COMMENTS: In this study, participants were asked about their sexual arousal related to 27 genres (themes) of porn. Why the researchers chose these 27 particular genres is known only to them. How the authors determined which genres were “mainstream” which were “non-mainstream” also remains a mystery given their seemingly random categorization (more below). No matter, […]
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Front. Psychiatry, 13 December 2017 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00287 Yifan Wang1,2, Yanbo Hu3, Jiaojing Xu4, Hongli Zhou1, Xiao Lin5, Xiaoxia Du6 and Guangheng Dong1,7* 1Department of Psychology, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China 2School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China 3Department of Psychology, London Metropolitan University, London, United Kingdom 4School of Psychology, Southwest […]
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International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction February 2017 , Volume 15, Issue 1, pp 16–27 Craig S. Cashwell, Amanda L. Giordano, Kelly King, Cody Lankford, Robin K. Henson Abstract For individuals with sexual addiction, sexual behaviors often are the primary means of regulating distressing or undesirable emotion. In this study, we sought to examine differences in aspects of emotion regulation between students in […]
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Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2010 Dec; 5(2): 4–14. PMCID: PMC3120118 Thomas J. Gould, Ph.D. Abstract The brain regions and neural processes that underlie addiction overlap extensively with those that support cognitive functions, including learning, memory, and reasoning. Drug activity in these regions and processes during early stages of abuse foster strong maladaptive associations between drug […]
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Are you – or someone you love – getting tired of all this talk about porn being so harmful? Rather than having to worry about making serious personal or public changes, wouldn’t it be nice to stop worrying about this all together? Thankfully, a small handful of authors have been coming up with some compelling […]
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… It isn’t just the original Pop Idol winner who began to wonder whether there might be a darker side to viewing all this badly-shot -and even more terribly acted – footage we’re apparently so fond of. Recent research suggests that by watching porn, we could be debilitating our ability to form healthy sexual relationships […]
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J Adolesc. 2017 Nov 14;62:38-46. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.11.004. Lin MP1, Wu JY2, You J3, Hu WH2, Yen CF4. Abstract The aim of this study investigated the prevalence of Internet addiction (IA) in a large representative sample of secondary school students and identified the risk and protective factors. Using a crosssectional design, 2170 participants were recruited from […]
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Noori, Reza and Sadeghyan, Naeimeh Health_Based Research, 3 (1). Abstract Background & Objectives: Internet addiction is one of the problems associated with the advancement of technology that affects people’s mental health. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between addiction to the Internet and insomnia, anxiety, depression and stress in nursing and […]
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Ke, Guek Nee, and Siew Fan Wong. Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy: 1-14. Abstract The prevalence of problematic Internet use (PIU) is reportedly higher in South East Asian adolescent populations. The exacerbation of problematic adolescent behaviors has been found to associate significantly with PIU and is expected to worsen with age. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy […]
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J Behav Addict. 2017 Nov 15:1-9. doi: 10.1556/2006.6.2017.072. King DL1, Herd MCE1, Delfabbro PH1. Abstract Background and aims The criterion of tolerance in DSM-5 Internet gaming disorder (IGD) refers to a need for increasing time spent gaming. However, this focus on “need for gaming time” may overlook some of the broader motivations, outcomes, or effects […]
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