Abstract Purpose of Review A core symptom problematic pornography use (PPU) is the repeated failure to control sexual impulses resulting in use; however, field self-regulation research has rarely been applied PPU. Recent Findings Various goals can underly online pornography. These conflict with other self-regulatory a person holds, which leads moments self-control. The outcome such self-control...

The aim of the current study was to investigate how problematic online gaming, gambling, shopping, pornography use, and social networking are associated with each other in bivariate multivariate, network analytic analyses an international gamer population. effective sample comprised 4,416 gamers (age M = 23.31, SD 6.72; 94% male). Participants filled out specific Internet use scales on pornogra...

Importance Pornography consumption is highly prevalent, particularly among young adult males. For some individuals, problematic pornography use (PPU) is a reason for seeking treatment. Despite the pervasiveness of pornography, PPU appears under-investigated and basic questions remain unanswered. Objective To investigate the neural mechanisms underlying PPU in men. Design and participants Using ...

As thousands of individuals surf the internet daily, every image on every web page is saved automatically to their computer's cache, absent user direction. Sections 2252(a)(2) and 2252(a)(4)(B) of Title 18 of the U.S. Code criminalize knowing possession and knowing receipt of child pornography images. For the defendant who intentionally saves illicit images to his computer, the cache simply ver...

Although the nature and prevalence of deviant sexual thoughts and behaviors has been well investigated in forensic samples, far less attention has been paid to these phenomena in sub-clinical settings. A male undergraduate sample (N = 88) completed the Multidimensional Assessment of Sex and Aggression (MASA; Knight et al., 1994) as a measure of deviant sexual thoughts and behaviors, along with ...