The present meta-analysis investigated the effectiveness of strategies derived from the
process model of emotion regulation in modifying emotional outcomes as indexed by …

The addiction model is rarely used to describe high-frequency use of visual sexual stimuli
(VSS) in research, yet common in media and clinical practice. The theory and research …

Self-reflection is suggested to attenuate feelings, yet researchers disagree on whether
adopting a distant or near perspective, or processing the experience abstractly or concretely …

Defined as sexually explicit material that elicits erotic thoughts, feelings, and behaviours,
internet pornography is a prevalent form of media that may facilitate problematic use and …

Sexual arousal is an emotional/motivational state that can be triggered by internal and
external stimuli and that can be inferred from central (including verbal), peripheral (including …

The literature on dysregulated sexuality, whether theoretical, clinical or empirical, has failed
to differentiate the construct from high sexual desire. In this study, we tested three …

The Sexual Desire Inventory (SDI), developed by Spector, Carey, and Steinberg in 1996,
has been widely used to assess sexual desire in men and women throughout the world. This …

The term hypersexuality was introduced to describe excessive sexual behavior associated
with a person's inability to control his or her sexual behavior. The main aim of the present …

Abstract “Excessive” viewing of visual sexual stimuli (VSS) is the most commonly reported
hypersexual behavior problem and is especially amenable to laboratory study. A pattern of …

ABSTRACT The Dual Control Model proposes that sexual arousal and related processes
are dependent on the balance between sexual excitation and sexual inhibition, and that …