Online social networking and addiction–a review of the psychological literature (2011)

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2011 Sep;8(9):3528-52. doi: 10.3390/ijerph8093528. Epub 2011 Aug 29.   Kuss DJ, Griffiths MD. Source International Gaming Research Unit, Psychology Division, Nottingham Trent University, NG1 4BU, UK. [email protected] Abstract Social Networking Sites (SNSs) are virtual communities where users can create individual public profiles, interact with real-life friends, and meet other […]

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Early sexual experiences: the role of Internet access and sexually explicit material (2008)

Cyberpsychol Behav. 2008 Apr;11(2):162-8. doi: 10.1089/cpb.2007.0054.   Kraus SW, Russell B. Source Psychology Department, Castleton State College, Castleton, Vermont 05735, USA. [email protected] Abstract The current study investigated whether viewing X-rated movies, Internet access in the home, and gender of the participant would differ between age of first initiation for oral sex, age of first initiation […]

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Developmental Pathways into Social and Sexual Deviance (2010)

Journal of Family Violence February 2010, Volume 25, Issue 2, pp 141-148 John A. Hunter, Aurelio Jose Figueredo, Neil M. Malamuth Download PDF (169 KB) View Article Abstract Path analysis was used to assess the contribution of four exogenous developmental variables (sexual abuse, physical abuse, exposure to violence, exposure to pornography—each occurring prior to age […]

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Cybersex and the E-Teen: What marriage and family therapists should know. (2008)

J Marital Fam Ther. 2008 Oct;34(4):431-44. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2008.00086.x. PDF – FULL STUDY   Delmonico DL, Griffin EJ. Source Duquesne University, School of Education, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania 15236, USA. [email protected] Abstract Adolescents who use the Internet regularly (the “e-teen”) present a new set of challenges for marriage and family therapists. This article introduces marriage and family therapists […]

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X-Rated: Sexual attitudes and behaviors associated with U.S. early adolescents’ exposure to sexually explicit media (2009)

J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 2008 Dec 10. FULL STUDY – PDF Brown JD, L’ Engle KL. Abstract Correlates of use and subsequent sexual attitudes and behaviors predicted by exposure to sexually explicit content (i.e., pornography and erotica) in adult magazines, X-rated movies, and the Internet were examined in a prospective survey of a diverse sample […]

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New Finding Calls Into Question Assumptions About Sexuality (2012)

Experience, not childhood or genes, configures individual reward-circuit wiring “Intriguingly, the pleasure centre and the behaviour it guides are sculpted mostly by life experiences rather than by our genes. This challenges previous assumptions that dopamine function could be straightforwardly inherited.” —Paul Stokes, MD, PhD Our reward center (or circuitry) is shaped primarily by experience. This […]

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