Iran J Psychiatry. 2018 Apr;13(2):103-110. Farahani M1, Alavi SS2, Mirzamani Bafghi M3, Esmaili Alamuti S4, Taghavi Z4, Mohammadi M2. Abstract Objective: Problematic internet use is an important social problem among adolescents and has become a global health issue. This study identified predictors and patterns of problematic internet use among adult students. Method: In this study, […]
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COMMENTS: Thorough and compelling review of the neuroscience literature related to Internet addiction subtypes, with special focus on internet porn addiction. The review also critiques recent headline-grabbing studies by SPAN lab, which purport to have “debunked porn addiction.” An excerpt from the abstract: “Within this review, we give a summary of the concepts proposed underlying […]
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Introduction This critique has two parts: Part 1 exposes how Nicole Prause, Marty Klein and Taylor Kohut completely misrepresent their solitary bit of “evidence” to support the article’s core falsehood – that “compulsive pornography viewing” was excluded from the new ICD-11 “Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder” diagnosis. Part 2 exposes the startling omissions, false claims, research […]
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Below this long intro are many sub-sections containing relevant studies. Relevant Research – first we have lists of studies that provide support for the claims made by YBOP. (See Questionable & Misleading Studies for highly publicized papers that are not what they claim to be.): Porn/sex addiction? This page lists 59 neuroscience-based studies (MRI, fMRI, […]
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Pan Afr Med J. 2017 Nov 15;28:234. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2017.28.234.12125. Akibu M1, Gebresellasie F2, Zekarias F3, Tsegaye W4. Abstract Introduction: Adolescents are susceptible to different social, peer and cultural pressures that Drives them into earlier sexual experimentation. Despite the fact that delaying sexual activity until marriage reduces the spread of HIV/AIDS and various sexually transmitted infections […]
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On 18th June 2018, the authors of the International Classification of Diseases, 11th Revision, put out a press release announcing that the implementation version of the upcoming ICD-11 is now available online. It included Compulsive Sexual Behaviour Disorder for the first time (link to original article). The Press release can be seen on the WHO site […]
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J Behav Addict. 2018 Jul 16:1-6. doi: 10.1556/2006.7.2018.59. Rumpf HJ1, Achab S2,3, Billieux J4, Bowden-Jones H5, Carragher N6, Demetrovics Z7, Higuchi S8, King DL9, Mann K10, Potenza M11, Saunders JB12, Abbott M13, Ambekar A14, Aricak OT15, Assanangkornchai S16, Bahar N17, Borges G18, Brand M19,20, Chan EM21, Chung T22, Derevensky J23, Kashef AE24, Farrell M25, Fineberg […]
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Charles, P. and Meyrick, J. (2018) Journal of Health Psychology. ISSN 1359-1053 Abstract Purpose Research suggests that exposure to Sexually Explicit Material (SEM) has negative effects on the beliefs, attitudes and actions of young men, but little research has examines how this may happen. The objective of this study was to address this emerging issue […]
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Have you heard these claims a lot recently? Or perhaps even believed they are true? Religious populations have higher rates of porn use than their secular brethren, and lie about it. Religious porn users are not really addicted to porn; they only believe they are addicted because they are ashamed. Believing in porn addiction is […]
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https://wwjournals.com/index.php/ijsr/article/view/2959 Rosângela M. Müller, Vera Regina Levien, Elaine Pinto Albernaz Abstract Internet addiction is characterized as a compulsive-impulsive spectrum disorder and it has four components: excessive use, withdrawal, tolerance and negative repercussions. The objective of this study is to review the world literature regarding the prevalence of Internet addiction and to verify comorbidities associated with […]
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