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Factors Predicting Cybersex Use and Difficulties in Forming Intimate Relationships among Male and Female Users of Cybersex

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Weinstein, Aviv M., Zolek, Rinat, Babkin, Anna, Cohen, Koby, Lejoyeux, Michel·2015·Frontiers in Psychiatry
DOI 10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00054PMC PMC4403291
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Sexual addiction otherwise known as compulsive sexual behavior is associated with serious psychosocial problems and risk-taking behavior. This study used the Cybersex addiction test, Craving for pornography questionnaire, and a Questionnaire on intimacy among 267 participants (192 males and 75 females) mean age for males 28.16 (SD = 6.8) and for females 25.5 (SD = 5.13) who were recruited from special sites that are dedicated to pornography and cybersex on the Internet. Results of regression analysis indicated that pornography, gender, and cybersex significantly predicted difficulties in intimacy and it accounted for 66.1% of the variance of rating on the intimacy questionnaire. Second, regression analysis also indicated that craving for pornography, gender, and difficulties in forming intimate relationships significantly predicted frequency of cybersex use and it accounted for 83.7% of the variance in ratings of cybersex use. Third, men had higher scores of frequency of using cybersex than women [t(2,224) = 1.97, p < 0.05] and higher scores of craving for pornography than women [t(2,265) = 3.26, p < 0.01] and no higher scores on the questionnaire measuring difficulties in forming intimate relationship than women [t(2,224) = 1, p = 0.32]. These findings support previous evidence for sex differences in compulsive sexual behavior.

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  • The use of pornography on the internet and its relationship to sex can harm sexual and social development.

    “The use of pornography on the internet and its relationship to sex can harm sexual and social development.²⁸”

    From Cybersex addiction: An overview of the development and treatment of a newly emerging disorder (2020) · cites this paper as [28]

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  • Children or adolescents who use internet pornography excessively can be traumatized, abusive and causes addiction.

    “Children or adolescents who use internet pornography excessively can be traumatized, abusive and causes addiction.”

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  1. [18]Cooper A Griffin-Shelley E Introduction. The Internet: the next sexual revolution. In: Cooper A, editor. Sex and the Internet: A Guidebook for Clinicians. New York, NY: Brunner-Routledge (2003). p. 1– 18.

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Authors
Weinstein, A. M., Zolek, R., Babkin, A., Cohen, K., & Lejoyeux, M.
Affiliations
  • Ariel University (IL)
  • Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (FR)
Corresponding author
Weinstein, Aviv M.
ORCID
Venue
Frontiers in Psychiatry
Publisher
Frontiers Media SA
Published
2015-04-20
Volume
6
Pages
54-54
ISSN
1664-0640 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00054
PMC
PMC4403291
OpenAlex
W2060131235
Cited by
96
References
62
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FWCI
6.21
Type
journal article
Language
en
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cc-by
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Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Gambling Behavior and Treatments
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
Keywords
cybersex, compulsive sexual behavior, sexual addiction, sex differences, online sexual behavior, pornography use, gender differences

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