A motivation model of sex addiction – relevance to the controversy over the concept (2022)

Frederick Toates     Highlights • A combination of (i) an incentive motivation model of sex and (ii) dual control theory is presented. • By the criteria of (i) suffering and (ii) a shift in weight of control from goal-based to stimulus-based, sex can become addictive. • Scrutiny of the criticisms of the notion of […]

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It Was a Mistake to Let Kids Onto Social Media Sites. Here’s What to Do Now. (NYT, 2022)

[Excerpt from It was a Mistake to Let Kids Onto Social Media Sites. Here’s What to Do Now. ] Reliable age verification is feasible. For instance, as the policy analyst Chris Griswold has proposed, the Social Security Administration (which knows exactly how old you are) “could offer a service through which an American could type […]

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Online Sex Addiction: A Qualitative Analysis of Symptoms in Treatment-Seeking Men (2022)

YBOP Comments: This qualitative study on problematic porn users seeking treatment strongly supports the porn addiction model. This study paints a clear picture of why today’s porn is a “supernormal stimulus,” as the most common out-of-control behavior among the addicts was keeping arousal high for several hours. Some key points:   POINT 1) Order of […]

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Neural and behavioral correlates of sexual stimuli anticipation point to addiction-like mechanisms in compulsive sexual behavior disorder (2022)

YBOP Comment: In line with previous studies, this brain scan study found that porn/sex addicts (CSBD patients) have abnormal behavior and brain activity during anticipation of viewing porn, specifically in the ventral striatum. Subjects who reported more severe symptoms of CSBD showed the most abnormal behavior in anticipation of viewing porn. Furthermore, the study also […]

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