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Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2014 Jul;43(7):378-82. Ong SH1, Tan YR. Abstract In our technology-savvy population, mental health professionals are seeing an increasing trend of excessive Internet use or Internet addiction. Researchers in China, Taiwan and Korea have done extensive research in the field of Internet addiction. Screening instruments are available to identify the presence of […]
Front Psychol. 2013 Sep 10;4:609. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00609. eCollection 2013. Kira Bailey,1,* Robert West,2 and Judson Kuffel3 Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract Recent work has revealed a relationship between pathological video game use and increased impulsivity among children and adolescents. A few studies have also demonstrated increased […]
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An early fixation with pornography can damage teenagers’ lives for years to come, experts say Teenagers were ogling breasts long before the internet was created. But there are now so many images to be gawped at – many of them much more accessible than ever before – that graphic pornography is becoming a normal part […]
David Van Nuys, Ph.D. interviews Gary about internet porn, its effects on adolescents, neuroplasticity, “Don Jon” and more. Podcast: Play in new window | Download | New transcript Visit “Shrink Rap Radio” for more programs. […]
BMJ Open. 2014 Jul 18;4(8):e004996. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-004996. Marston C, Lewis R. Abstract OBJECTIVE: To explore expectations, experiences and circumstances of anal sex among young people. DESIGN: Qualitative, longitudinal study using individual and group interviews. PARTICIPANTS: 130 men and women aged 16-18 from diverse social backgrounds. SETTING: 3 contrasting sites in England (London, a northern industrial […]
COMMENTS Published in JAMA Psychiatry (May, 2014), this was the first brain-scan study on porn users. Researchers found several brain changes, and those changes correlated with the amount of porn was consumed. The subjects were moderate porn users, not classified as addicted. In this study, experts at Germany’s Max Planck Institute found: 1) Higher hours […]
J Pers Soc Psychol. 2014 Aug;107(2):300-25. doi: 10.1037/a0036058. Hull JG1, Brunelle TJ1, Prescott AT1, Sargent JD2. Abstract Character-based video games do more than allow one to practice various kinds of behaviors in a virtual environment; they allow one to practice being a different kind of person. As such, we propose that games can alter self-perceptions […]
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Teenage boys addicted to ‘extreme’ porn and want help Exclusive: Young boys are becoming so addicted to extreme internet porn that they now want help to stop watching it, according to a new study. By Radhika Sanghani 30 Sep 2013 A fifth of boys aged between 16 and 20 told the University of East London […]
Biomed Res Int. 2014;2014:425924. doi: 10.1155/2014/425924. Epub 2014 Jul 1. Wölfling K, Beutel ME, Dreier M, Müller KW. Abstract Internet addiction is regarded as a growing health concern in many parts of the world with prevalence rates of 1-2% in Europe and up to 7% in some Asian countries. Clinical research has demonstrated that Internet […]
A David and Goliath battle involving a billion-dollar pornography website: "The book relates how, through investigative journalism, Mickelwait discovered that one of the world’s biggest websites was knowingly profiting from sex trafficking, and reveals her subsequent fight to
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