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Symptoms of cybersex addiction can be linked to both approaching and avoiding pornographic stimuli: Results from an analogue sample of regular cybersex users [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2015
The phenomenology, classification, and diagnostic criteria of cybersex addiction are discussed controversial. Some approaches point towards similarities to substance dependencies for which approach/avoidance tendencies are crucial mechanisms.
Jan eSnagowski   +2 more
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Online Sex Addiction: A Qualitative Analysis of Symptoms in Treatment-Seeking Men [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2022
BackgroundProblematic sexual internet use has been attracting increasing research attention in recent years. However, there is a paucity of qualitative studies about how this problem manifests on a daily basis in the clinical population and whether the ...
Lukas Blinka   +4 more
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Technological Addictions: The New Frontier in Addiction Psychiatry [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean Psychiatry
Introduction Addiction to video games, cybersex, internet gambling, social media, texting and emailing, and online auctions can be as addictive as substances.
P. Levounis
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The Impact of Negative Mood on Event-Related Potentials When Viewing Pornographic Pictures

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
Background: Negative affective states may increase the risk for problematic pornography use. Underlying neurophysiological mechanisms are, however, not completely understood.
Charlotte Markert   +13 more
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Fellow believers helping persons addicted to pornography by becoming an embodiment of love

open access: yesIn die Skriflig, 2022
Considering the growing problem of different internet addictions and their impact on individuals, couples, families, the church and society, it is important that churches seek to address the need for effective loving guidance in their pastoral care. This
Gert Breed
doaj   +1 more source

New Dimensions, New Addictions: The Internet Sex Addiction [PDF]

open access: yesPsychosocial Intervention, 2010
The network is endless: going anywhere, finding anything, being anyone. Typing the word sex on Google gives a figure of 96 million results. The network is changing our way of communication and relation; we can construct space-time coordinates before ...
Silvia Sánchez Zaldívar   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Behavioural addictions as risk factors for incidence and reoccurrence of suicide ideation and attempts in a prospective cohort study among young swiss men

open access: yesEuropean Psychiatry, 2021
Introduction Substance use disorder, depression and sexual minority are well documented risk factors for suicidal behaviour, far less is known about behavioural addictions.
M. Wicki   +4 more
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Decision making and executive functions in problematic pornography use

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2023
IntroductionPrevious research on cognitive functions in Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder (CSBD) and problematic pornography use (PPU) reported inconsistent findings and mostly included sexual pictures in the used tasks.
Silke M. Müller   +3 more
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Factors predicting cybersex use and difficulties in forming intimate relationships among male and female users of cybersex.

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2015
Sexual addiction otherwise known as compulsive sexual behavior is associated with serious psychosocial problems and risk-taking behavior. This study used the Cybersex addiction test, Craving for pornography questionnaire and a Questionnaire on intimacy ...
Aviv M Weinstein   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reason for the use of cybersex and its relationship with the degree of severity

open access: yesINFAD, 2018
The practice of cybersex is a frequent behavior that can lead to a pattern of compulsive and uncontrolled consumption together with a functional impairment in various areas (addiction to cybersex).
Jesús Castro-Calvo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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