ArticleJournal of behavioral addictions2018
Compulsive sexual behavior: A twelve-step therapeutic approach.
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- Treatments and interventions for compulsive sexual behavior disorder with a focus on problematic pornography use: A preregistered systematic review.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2022Pooled it
- The relationship between compulsive sexual behavior and pedophilic preference in an incarcerated sample of individuals convicted of sexual offenses-implications for treatment.Sexual medicine · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of Mutual Help Groups for Illicit Drug Use Disorders: A Review of the Current Literature.Current addiction reports · 2025Article
- Evaluation and treatment of compulsive sexual behavior: current limitations and potential strategies.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Review
- Does Forgiveness Underlie the Relationship Between Religiosity and Meaning in Life Among Members of Sexaholics Anonymous in Poland?Journal of religion and health · 2024Article
- Blunted sensitivity to expected value during risky decision making in individuals with problematic pornography use.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2024Article
- Comparing the Effectiveness of Cognitive Rehabilitation and Binaural Beats on Craving and Comorbidities of Sexual Hyperactivity: A Pilot, Exploratory Quasi-Experimental Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- The 12-Step Pathway to Spiritual Growth and Gratitude and Its Relationship With Well-Being Among the Members of Sexaholics Anonymous in Poland.Journal of religion and health · 2024Article
- Parental practices as predictors of adolescents' compulsive sexual behavior: a 6-month prospective study.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2024Article
- Emotional processing deficits in individuals with problematic pornography use: Unpleasant bias and pleasant blunting.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2023Article
- Family functioning and problematic internet pornography use among adolescents: a moderated mediation model.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Emerging experience with selected new categories in the ICD-11: complex PTSD, prolonged grief disorder, gaming disorder, and compulsive sexual behaviour disorder.World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) · 2022Article
- Modelling the Contribution of Metacognitions, Impulsiveness, and Thought Suppression to Behavioural Addictions in Adolescents.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- The Pornography "Rebooting" Experience: A Qualitative Analysis of Abstinence Journals on an Online Pornography Abstinence Forum.Archives of sexual behavior · 2021Article
- Individual Differences in Testosterone and Self-Control Predict Compulsive Sexual Behavior Proneness in Young Males.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- A pilot study of mindfulness-based relapse prevention for compulsive sexual behaviour disorder.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2020Article
- Desire thinking as a predictor of compulsive sexual behaviour in adolescents: Evidence from a cross-cultural validation of the Hebrew version of the Desire Thinking Questionnaire.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2020Article
- An integrated model to assess and treat compulsive sexual behaviour disorder.Nature reviews. Urology · 2020Review
- Compulsive sexual behavior and sexual offending: Differences in cognitive schemas, sensation seeking, and impulsivity.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2019Article
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Abstract
Background and aims Sexuality is natural to human life and inseparable from it, yet some individuals develop compulsive sexual behavior (CSB). Many individuals with CSB seek treatment in free self-support groups based on the twelve-step program. This program was extensively studied in substance abuse disorders (e.g., Alcoholics Anonymous), but little is known about its efficiency in CSB. Methods We "assesed" questionnaire data on sociodemographical-, psychological-, and recovery-related factors from 97 male participants of Sexaholics Anonymous (SA) programs in Israel. Results Our results indicated that advancement in the SA program, measured as a current step of the program, is significantly related to lower levels of sexual-related overall sense of helplessness, avoidant help-seeking, self-control, overall CSB, and sexual suppression. It is also related to the higher well-being. Discussion This is the first study to examine psychological factors of CSB recovery process in twelve-step groups, and future research is needed to replicate our results within a longitudinal study.
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