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2016 in Archives of Sexual Behavior, Vol. 45(4), pp. 955-996
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- This study found that men who are frequently exposed to pornography are more likely to view women as sex objects and to endorse violence against women.
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2016 in Public Health Nursing, Vol. 33, pp. 179-188
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- Young people who preferred Internet pornography were more likely to have experienced sexually transmitted infections.
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2016 in Journal of Behavioral Addictions, Vol. 5(2), pp. 179–191
KEY FINDINGS
- Pornography addiction was found to be linked to depression and anxiety.
- Addictive use of pornography was found to be linked to other substance addictions and behavioral addictions such as alcohol, cannabis, gambling and video game use.
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2016 in The Journal of Sexual Medicine, Vol. 13 (4), pp. 627-636
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- This study found that neural correlates of appetitive conditioning and neural connectivity are altered in patients with compulsive sexual behavior and that these are a marker for impaired emotion regulation.
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2016 in Neuroimage, Vol 129, pp. 224-232
KEY FINDINGS
- The results of this study support the role for the ventral striatum in processing reward anticipation and gratification linked to subjectively preferred pornographic material - these patterns may contribute to a neural explanation of why individuals with certain preferences and sexual fantasies are at-risk for losing their control over Internet pornography consumption.
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2016 in Journal of Sex Research, Vol. 53(4-5), pp. 509-531
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- This review article examines 20 years of research and concludes that pornography use among adolescents is associated with more permissive sexual attitudes and behaviors.
- This study also found that pornography is related to the occurrence of more sexual aggression.
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2016 in Archives of Sexual Behavior
KEY FINDINGS
- Researchers found through this study that the more men consume pornography, the more they tend to rely on pornography to become aroused in real-life sexual encounters and the less they tend to enjoy intimate sexual behaviors with a partner.
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2016 in Neuropsychopharmacology, Vol. 41, pp. 385–386
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- This review article looks at behavioral addiction studies related to compulsive sexual behavior and concludes that there are many overlapping features that exist between compulsive sexual behavior and substance use disorders.
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2016 in Journal of Communication, Vol. 66(1), pp. 183-205
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- This meta-analyses study found that 22 studies from 7 different countries have shown that the consumption of pornography is assoicated with sexual agression.
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2016 in Archives of Sexual Behavior, Vol. 45(1), pp. 145-158
KEY FINDINGS
- This study found that patterns where one romantic partner uses porn and the other doesn't results in less relationship satisfaction.
- The use of pornography was linked to reduced relationship stability.
- Pornography use was found to be associated with lower sexual desire in couple relationships.