COMMENT: Do pornography use and masturbation play a role in erectile dysfunction and relationship satisfaction in men? (2022)

This commentary critiques a questionable study in which researchers essentially dismissed participants who had been raised on porn, and concluded that porn is unlikely to be a factor in ED. Urologist, researcher and professor Gunter De Win and his team then published this response, in which he highlights the findings of his own research. Here […]

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Five months hardmode at 22y

I’ve started this journey for emotional health matters. I expected nothing, but results came in many life areas. Before 12 July, I felt a zig-zag loneliness for almost an hour. The inability to feel loved by family, friends, or even my little pup. I tried NoFap four times. PMO quit successfully since the third. I […]

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journal of behavioral addictions

Withdrawal and tolerance as related to compulsive sexual behavior disorder and problematic pornography use – Preregistered study based on a nationally representative sample in Poland (2022)

  LINK TO FULL STUDY   Abstract Background The addiction model of compulsive sexual behavior disorder (CSBD) and problematic pornography use (PPU) predicts the presence of withdrawal symptoms and increased tolerance for sexual stimuli in the disorder phenotype. However, clear empirical evidence supporting this claim has largely been lacking. Methods In the preregistered, nationally representative […]

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U.S. Parents Underestimate Their Children’s Pornography Use and Learning (2022)

Paul J. Wright,  Debby Herbenick,  Bryant Paul &  Robert S. Tokunaga  Archives of Sexual Behavior (2022) U.S. Parents Underestimate Their Children’s Pornography Use and Learning Abstract Research on parental knowledge and positive adolescent adjustment suggests that more accurate levels of the former increase the likelihood of the latter. Despite a significant body of literature correlating adolescent pornography […]

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Difficulties in sexual functioning and compulsive pornography use. What is the cause and what is the effect? (2020)

YBOP comment: Dr. Ewelina Kowalewska‘s dissertation included a number of important research findings on problematic porn users (PPU). Below the Abstract, you can find her full additional comments, but here are some highlights from those comments. KEY FINDINGS: – In 17.9% of men in the PPU group, sexual intercourse increases pornography consumption and masturbation, while […]

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Frederick Toates

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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