Prevalence of Distress Associated With Difficulty Controlling Sexual Urges, Feelings, and Behaviors in the United States (2018)

November 9, 2018 Janna A. Dickenson, PhD1; Neil Gleason, MA1; Eli Coleman, PhD1; et al Michael H. Miner, PhD1 Article Information JAMA Netw Open. 2018;1(7):e184468. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.4468 Question  What is the prevalence among US men and women of the primary feature of compulsive sexual behavior disorder, distress and impairment associated with having difficulty controlling one’s sexual feelings, urges, and behaviors? Findings  In this survey study, […]

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Prevalence of Internet Addiction and Associated Psychological Co-morbidities among College Students in Bhutan (2018)

JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc. 2018 Mar-Apr;56(210):558-564. Tenzin K1, Dorji T2, Gurung MS3, Dorji P3, Tamang S4, Pradhan U5, Dorji G6. Abstract INTRODUCTION: Globally 3.5 billion people have access to internet and most of them are young adults and adolescents. In South Asia, Bhutan has the highest proportion of population with internet access at 37% […]

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The Contribution of Sex, Personality Traits, Age of Onset and Disorder Duration to Behavioral Addictions (including sex addiction). (2018)

Front Psychiatry. 2018 Oct 16;9:497. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00497. Valero-Solís S1, Granero R2,3, Fernández-Aranda F2,4,5, Steward T2,4, Mestre-Bach G2,4, Mallorquí-Bagué N2,4, Martín-Romera V6, Aymamí N4, Gómez-Peña M4, Del Pino-Gutiérrez A7, Baño M4, Moragas L4, Menchón JM4,5,8, Jiménez-Murcia S2,4,5. Abstract Background and aims: Increases in the prevalence of behavioral addictions worldwide have led to a growth in the […]

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Nicole Prause’s Unethical Harassment and Defamation of Gary Wilson & Others (Page 2)

Introduction (as it appears on Page #1) Legal counsel advised us to create these pages, which document Nicole Prause’s extensive campaign targeting those who point out possible harms of porn use or issues in the porn industry. “Sunshine” protects the community Prause harasses by preserving facts and permitting visitors and journalists to understand the truth […]

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Attitudes and Risk Factors of Pornography Consumption Among Bangladeshi University Students: An Exploratory Study (2018)

Al Mamun, M. A., SM Yasir Arafat, Mst Ambiatunnahar, and Mark D. Griffiths. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction: 1-13. Abstract Pornography is extensively produced, distributed, and used as a medium of entertainment around the world but has been little studied in Bangladesh. The present study examined the attitudes and risk factors of Bangladeshi […]

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A study on Internet addiction and its relation to psychopathology and self-esteem among college students (2018)

Manish Kumar1, Anwesha Mondal2 1 Department of Psychiatry, Calcutta Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India 2 Department of Clinical Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry- A Center of Excellence, Kolkata, West Bengal, IndiaMiss. Anwesha Mondal P-29, Jadu Colony, Flat No-1, First Floor Behala, Kolkata – 700 034, West Bengal India Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None DOI: 10.4103/ipj.ipj_61_17 […]

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Psychobiological Consequences of Child Maltreatment (2018)

Heim C. (2018) Psychobiological Consequences of Child Maltreatment. In: Noll J., Shalev I. (eds) The Biology of Early Life Stress. Child Maltreatment Solutions Network. Springer, Cham [Does extensive exposure to extreme internet porn early in life have similar effects in some?] Abstract Adversity in early life, such as childhood abuse, neglect, and loss, is a […]

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Violent video games, externalizing behavior, and prosocial behavior: A five-year longitudinal study during adolescence (2018)

Dev Psychol. 2018 Oct;54(10):1868-1880. doi: 10.1037/dev0000574. Coyne SM1, Warburton WA2, Essig LW1, Stockdale LA1. Abstract Decades of research on the effects of media violence have examined associations between viewing aggressive material in the media and aggression and prosocial behavior. However, the existing longitudinal studies have tended to exclusively examine aggression and prosocial behavior as outcomes, […]

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Metaanalysis of the relationship between violent video game play and physical aggression over time (2018)

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 Oct 2; 115(40): 9882–9888. Published online 2018 Oct 1. doi:  10.1073/pnas.1611617114 PMCID: PMC6176643 PMID: 30275306 Abstract To clarify and quantify the influence of video game violence (VGV) on aggressive behavior, we conducted a metaanalysis of all prospective studies to date that assessed the relation between exposure to […]

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