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ArticleArchives of sexual behavior2025

For Whom Is Sexual Abuse Related to Compulsive Sexual Behaviors? Timing of Abuse and Sociodemographic Characteristics as Potential Moderators Across 42 Countries.

Marie-Pier Vaillancourt-Morel, Sophie Bergeron, Ateret Gewirtz-Meydan, Natasha Zippan, Léna Nagy, Mónika Koós, Shane W Kraus, Zsolt Demetrovics, Marc N Potenza, International Sex Survey (ISS) Consortium and 1 more

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Article in Archives of sexual behavior, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. The Role of Attachment, Childhood Traumatic Experiences and Gender in Men and Women with Compulsive Sexual Behavior Symptoms.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors.

Marie-Pier Vaillancourt-MorelDepartment of Psychology, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Pavillon Michel-Sarrazin, 3600, rue Sainte-Marguerite, C.P. 500, Trois-Rivières, QC, G9A 5H7, Canada. Marie-Pier.Vaillancourt-Morel@uqtr.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-8634-3463
Sophie BergeronCentre de recherche interdisciplinaire sur les problèmes conjugaux et les agressions sexuelles, Montréal, QC, Canada.
Ateret Gewirtz-MeydanSchool of Social Work, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
Natasha ZippanDepartment of Psychology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
Léna NagyDoctoral School of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
Mónika KoósDépartement de Psychologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.
Shane W KrausDepartment of Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
Zsolt DemetrovicsInstitute of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
Marc N PotenzaYale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
International Sex Survey (ISS) Consortium
Beáta BőtheCentre de recherche interdisciplinaire sur les problèmes conjugaux et les agressions sexuelles, Montréal, QC, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sexual abuse, which includes child (CSA), adolescent, and adult unwanted sexual experiences (AASA), is related to compulsive sexual behaviors (CSB). However, we know little about who reports a stronger association between sexual abuse and CSB. We examined whether the association between sexual abuse and CSB varied across age-related sexual abuse categories, participants' age, genders, sexual orientations, relationship status, and countries of residence across 42 countries. We used data from the International Sex Survey among 82,233 adults (M

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Child Abuse, SexualCompulsive BehaviorSex OffensesSexual BehaviorAdolescentAdultAge FactorsChildCompulsive Sexual Behavior DisorderFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedYoung AdultAdolescent or adult sexual abuseChildhood sexual abuseCompulsive sexual behaviorCompulsive sexual behavior disorderSexual abuse

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PMID40481341

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