Enhanced conditioning and disrupted extinction processes in men struggling with compulsive sexual behaviors

Journal of Behavioral Addictions Wojciechowski, J., Draps, M., Kublik, E., Dubiejko, P., Wolak, T., & Gola, M. (2025) (published online ahead of print 2025). https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2025.00012 Abstract Background and aims Despite a previously reported connection between compulsive sexual behaviors (CSB), such as problematic pornography use, and heightened cue-reactivity, empirical evidence of the alteration of processes responsible […]

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Pornography Use, Moral Incongruence, Psychological Distress, and Sexual Satisfaction

Archives of Sexual Behavior Letter to the Editor by Paul J. Wright · Robert S. Tokunaga · Debby Herbenick Received: 15 July 2024 / Revised: 3 October 2024 / Accepted: 21 November 2024 In this scholarly analysis, experts Wright, Tokunaga and Herbenick point out the weaknesses in a recent Romanian paper, which claimed that porn […]

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Internet Addiction and Early Pornography Contact as Correlates of Adolescents’ Sexual Behavior: Implication for Counselling Intervention

Excerpts: Pornography predicts adolescent sexual behavior more significantly than internet addiction. Adolescents tend to imitate what they see because of the peculiarity of their stage in human development. Abraham UWAOMA & Hammed, ADEOYE (PhD) ,Christiana UWAOMA, Babcock University Journal of Education, 10(1), 15–2`3. (2024)  https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14292313 Abstract The study was designed to examine internet addiction and […]

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Is Porn Bad For You?

A Skeptical Look at NPR’s Dismissive Answer [Note: this article is a year old. We were so disgusted by NPR’s shoddy journalism (using as its source a close ally of the porn industry’s “Free Speech Coalition”) as well as its treachery in willfully ignoring key facts of which it was repeatedly informed, that we didn’t […]

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‘I couldn’t stop watching’: Personal stories of how porn obsession takes over lives (BBC)

Shaun Flores was 11 years old when he first started watching porn, after being introduced to it by a friend. “I was hooked almost immediately,” the now 30-year-old says. “It was just like, wow, what is this that people are doing where they look like they’re just having the time of their lives.” Shaun’s curiosity […]

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