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Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity
The Journal of Treatment & Prevention
Volume 13, 2006 - Issue 4
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Out of Control Sexual Behavior: A Qualitative Investigation

Pages 361-375 | Published online: 23 Feb 2007

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Tara Whelan, Emma Cunnane, Donal Clifford & Martin P. Davoren. (2023) Defining a Framework for Those with Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder: A Narrative Synthesis. Sexual Health & Compulsivity 30:3, pages 273-294.
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Komlan Gnimavo Hegbe, Christian Réveillère & Servane Barrault. (2021) Sexual Addiction and Associated Factors: The Role of Emotion Dysregulation, Impulsivity, Anxiety and Depression. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy 47:8, pages 785-803.
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David P. Fernandez, Daria J. Kuss & Mark D. Griffiths. (2021) Lived Experiences of Recovery from Compulsive Sexual Behavior among Members of Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous: A Qualitative Thematic Analysis. Sexual Health & Compulsivity 28:1-2, pages 47-80.
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Valeriya Bolshinsky & Marc Gelkopf. (2019) Motives and Risk Factors of Problematic Engagement in Online Sexual Activities. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity 26:3-4, pages 262-292.
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Victoria Pocknell & Alan R. King. (2019) Personality Inventory for the DSM-5 (Brief Form) Predictors of Sexual Addiction. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity 26:3-4, pages 315-332.
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Lucy C. Phillips, Carolyn E. Moen, Nicole M. DiLella & Fred A. Volk. (2019) The Moderating Influence of Self-Compassion on the Relationship between Shame Tendency and Hypersexuality. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity 26:1-2, pages 103-125.
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Aline Wéry, Adriano Schimmenti, Laurent Karila & Joel Billieux. (2019) Where the Mind Cannot Dare: A Case of Addictive Use of Online Pornography and Its Relationship With Childhood Trauma. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy 45:2, pages 114-127.
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Mozhgan Moshtagh, Hassan Rafiey, Jila Mirlashari, Ali Azin & Robert Farnam. (2017) Facilitators of and Barriers to Compulsive Sexual Behavior in Iranian Women. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity 24:4, pages 270-284.
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Mozhgan Moshtagh, Jila Mirlashari, Hassan Rafiey, Ali Azin & Robert Farnam. (2017) Human identity versus gender identity: The perception of sexual addiction among Iranian women. Health Care for Women International 38:7, pages 732-752.
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Darla Timberlake, Dixie Meyer, Sarah Hitchings, Ashley Oakley, Lauri Stoltzfus, Sharon Aguirre & Amanda Plumb. (2016) Sexually Compulsive Behaviors: Implications for Attachment, Early Life Stressors, and Religiosity. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity 23:4, pages 361-373.
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Joana Carvalho, Lara Guerra, Sónia Neves & Pedro J. Nobre. (2015) Psychopathological Predictors Characterizing Sexual Compulsivity in a Nonclinical Sample of Women. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy 41:5, pages 467-480.
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Michael P. Chaney & Carol M. Burns-Wortham. (2015) Examining Coming Out, Loneliness, and Self-esteem as Predictors of Sexual Compulsivity in Gay and Bisexual Men. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity 22:1, pages 71-88.
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Susan McPherson, Sarah Clayton, Heather Wood, Syd Hiskey & Leanne Andrews. (2013) The Role of Childhood Experiences in the Development of Sexual Compulsivity. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity 20:4, pages 259-278.
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Niki Kiepek & Lilian Magalhães. (2011) Addictions and Impulse-Control Disorders as Occupation: A Selected Literature Review and Synthesis. Journal of Occupational Science 18:3, pages 254-276.
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RoryC. Reid & BruceN. Carpenter. (2009) Demoralization, Hypomanic Activation, and Disconstraint Scores on MMPI-2 Scales as Significant Predictors of Hypersexual Behavior. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity 16:3, pages 173-189.
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RoryC. Reid & BruceN. Carpenter. (2009) Exploring Relationships of Psychopathology in Hypersexual Patients Using the MMPI-2. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy 35:4, pages 294-310.
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RoryC. Reid, BruceN. Carpenter & ThadQ. Lloyd. (2009) Assessing psychological symptom patterns of patients seeking help for hypersexual behavior. Sexual and Relationship Therapy 24:1, pages 47-63.
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Marilyn Freimuth, Manuela Waddell, Jean Stannard, Shane Kelley, Adriana Kipper, Amber Richardson & Ibolya Szuromi. (2008) Expanding the Scope of Dual Diagnosis and Co-Addictions: Behavioral Addictions. Journal of Groups in Addiction & Recovery 3:3-4, pages 137-160.
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Marta Ortega-Otero, Francisco Montesinos & Luka Charrabe. (2023) Influence of psychological inflexibility and mindfulness on hypersexuality and sexual satisfaction in a Spanish sample. Frontiers in Psychology 14.
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Komlan Gnimavo Hegbe, Christian Réveillère & Servane Barrault. (2022) Exposition précoce à la sexualité et croyances addictives dans l’addiction sexuelle : une étude qualitative exploratoire. Psychotropes Vol. 28:2, pages 95-120.
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Jorge Cardoso, Catarina Ramos, José Brito & Telma C. Almeida. (2022) Predictors of Pornography Use: Difficulties in Emotion Regulation and Loneliness. The Journal of Sexual Medicine 19:4, pages 620-628.
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Nancy Rosita Timisela, Heman Elia & Ferry Yefta Mamahit. (2021) The Correlation Between Adolescent Experiences of Violence and Parental Attachment With Adolescent Desire to Use Online Pornography. Veritas: Jurnal Teologi dan Pelayanan 20:2, pages 297-315.
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Austin W. Blum, Samuel R. Chamberlain & Jon E. Grant. (2018) Quality of life of young adults with non-paraphilic problematic sexual behaviors: An exploratory study. Addictive Behaviors Reports 8, pages 164-169.
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Aline Wéry, Jory Deleuze, Natale Canale & Joël Billieux. (2018) Emotionally laden impulsivity interacts with affect in predicting addictive use of online sexual activity in men. Comprehensive Psychiatry 80, pages 192-201.
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Craig S. Cashwell, Amanda L. Giordano, Kelly King, Cody Lankford & Robin K. Henson. (2016) Emotion Regulation and Sex Addiction among College Students. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction 15:1, pages 16-27.
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Servane Barrault, Komlan Gnimavo Hegbe, Ingrid Bertsch & Robert Courtois. (2017) Relation entre les événements de vie traumatiques de l’enfance, le trouble de personnalité borderline et les conduites cybersexuelles problématiques. Psychotropes Vol. 22:3, pages 65-81.
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Aline Wéry, Kim Vogelaere, Gaëlle Challet-Bouju, François-Xavier Poudat, Julie Caillon, Delphine Lever, Joël Billieux & Marie Grall-Bronnec. (2016) Characteristics of self-identified sexual addicts in a behavioral addiction outpatient clinic. Journal of Behavioral Addictions 5:4, pages 623-630.
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Hannah Stewart & J. Paul Fedoroff. (2014) Assessment and Treatment of Sexual People with Complaints of Hypersexuality. Current Sexual Health Reports 6:2, pages 136-144.
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Nenad Paunović & Jonas Hallberg. (2014) Conceptualization of Hypersexual Disorder with the Behavioral-Cognitive Inhibition Theory. Psychology 05:02, pages 151-159.
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Miriam Spenhoff, Tillmann H.C. Kruger, Uwe Hartmann & Julia Kobs. (2013) Hypersexual Behavior in an Online Sample of Males: Associations with Personal Distress and Functional Impairment. The Journal of Sexual Medicine 10:12, pages 2996-3005.
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Joana Pinto, Joana Carvalho & Pedro J. Nobre. (2013) The Relationship Between the FFM Personality Traits, State Psychopathology, and Sexual Compulsivity in a Sample of Male College Students. The Journal of Sexual Medicine 10:7, pages 1773-1782.
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Gary Nixon & Brian Theriault. (2011) Nondual Psychotherapy and Second Stage Sexual Addictions Recovery: Transforming “Master of the Universe” Narcissism into Nondual Being. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction 10:3, pages 368-385.
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Rory C. Reid, Judith A. Stein & Bruce N. Carpenter. (2011) Understanding the Roles of Shame and Neuroticism in a Patient Sample of Hypersexual Men. Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease 199:4, pages 263-267.
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Rory C. Reid, James M. Harper & Emily H. Anderson. (2009) Coping strategies used by hypersexual patients to defend against the painful effects of shame. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy 16:2, pages 125-138.
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Joseph P. De Santis, Jessie M. Colin, Elias Provencio Vasquez & Gail C. McCain. (2008) The Relationship of Depressive Symptoms, Self-Esteem, and Sexual Behaviors in a Predominantly Hispanic Sample of Men Who Have Sex With Men. American Journal of Men's Health 2:4, pages 314-321.
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