Common Features in Compulsive Sexual Behavior, Substance Use Disorders, Personality, Temperament, and Attachment—A Narrative Review

Excerpts: Most therapeutic interventions treat CSBD as an addiction, because it shares many addiction-like neurocognitive mechanisms and clinical characteristic. People with a [substance addiction] and people with CSBD share high commonalities in personality traits and temperament. Yet [those] with CSBD reported more concerns with possible relationship losses. Non-substance behavioral addictions include internet addiction, internet gaming […]

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Self-Perceived Problematic Use of Online Pornography Is Linked to Clinically Relevant Levels of Psychological Distress and Psychopathological Symptoms (2022)

Authors: Manuel Mennig,1 Sophia Tennie,1 and Antonia Barke2 Author information Article notes Copyright and License information Disclaimer   Archives of Sexual Behavior (link to study) Abstract Online pornography is a widespread Internet application. As with other Internet applications, in some cases its use can become problematic. First indications point to a link between problematic use of online pornography and psychological distress […]

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Perceptions of Pornography and Attitudes Toward Condom Use in Heterosexual Chinese Adults: The Effect of Sexual Pleasure, Safer Sex Communication Apprehension, and Shared Pornography Use During Sex

Arch Sex Behav 51, 1337–1350 (2022). Wu, T., Zheng, Y.  Abstract Chinese people’s pornography use is increasing and condomless sex is prevalent in pornography. However, both the relationship between pornography and condom use among Chinese adults and the mechanisms underlying this relationship are underexplored. This study examined how perceptions of pornography were associated with attitudes […]

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The Influence of Maladaptive Metacognitions In Education: Rethinking Proness Toward Addiction

Treva Etsitty Excerpt Dysregulation of metacognition has the potential to develop into maladaptive coping rather than healthy self-regulation skills, which in turn, can develop into mental illness or addiction …. Results confirmed that pornography use was a predictor of maladaptive metacognitions. Description (Link to full item) Metacognition plays a role in motivation, executive function, declarative […]

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Flatline lasted 1.5 months

New I’ve successfully gotten over the flatline phase. Mine lasted 1.5 months… it was awful and disheartening to a point where I almost said f*ck it, let me wank it once. I didn’t want to jeopardize my progress though… Every time I controlled my urges it boosted my self-esteem. Gotta think long term sometimes. I’m […]

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