SynthesisPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2019
Relationships among impulsive, addictive and sexual tendencies and behaviours: a systematic review of experimental and prospective studies in humans.
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- Sexual discounting: A systematic review of discounting processes and sexual behavior.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2021Pooled it
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- Impaired sexual delay discounting as a potential mechanism in women's compulsive sexual behavior: Evidence from a mixed-gender experiment.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2025Article
- Eating disorders among medical students at a private university in Uganda: a cross-sectional study.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Prevalence of, and factors associated with oral sexual behaviours in men and women in Ibadan, Nigeria.PloS one · 2025Article
- Delay discounting of protected sex and compulsive sexual behavior in women with borderline personality disorder.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2024Article
- Impulsiveness among Undergraduates from the United Arab Emirates and Jordan: Role of Socio-demographic Variables.Health psychology research · 2023Article
- Decision making and executive functions in problematic pornography use.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Effects of parental mental health and family environment on impulsivity in preadolescents: a longitudinal ABCD studyFrontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2023Article
- Rejection sensitivity mediates the interparental conflict and adolescent Internet addiction: School connectedness as a moderator.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Editorial: New advancement in network and path-analysis approaches for the study of disorders within the impulse-compulsive spectrum disorders.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Impulsivity in cocaine users compared to matched controls: Effects of sex and preferred route of cocaine use.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Article
- Internet and Pornography Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Presumed Impact and What Can Be Done.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Review
- Decision-Making in Gambling Disorder, Problematic Pornography Use, and Binge-Eating Disorder: Similarities and Differences.Current behavioral neuroscience reports · 2020Article
- Neurofunctional Differences Related to Methamphetamine and Sexual Cues in Men With Shorter and Longer Term Abstinence Methamphetamine Dependence.The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology · 2020Article
- Mental, behavioral and neurodevelopmental disorders in the ICD-11: an international perspective on key changes and controversies.BMC medicine · 2020Article
- Risk taking and impulsive behaviour: fundamental discoveries, theoretical perspectives and clinical implications.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2019Article
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Abstract
Impulsivity's relationships to addictive and sexual behaviours raise questions regarding the extent impulsivity may constitute a vulnerability factor for subsequent addictive and sexual behaviours and/or results from each of these. Here, we systematically reviewed empirical support for impulsivity as a precipitating factor or a consequence of addictive or sexual behaviours. We restricted ourselves to recent, human studies with assessments over time, including at least one measure of impulsivity, addictive and sexual behaviours, yielding a review including 29 published reports from 28 studies. Findings point to generalized, self-reported impulsivity as a predictor of addictive and sexual behaviours at a wide range of severity, with elements of both impulsivity and compulsivity to these acts. Alcohol consumption often increases impulsive behaviour, including inclinations towards impulsive and potentially compulsive sexual acts. Research using the Sexual Delay Discounting Task has yielded findings linking impulsivity, addictive and sexual behaviour and as such is a valuable research tool that should be used more extensively. The present review identified gaps to be addressed in further research that concurrently examines facets of impulsivity, addictive and sexual behaviours, especially because criteria for compulsive sexual behaviour disorder have been included in the eleventh edition of the International Classification of Diseases. This article is part of the theme issue 'Risk taking and impulsive behaviour: fundamental discoveries, theoretical perspectives and clinical implications'.
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