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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Usefulness of Young’s Internet Addiction Test for clinical populations. (2012)

Comments: Young’s Internet addiction test was developed as a way to assess Internet addiction. This study finds that it is not all that great and misses many who do have significant issues. Young’s test relies a lot on time spent using. The test is poor assessment tool for Internet porn addiction or related problems as […]

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