Emerging Adults Responses to Active Mediation of Pornography During Adolescence (2015)

Rasmussen, Eric E., Rebecca R. Ortiz, and Shawna R. White. “Emerging Adults’ Responses to Active Mediation of Pornography During Adolescence.” Journal of Children and Media 9.2 (2015): 160-176. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17482798.2014.997769 Abstract Concern about the influence of pornography on adolescents and emerging adults is growing due to widespread access to pornography. Past research shows that parent–child conversations […]

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The longitudinal association between anxiety and Internet addiction in adolescence: The moderating effect of classroom extraversion (2017)

J Behav Addict. 2017 May 18:1-11. doi: 10.1556/2006.6.2017.026. Stavropoulos V1,2, Gomez R2, Steen E3, Beard C4, Liew L2, Griffiths MD5. Abstract Background and aims The risk effect of anxiety on addictive behaviors, including Internet addiction (IA), has repeatedly been highlighted in the international literature. However, there is a lack of longitudinal studies examining this association […]

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Conscious and Non-Conscious Measures of Emotion: Do They Vary with Frequency of Pornography Use? (2017)

Applied Sciences, 2017, 7(5), 493; doi:10.3390/app7050493 Sajeev Kunaharan 1, Sean Halpin 1, Thiagarajan Sitharthan 2, Shannon Bosshard 1 and Peter Walla 1,3,4,* 1School of Psychology, Centre for Translational Neuroscience and Mental Health Research, University of Newcastle, Callaghan 2308, NSW, Australia 2Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, NSW, Australia 3Cognitive Neuroscience & Behaviour Lab (CanBeLab), […]

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Prevalence and factors of self-corrective intention among Hong Kong secondary school students who are self-assessed Internet addiction cases (2017)

Lau, J. T., Wu, A., Cheng, K. M., Tse, V. W., Lau, M., & Yang, X. (2017). Child and Adolescent Mental Health. DOI: 10.1111/camh.12219   Abstract Background Adolescent Internet addiction (IA) is prevalent. No study, however, has applied the health belief model (HBM) to investigate issues on IA nor investigated factors associated with intention to […]

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An Exploration of Developmental Factors Related to Deviant Sexual Preferences Among Adult Rapists (2004)

Eric Beauregard, Patrick Lussier, Jean Proulx First Published April 1, 2004 – http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/107906320401600205 Abstract This study investigated developmental factors associated with deviant sexual preferences among a sample of adult male rapists. While theoretical models of sexual aggression against women have identified several variables related to rape proclivity, few have examined the process through which deviant […]

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Structural alterations in the prefrontal cortex mediate the relationship between Internet gaming disorder and depressed mood (2017)

Jihye Choi, Hyun Cho, Jin-Young Kim, Dong Jin Jung, Kook Jin Ahn, Hang-Bong Kang, Jung-Seok Choi, Ji-Won Chun & Dai-Jin Kim Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 1245 (2017) doi:10.1038/s41598-017-01275-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-01275-5 Abstract Adaptive gaming use has positive effects, whereas depression has been reported to be prevalent in Internet gaming disorder (IGD). However, the neural correlates underlying the association between […]

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Symptoms of Tobacco Dependence After Brief Intermittent UseThe Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth–2 Study (2007)

July 2007 Joseph R. DiFranza, MD; Judith A. Savageau, MPH; Kenneth Fletcher, PhD; et al Jennifer O’Loughlin, PhD; Lori Pbert, PhD; Judith K. Ockene, PhD; Ann D. McNeill, PhD; Jennifer Hazelton, BA; Karen Friedman, BA; Gretchen Dussault, BA; Connie Wood, MSW; Robert J. Wellman, PhD Author Affiliations Article Information Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2007;161(7):704-710. doi:10.1001/archpedi.161.7.704 Abstract […]

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Withdrawal from chronic, intermittent access to a highly palatable food induces depressive-like behavior in compulsive eating rats (2012)

Behav Pharmacol. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2014 Feb 25. Behav Pharmacol. 2012 Sep; 23(0): 593–602. doi:  10.1097/FBP.0b013e328357697f PMCID: PMC3934429 NIHMSID: NIHMS554308 Attilio Iemolo,a,b,* Marta Valenza,a,b,c,* Lisa Tozier,b Clifford M. Knapp,b Conan Kornetsky,b Luca Steardo,dValentina Sabino,a,b and Pietro Cottonea,b Abstract The increased availability of highly palatable foods is a major contributing factor toward the development of compulsive eating in obesity and eating disorders. It has […]

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