Demographic and behavioural correlates of six sexting behaviours among Australian secondary school students (2015)

Sex Health. 2015 Aug 17. doi: 10.1071/SH15004. Patrick K, Heywood W, Pitts MK, Mitchell A. Abstract Background: There has been increasing attention on assessing rates of sexting in adolescents and of the potential negative effects of the behaviour. Our aim was to assess rates and correlates of sexting in Australian students in years 10, 11 […]

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General Erectile Functioning among Young, Heterosexual Men Who Do and Do Not Report Condom-Associated Erection Problems (CAEP) (2015)

COMMENTS: See this analysis of the study Stephanie A. Sanders PhD1,2,3, Brandon J. Hill PhD1,4, Erick Janssen PhD1,5, Cynthia A. Graham PhD1,2,6,*, Richard A. Crosby PhD1,2,7, Robin R. Milhausen PhD1,2,8 and William L. Yarber HSD1,2,3,9 Article first published online: 17 AUG 2015 DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12964 Research reported in this publication was supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver […]

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The invisible addiction: cell-phone activities and addiction among male and female college students (2014)

J Behav Addict. 2014 Dec;3(4):254-65. doi: 10.1556/JBA.3.2014.015. Roberts JA1, Yaya LH2, Manolis C3. Abstract BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The primary objective of the present study was to investigate which cell-phone activities are associated with cell-phone addiction. No research to date has studied the full-range of cell-phone activities, and their relationship to cell-phone addiction, across male and […]

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Technology Use and Sleep Quality in Preadolescence and Adolescence (2015)

J Clin Sleep Med. 2015 Jul 24. pii: jc-00082-15. Bruni O, Sette S, Fontanesi L, Baiocco R, Laghi F, Baumgartner E. Abstract STUDY OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to analyze differences between preadolescents and adolescents on the use of technology and to test the contribution of using Internet and mobile phone, and circadian […]

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Internet addiction among graduates of general secondary schools in Cracow and its correlation with body mass index and other health problems (2015)

Pol Merkur Lekarski. 2015 Jul 28;39(229):31-36. [Article in Polish] Średniawa A1, Jarczewska DŁ2, Żabicka K1, Ulman M1, Pilarska A1, Tomasik T2, Windak A2. Abstract Studies find increasing trend among children, adolescents and young adults to spend excessive amounts of time surfing in the Internet. Another serious problem is the increasing proportion of young people who […]

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Refining Measures for Assessing Problematic/Addictive Digital Gaming Use in Clinical and Research Settings (2015)

Behav. Sci. 2015, 5(3), 372-383; doi:10.3390/bs5030372 Kyle Faust 1,* and David Faust 1,2 1 Department of Psychology, University of Rhode Island, 10 Chafee Road, Kingston, RI 02881, USA; E-Mail: [email protected] 2 Alpert Medical School, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University, Box G-A1, Providence, RI 02912, USA * Author to whom correspondence should be […]

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Patterns of brain structural connectivity differentiate normal weight from overweight subjects (2015)

Neuroimage Clin. 2015; 7: 506–517. Published online 2015 Jan 13. doi:  10.1016/j.nicl.2015.01.005 PMCID: PMC4338207 Arpana Gupta,a,b,c Emeran A. Mayer,a,b,c,d Claudia P. Sanmiguel,a,b,c John D. Van Horn,f Davis Woodworth,a,g Benjamin M. Ellingson,a,g Connor Fling,a Aubrey Love,a Kirsten Tillisch,a,b,c,e and Jennifer S. Labusa,b,c,* Author information ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract Background Alterations in […]

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Am I asexual?

If you grew up on internet porn watching all kinds of porn and getting hooked on screen sex, you may not respond much to sex with a real person. This can cause massive confusion. Interestingly, those who quit internet porn often experience the return of their normal attractions, whatever they may be. In short, don’t […]

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Hypersexuality Addiction and Withdrawal: Phenomenology, Neurogenetics and Epigenetics (2015)

COMMENTS: The controversy section of this paper contains the following: There are a number of electrophysiological-based studies, by Prause’s group that provide some evidence that sexual desire, not hypersexuality, predicts self-regulation of sexual arousal [92]. These investigators suggest in other work that subjects reporting problems regulating their viewing of visual sexual stimuli (VSS) who also […]

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Problematic Internet Usage and Immune Function (2015)

PLoS One. 2015 Aug 5;10(8):e0134538. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134538. Reed P1, Vile R1, Osborne LA2, Romano M3, Truzoli R3. Abstract Problematic internet use has been associated with a variety of psychological comorbidities, but it relationship with physical illness has not received the same degree of investigation. The current study surveyed 505 participants online, and asked about their […]

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