ArticleJournal of behavioral addictions2016
Clinical Characteristics of Men Interested in Seeking Treatment for Use of Pornography.
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- Smartphone Apps for Problematic Pornography Use: A Review of Content and Quality.Current addiction reports · 2025Article
- Asian cultural values and help-seeking: a cross-sectional study on compulsive sexual behavior.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Spanish Validation of the Brief Pornography Screen Within a Clinical Sample of Individuals with Gambling Disorder.Archives of sexual behavior · 2024Article
- Loneliness and problematic pornography Use: What is the role of emotion regulation and interaction with content Creators?Addictive behaviors reports · 2024Article
- Examination of Gender Differences in Depression, Relationship Satisfaction, and Problematic Pornography Use Among Romanian Gay Men and Lesbian Women.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2024Article
- On the current psychotherapeutic situation for persons with pornography use disorder in Germany.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2023Article
- Males' Lived Experience with Self-Perceived Pornography Addiction: A Qualitative Study of Problematic Porn Use.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Sexual development in ADHD and internet pornography consumption.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Moderating Role of Sexual Attitudes in the Association between Online Sexual Activity and Problematic Pornography Use: Evidence from the Chinese Community and Help-Seeking Men.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2023Article
- Withdrawal and tolerance as related to compulsive sexual behavior disorder and problematic pornography use - Preregistered study based on a nationally representative sample in Poland.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2022Article
- Symptoms of problematic pornography use among help-seeking male adolescents: Latent profile and network analysis.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2022Article
- Predictors of Compulsive Sexual Behavior Among Treatment-Seeking Women.Sexual medicine · 2022Article
- Individual cortisol response to acute stress influences neural processing of sexual cues.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2022Article
- A Network Comparison of Motives behind Online Sexual Activities and Problematic Pornography Use during the COVID-19 Outbreak and the Post-Pandemic Period.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Background and aims This study examined the prevalence of, and factors associated with, men's interest in seeking treatment for use of pornography. Methods Using an Internet-based data-collection procedure, we recruited 1,298 male pornography users to complete questionnaires assessing demographic and sexual behaviors, hypersexuality, pornography-use characteristics, and current interest in seeking treatment for use of pornography. Results Approximately 14% of men reported an interest in seeking treatment for use of pornography, whereas only 6.4% of men had previously sought treatment for use of pornography. Treatment-interested men were 9.5 times more likely to report clinically significant levels of hypersexuality compared with treatment-disinterested men (OR = 9.52, 95% CI = 6.72-13.49). Bivariate analyses indicated that interest-in-seeking-treatment status was associated with being single/unmarried, viewing more pornography per week, engaging in more solitary masturbation in the past month, having had less dyadic oral sex in the past month, reporting a history of seeking treatment for use of pornography, and having had more past attempts to either "cut back" or quit using pornography completely. Results from a binary logistic regression analysis indicated that more frequent cut back/quit attempts with pornography and scores on the Hypersexual Behavior Inventory - Control subscale were significant predictors of interest-in-seeking-treatment status. Discussion and conclusions Study findings could be used to inform current screening practices aimed at identifying specific aspects of sexual self-control, impulsivity, and/or compulsivity associated with problematic use of pornography among treatment-seeking individuals.
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