Addictive Sexual Behavior

1994 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 1159-1182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wayne A. Myers
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Attention Deficit Disorder ◽  
Antidepressant Medication ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Self ◽  
Regulatory Function ◽  
Sexual Activities

Case material is presented from two patients suffering from addictive sexual behavior. The term addiction is used because of the intense, driven quality of the behavior and because of its mood-elevating effects. Psychodynamically, the patients’ sexual acts helped to undo feelings of rejection at the hands of their mothers and to enhance feelings of lovability and of self-esteem. The behavior also helped to neutralize powerful feelings of rage toward the mother. In one patient, the acts also helped to ease inner turmoil related to an underlying attention deficit disorder. I speculate that some adults with addictive sexual behavior may have underlying attention deficit disorders. In both my patients, the sexual behaviors served the self-regulatory function of alleviating inner feelings of anhedonia and depression. When they decreased their sexual activities during the course of the treatment, they required adjunctive antidepressant medication. The underlying meaning of the medication and countertransference attitudes toward such patients are explored.

Subjects of Technology: An Auto-Archeology of Attention Deficit Disorder in Neoliberal Time(s)

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-115
Author(s):  
Joshua S. Hanan
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disability ◽  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Attention Deficit Disorder ◽  
Family Members ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Self ◽  
Psychiatric Diagnoses ◽  
Critical Perspective ◽  
Close Family

This essay (re)presents my own experiences living with attention deficit disorder (ADD) as a child and adult to provide a radically historical, contextual, and critical autoethnographic conceptualization of this “learning disability.” Specifically, by building upon Ragan Fox’s “auto-archeological” method, a critical perspective that “unite[s] autoethnography and Foucault’s theories of discourse,” I draw upon institutional artifacts, psychiatric diagnoses, and interviews with close family members to show that ADD is a “technology of the self” that economizes the body in accordance with a distinctly neoliberal temporality. This temporalizing process, I show, is reinforced by a range of other neoliberal technologies of selfhood and ultimately cultivates the very “deficit framework” that ADD diagnoses are aimed at healing. The conclusion questions the legitimacy of ADD outside of the various technological interfaces that make the disability visible as a public problem and considers the intimate connections between neoliberalism, ableism, and the contemporary university.

scholarly journals Psychological factors associated with adolescent sexual behavior

Psico ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. e36084
Author(s):  
André Teixeira Stephanou ◽  
Ana Cristina Garcia Dias
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Condom Use ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Sexual Debut ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Adolescent Sexual Behavior ◽  
Main Hypothesis ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Use Behavior

Sexually transmitted infections are increasing in Brazilian adolescents and youth. The aim of this study was to investigate the association of self-esteem, self-efficacy, and other psychosocial variables with condom use behavior and sexual debut in a sample of adolescents from Santa Maria-RS. Data was collected with 452 adolescents (57% girls), mean age of 15.9 years (SD = 1.4), using the Brazilian Youth Questionnaire – Phase II. Condom use behavior was not associated with self-esteem or self-efficacy in the logistic regression model, contrary to the main hypothesis. General self-efficacy was positively associated with sexual debut, while religiosity was negatively associated with this outcome. Family support was associated with older age at sexual debut. The findings support the importance of analyzing different sexual behaviors separately, as they may have distinct predictors. Studies should use specific measures of self-efficacy when studying sexual behavior and measure how participants value different sexual behaviors.

Attention Deficit Disorders and Depression

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 84 (4) ◽  
pp. 748-748
Author(s):  
GUY LORD ◽  
RICHARD P. BARTHEL
Keyword(s):  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Attention Deficit Disorder ◽  
Side Effect ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Valuable Contribution ◽  
Attention Deficit Disorders ◽  
Subjective Distress ◽  
Stimulant Medications

Kelly et al drew attention to the subjective distress and low self-esteem experienced by many children with attention deficit disorder. This is a valuable contribution, in that it is all too easy to simply respond to the distress that such children cause in others (parents, teachers) as opposed to the unhappiness of the child him- or herself. Our concerns relate to the fact that the word "depression" is used only once, as a side effect of stimulant medications. Recent studies indicate a considerable overlap between the problems of children with attention deficit disorder and those in whom depression is diagnosed.

Is self-esteem a resource for the parental couple? A longitudinal study on the quality of the romantic and coparental relationships

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 3773-3795
Author(s):  
Nahema El Ghaziri ◽  
Joëlle Darwiche ◽  
Jean-Philippe Antonietti
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Self ◽  
Family Unit ◽  
The Family ◽  
Parental Couple ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Over Time

The aim of this study is to investigate the longitudinal influence of self-esteem on romantic and coparental relationship quality. The data were drawn from the German Family Panel, pairfam. Parents ( n couples = 2,364) were assessed three times over 4 years. The results indicated that romantic and coparental quality decreased over time, while self-esteem remained stable. The self-esteem of both parents predicted initial romantic and coparental quality. Additionally, mothers’ self-esteem reduced the decline in romantic quality. Finally, romantic quality mediated the relationship between parents’ self-esteem and coparental quality. These results suggest that self-esteem might be a resource for the parental couple and even for the family unit, as romantic and coparental quality are key elements for the well-being of both parent and child.

A Comparison of Sexual Behaviors and Attitudes, Self-Esteem, Quality of Life, and Drug Use Among Pornography Actors and a Matched Sample

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 254-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
James D. Griffith ◽  
Sharon Mitchell ◽  
Brian Hammond ◽  
Lucy L. Gu ◽  
Christian L. Hart
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Matched Sample

scholarly journals Quality of Life School-Age Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in SLB C Bandung

2019 ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
Adelse Prima Muya ◽  
Desy Indra Yani ◽  
Helwiyah Ropi
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Attention Deficit Disorder ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
Impulsive Behavior ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Adhd Children

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a behavioral characterized by attention deficit disorder, impulsive behavior, accompanied by excessive activity that is not in accordance with its age in childhood. ADHD can impact on decreasing the Quality of Life (QoL) of children. The study aimed to describe the QoL of ADHD children in SLB C Bandung. The research using descriptive study. The subjects were 63 families with ADHD children with an age range of 8-12 years who attended school in 5 types of SLB C in Bandung. Sampling used total sampling technique with inventory questionnaires including a child QoL questionnaire (Peds QL). Data were analyzed using descriptive analyze. The results showed that more than half of the QoL of ADHD children was classified as poor. The QoL of children with ADHD is very important because there are various aspects in their lives, both in terms of health, emotional, social, and school activities. This study explains QoL of ADHD children starting from physical, logistical, social and school functions. From this explanation, it is expected that in the part of QoL for ADHD children to be repaired, also which parts can be repaired and the care and attention needed to be improved.

scholarly journals The impact of the quality of life perception on the self-esteem of physically active adults

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Daniel Vicentini de Oliveira ◽  
José Roberto Andrade do Nascimento Júnior ◽  
Renan Codonhato ◽  
Thayna Da Silva Zamboni ◽  
Adriele Tarini dos Santos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Rank Correlation ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Self ◽  
Physically Active ◽  
Spearman’S Rank Correlation ◽  
Spearman’S Rank Correlation Coefficient ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Active Adults

This study aimed at investigating the impact of the quality of life perception on the self-esteem of physically active adults. A total of 63 male and female swimming practitioners (38.13 ± 11.72) were evaluated. A socio-demographic questionnaire, WHOQOL-Bref Scale, and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale were used as tools. For data analysis the descriptive statistics, Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test, Mann-Whitney U Test, Spearman’s Rank Correlation Coefficient, and the Univariate Multiple Regression were used. No significant differences were found either for the quality of life or the self-esteem between sexes; there was a significant positive correlation (p < 0.05) among the physical (r = 0.37), psychological (r = 0.36) and environmental (r = 0.30) domains with self-esteem. The regression model explained 20% of the self-esteem variability, with moderate and significant pathways of the physical (β = 0.23) and psychological (β = 0.23) domains, whereas the environmental domain did not show a significant predictive relation (p = 0.988) with self-esteem. It is concluded that a higher quality of life perception may result in a higher self-esteem for physically active adults. 

Policies on Consensual Sexual Activity in State Prisons

2020 ◽  
pp. 088740342092409
Author(s):  
Sarah Gross ◽  
Ben Stickle
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Sexual Activity ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Sexual Activities ◽  
State Prisons ◽  
Prison Systems ◽  
Research And Policy

During times of imprisonment, inmates have limited opportunities to relieve sexual urges. Nearly all sexual behaviors (e.g., coerced, consensual, masturbation) are restricted or outright banned in most prison systems. The restriction on sexual behavior is implemented, in part, to maintain control and limit possible violence. However, the policies set forth by prisons restricting sexual behavior do not remove sexual urges and, by some estimates, between 2% and 60% of inmates engage in consensual sexual activities during incarceration. This study explores 51 Department of Correction (DOC) policies on sexual behavior in prisons and examines how DOCs define and punish consensual sexual activity. Findings indicate that most DOCs have policies, which do not differentiate between consensual and nonconsensual behaviors and allow for the punishment of consensual and nonconsensual sexual activity with the same penalties. These findings are evaluated considering current research, and policy implications are discussed.

scholarly journals Rolul stimei de sine în formarea imaginii de sine la adolescenți

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-95
Author(s):  
Alina Zaharia
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Psychosocial Aspects ◽  
The Self ◽  
Social Contacts ◽  
Self Image ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Relationship

The main objective of this research consists in studying psychosocial aspects of the relationship that is established between the level of the quality of self image and self-esteem in adolescents. Self-esteem play an important role in the self image of teenagers and young people. Teenagers with a high level of self-esteem have clear and stable views about themselves, talk about them in a consistent, positive way. Teenagers with a low self-esteem have the feeling that they do not know too well each other and talk about them in a unreliable and ambiguous way. They are also pretty reserved in initiating social contacts.

scholarly journals ANALISIS FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI PERILAKU SEKS PRANIKAH PADA REMAJA

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-88
Author(s):  
Endang Dwi Ningsih ◽  
Ratna Indriati
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Self ◽  
Premarital Sex ◽  
Sex Behavior ◽  
Unsafe Sex ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Multivariate Tests ◽  
Premarital Sexual

Background. The premarital sexual behavior is still dominating the debate in terms of morality, psychological, and physicaly. The premarital sex behavior in adolescents is associated with the low rate of contraceptive uses and they are tend to have many sexual partners at an earlier ages. Unsafe sex is the second most important of the risk factor for disability and death. The premarital sex behavior in adolescents increased during 20th century. Related to the above, it is necessary research conducted on the relation the self-esteem, the religiousity and the level of reproductive health knowledge with the premarital sexual behavior in the adolescents. Research Objectives. To analyze the factors that influence premarital sex behavior in adolescents. Research Subjects. The respondents were 219 AKPER Panti Kosala students. Results. By the multivariate tests that show the result there was any a relation between the self-esteem with the premarital sexual behavior (p=0.041;p

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