Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity Pages 1-11 | Published online: 28 Mar 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10720162.2017.1287612
Amanda L. Giordano & Craig S. Cashwell
COMMENTS: In a cross-disciplinary survey of students (avg. age 23), 10.3% scored in the clinical range for cybersex addiction (19% of men and 4% of women). It’s important to note that this survey did not limit its participants to porn users. (Two other recent studies on rates of porn addiction limited their sample to male subjects who had used porn at least once in the last 3 months (or 6 months). Both those studies reported addiction/problematic porn use rates of ~28%.)
ABSTRACT
With the ubiquity of Internet access in American society comes increased access to sexually explicit materials. Although online sexual behavior is not problematic in and of itself, for some it can become compulsive and addictive. One population that may be at heightened risk for cybersex addiction is the collegiate population. We surveyed 339 students and found that 10.3% scored in the clinical range for cybersex addiction. Further, we found significant gender differences among the clinical and non-clinical range groups as males were more likely to score in the clinical range for cybersex addiction.
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