Compulsive Sexual Behavior: Prefrontal And Limbic Volume and Interactions

AUTHOR(S)

Schmidt, Casper; Morris, Laurel S.; Kvamme, Timo L.; Hall, Paula; Birchard, Thaddeus; and Voon, Valerie

PUBLISHED

2017 in Human Brain Mapping, Vol. 38(3), pp. 1182-1190

KEY FINDINGS
  • Compulsive sexual behavior is associated with elevated volumes in limbic regions relevant to motivational salience and emotion processing, and impaired functional connectivity between prefrontal control regulatory and limbic regions.
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Pornography Consumption and Satisfaction: A Meta‐Analysis

AUTHOR(S)

Wright, Paul J.; Tokunaga, Robert S.; Kraus, Ashley; and Klann, Elyssa

PUBLISHED

2017 in Human Communications Research, Vol. 43, pp. 315-343

KEY FINDINGS
  • This meta-analysis study analyzed the results of dozens of studies and found that pornography consumption was associated with lower interpersonal satisfaction outcomes in cross‐sectional surveys, longitudinal surveys, and experiments.
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Executive Functioning of Sexually Compulsive and Non-Sexually Compulsive Men Before and After Watching an Erotic Video

AUTHOR(S)

Messina, Bruna; Fuentes, Daniel; Tava, Hermano; Abdo, Carmita H.N.; and Scanavino, Marco de T.

PUBLISHED

2017 in The Journal of Sexual Medicine, Vol. 14 (3), pp. 347-354

KEY FINDINGS
  • Sexually compulsive subjects and controls performed similarly at baseline, but after watching an erotic video, controls performed better in cognitive tests.
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Understanding and Predicting Classes of College Students Who Use Pornography

AUTHOR(S)

Brown, Cameron C.; Durtschi, Jared A.; Carroll, Jason S.; and Willoughby, Brian J.

PUBLISHED

2017 in Computers in Human Behavior, Vol. 66, pp. 114-121

KEY FINDINGS
  • This study identified unique classifications of pornography users among college students based on their use patterns of pornography.
  • Different patterns of pornography use were found to be related to users' levels of self-esteem.
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Revenge Porn and Mental Health: A Qualitative Analysis of the Mental Health Effects of Revenge Porn on Female Survivors

AUTHOR(S)

Bates, Samantha

PUBLISHED

2017 in Feminist Criminology, Vol. 12(1), pp. 22–42

KEY FINDINGS
  • Women who were the victims of revenge porn experienced a general loss of trust in relationships.
  • Many women who were victims of revenge porn experienced severe and disruptive mental health effects; including, PTSD, anxiety, and depression.
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Exploring the Relationship between Sexual Compulsivity and Attentional Bias to Sex-Related Words in a Cohort of Sexually Active Individuals

AUTHOR(S)

Albery, Ian P.; Lowry, Jessica; Frings, Dan; Johnson, Henry Lee; Hogan, Cassandra; and Moss, Antony C.

PUBLISHED

2017 in European Addiction Research, Vol. 23(1), pp. 1-6

KEY FINDINGS
  • Among those with higher levels of sexual compulsivity, greater attentional bias was linked with lower levels of sexual experience.
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