvath J1, Mundinger C1, Schmitgen MM1, Wolf ND1, Sambataro F2, Hirjak D3, Kubera KM1, Koenig J4, Christian Wolf R5. Abstract Popularity and availability of smartphones have dramatically increased in the past years. This trend is accompanied by increased concerns regarding potentially adverse effects of excessive smartphone use, particularly […]
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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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