Jarryd Bartle’s article “Relax Folks! Pornography is Not the End of Civilisation” cherry picks a few random studies and cites a one-page letter to the editor to support claims, while simultaneously ignoring the vast preponderance of evidence. Bartle is employed by the “The Eros Association“, which calls itself – Australia’s adults-only industry association. Please note […]
Started using porn at 13 (PMO 6 or more times a day). Encountered ED at the age of 15. Since then it’s been an 8 year conscious battle against porn. I’ve been in and out of relationships, the latest relationship being my best so far….but what happened? Things were getting serious and heated so i […]
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In case you missed this TIME cover story about porn-induced sexual dysfunctions, it is no longer behind a paywall. Read it here. The text: Noah Church is a 26-year-old part-time wildland firefighter in Portland, Ore. When he was 9, he found naked pictures on the Internet. He learned how to download explicit videos. When he […]
My two years clean was actually a few weeks ago. The quality of my life has dramatically changed since my last viewing which was 8/19/2015. I’m not sure if my porn addiction was the root of my sickness or just a symptom, but I’ve seen career advancement, better physical health, higher quality and quantity of […]
Pantic, Igor, Anita Milanovic, Barbara Loboda, Agata Błachnio, Aneta Przepiórka, Dejan Nesic, Sanja Mazic, Stefan Dugalic, and Sinisa Ristic. Psychiatry Research (2017). Highlights We tested the relationship between Internet addiction, self-esteem and narcissism. On a sample of 244 students, we also investigated social networking activities. Significant negative correlation between internet addiction score and self-esteem. There […]
J Behav Addict. 2017 Aug 17:1-9. doi: 10.1556/2006.6.2017.039. Saunders JB1, Hao W2, Long J2, King DL3, Mann K4, Fauth-Bühler M4, Rumpf HJ5, Bowden-Jones H6, Rahimi-Movaghar A7, Chung T8, Chan E9, Bahar N10, Achab S11, Lee HK12, Potenza M13, Petry N14, Spritzer D15, Ambekar A16, Derevensky J17, Griffiths MD18, Pontes HM18, Kuss D18, Higuchi S19, Mihara […]
J Behav Addict. 2017 Aug 17:1-6. doi: 10.1556/2006.6.2017.037. Griffiths MD1, Kuss DJ1, Lopez-Fernandez O1, Pontes HM. Abstract Background The recent paper by Aarseth et al. (2016) questioned whether problematic gaming should be considered a new disorder particularly because “Gaming Disorder” (GD) has been identified as a disorder to be included in the next (11th) revision of […]
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Commentary on: Scholars’ open debate paper on the World Health Organization ICD-11 Gaming Disorder proposal (Aarseth et al.) BillieuxJoëlRelated information 1Institute for Health and Behaviour, Integrative Research Unit on Social and Individual Development (INSIDE), University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg 2Internet and Gambling Disorders Clinic, Department of Adult Psychiatry, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium 3Laboratory for […]
Int J Ment Health Addict. 2017;15(4):853-868. doi: 10.1007/s11469-017-9768-5. Monacis L1, de Palo V1, Griffiths MD2, Sinatra M3. Abstract Research examining the development of online addictions has grown greatly over the last decade with many studies suggesting both risk factors and protective factors. In an attempt to integrate the theories of attachment and identity formation, the […]
Psychiatry Res. 2017 Jul 24;257:163-171. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2017.07.039. Vigna-Taglianti F1, Brambilla R2, Priotto B3, Angelino R3, Cuomo G4, Diecidue R4. Abstract This study aimed to measure the prevalence of Problematic Internet Use (PIU) among high school students and to identify factors associated with PIU underlining gender differences. The students filled a self-administered, anonymous questionnaire collecting information […]