March 2019, Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy
DOI: 10.1080/0092623X.2019.1599092
Project: Sense of Entitlement in Intimate relationships
Background and Aims: Research has indicated that addictions include not only the consumption of psychoactive substances but also behavioral addictions such as compulsive sexual behavior (CSB). In the current study, we examined differences in “addictive personality” of people with CSB and drug addicts.
Methods: 160 Israeli men were sampled of whom 67 were members of Sexaholic Anonymous (SA) support groups, 48 were members of Narcotics Anonymous (NA) support group, and 45 men from the general community. Self-report measures of intra-psychic (narcissism, self-compassion, self-efficacy) and relational-related (sense of entitlement, pathological concern) were administrated.
Results: Results indicated that SAs had higher narcissism, lacked self-compassion and efficacy, and had more pathological sense of entitlement and concern than drug addicts and control individuals.
Conclusion: A theoretical conceptualization of these results is presented as a basis for future research directions and clinical intervention.
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