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Internet Sex Addiction: Risk Factors, Stages of Development, and Treatment
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Internet sex addiction typically involves viewing, downloading, and trading online pornography or engagement in adult fantasy role-play rooms. Adult Web sites comprise the largest segment of electronic commerce catering to a wide variety of sexual interests. Given the widespread availability of sexually explicit material online, Internet sex addiction is the most common form of problem online behavior among users. Using research and illustrative case studies, this chapter explores how sexually explicit material enters our homes, schools, and business, and examines the risk factors that lead to addiction. As new users are more at risk to become hooked on online porn or adult sex chat rooms, this chapter presents a model that shows the progressive stages of development underlying Internet sex addiction and how the Internet enables sexually explicit behavior to develop. Finally, this chapter reviews current treatment practices associated with the disorder and the implications of new mobile technologies.
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“Similarly, effective psychoeducation regarding compulsive sexual behaviors (Young, 2008) and betrayal trauma as well as the associated recovery processes seemed to instill greater hope and efficacy in the couple’s recovery.”
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“Many researchers have paid attention to the addictive nature of certain sexual behaviors and practices, such as pornography use (Griffiths, 2012; Kafka, 2001, 2010; Young, 2008).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Young, K. S.
- Affiliations
- The Center for Internet Addiction Recovery
- Corresponding author
- Young, Kimberly S.
- ORCID
- Young, Kimberly S.
- Venue
- American Behavioral Scientist
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2008-09
- Volume
- 52
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 21-37
- ISSN
- 0002-7642 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-3381
- OpenAlex
- W1994005242
- Cited by
- 227
- References
- 17
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 18 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 18 · 2018: 17 · 2017: 19 · 2016: 23 · 2015: 16 · 2014: 18 · 2013: 19 · 2012: 10
- FWCI
- 6.33
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- American Behavioral Scientist (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Gambling Behavior and Treatments
- Keywords
- online pornography, sexually explicit material, risk factors, mobile technology
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