ArticleJournal of behavioral addictions2019
Approach bias for erotic stimuli in heterosexual male college students who use pornography.
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- The Development and Validation of the Pornography Use in Romantic Relationships Scale.Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Article
- Use of experimental medicine approaches for the development of novel psychiatric treatments based on orexin receptor modulation.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2023Review
- Decision making and executive functions in problematic pornography use.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Two subtypes of compulsive sexual behavior disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- The World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry guidelines on the assessment and pharmacological treatment of compulsive sexual behaviour disorder.Dialogues in clinical neuroscience · 2022Article
- Psychometric Properties of the Problematic Pornography Use Scale in a Japanese Sample.Archives of sexual behavior · 2022Article
- An empirical study of affective and cognitive functions in Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2021Article
- Aberrant orbitofrontal cortex reactivity to erotic cues in Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2021Article
- Cognitive processes related to problematic pornography use (PPU): A systematic review of experimental studies.Addictive behaviors reports · 2021Article
- Decision-Making in Gambling Disorder, Problematic Pornography Use, and Binge-Eating Disorder: Similarities and Differences.Current behavioral neuroscience reports · 2020Article
- The Assessment of Problematic Internet Pornography Use: A Comparison of Three Scales with Mixed Methods.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Sexual cues alter working memory performance and brain processing in men with compulsive sexual behavior.NeuroImage. Clinical · 2020Article
- Problematic consumption of online pornography during the COVID-19 pandemic: clinical recommendations.Trends in psychiatry and psychotherapyArticle
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimsAddicted individuals often demonstrate relatively automatic action tendencies in response to addiction-related stimuli, whereby they approach rather than avoid addictive stimuli. This study assessed whether an approach bias for erotic stimuli exists among heterosexual college-aged males who report using pornography.
methodsWe tested 72 male undergraduate students using an approach-avoidance task employing erotic stimuli, during which participants were instructed to push or pull a joystick in response to image orientation. To simulate approach and avoidance movements, pulling the joystick enlarged the image and pushing shrunk the image. Frequency and severity of pornography use was assessed using a Brief Pornography Screener and the Problematic Pornography Use Scale (PPUS).
resultsParticipants demonstrated a significant approach bias for erotic stimuli as compared to neutral stimuli, and this approach bias significantly correlated with pornography-use measures. Moreover, individuals with problematic pornography use (as classified by the PPUS) showed more than double the approach bias than did non-problematic users. DISCUSSION AND
conclusionThe observation of cognitive biases for erotic stimuli in individuals with problematic pornography use indicate similarities between behavioral and substance addictions.
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