Pub Date : 2016-04-02DOI: 10.1080/10720162.2016.1150924
Brandon J. Griffin, E. Worthington, Joshua D. Leach, J. Hook, Joshua B. Grubbs, Julie J. Exline, Don E. Davis
abstract Emerging adulthood is a period of development characterized by the maturation of more complex sexual and religious/spiritual (r/s) identities. In some cases, r/s may enhance positive sexual experiences; however, r/s may also exacerbate problems that result from sexual difficulties. In the current study, a cross-sectional survey was administered to university students (N = 295) to test whether the associations of hypersexual behavior with spiritual struggle and with sexual self-concept would differ based on sexual congruence. We found that the associations of hypersexual behavior with sexual anxiety and with some facets of spiritual struggle were more strongly positive among participants who perceived their sexual values and behaviors as incongruent. Also, the association between hypersexual behavior and sexual esteem was more strongly negative among those who perceived their sexual values and behaviors as incongruent. We discuss implications for future examinations of the intersectionality of sexuality, religiousness, and spirituality.
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Pub Date : 2016-04-02DOI: 10.1080/10720162.2016.1144116
Sara Karaga, Don E. Davis, Elise J. Y. Choe, J. Hook
ABSTRACT Prior research has linked hypersexuality to negative mental health outcomes, and this relationship is partially explained by one's appraisals of sexual behavior. Religious/spiritual beliefs can strongly influence appraisals of sexual behavior, especially to the degree that individuals view themselves as failing to act in line with their sexual values. The purpose of the present article was to review empirical studies on the intersection of religion/spiritualty and hypersexuality. Most studies were based on convenience samples and used measures of hypersexuality that only partially align with proposed diagnostic criteria. Studies consistently demonstrated a negative relationship between religiosity and hypersexual behavior. In addition, hypersexuality was negatively related to measures of spiritual adjustment. Implications for future research as well as treatment of hypersexuality are discussed.
{"title":"Hypersexuality and Religion/Spirituality: A Qualitative Review","authors":"Sara Karaga, Don E. Davis, Elise J. Y. Choe, J. Hook","doi":"10.1080/10720162.2016.1144116","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10720162.2016.1144116","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Prior research has linked hypersexuality to negative mental health outcomes, and this relationship is partially explained by one's appraisals of sexual behavior. Religious/spiritual beliefs can strongly influence appraisals of sexual behavior, especially to the degree that individuals view themselves as failing to act in line with their sexual values. The purpose of the present article was to review empirical studies on the intersection of religion/spiritualty and hypersexuality. Most studies were based on convenience samples and used measures of hypersexuality that only partially align with proposed diagnostic criteria. Studies consistently demonstrated a negative relationship between religiosity and hypersexual behavior. In addition, hypersexuality was negatively related to measures of spiritual adjustment. Implications for future research as well as treatment of hypersexuality are discussed.","PeriodicalId":46423,"journal":{"name":"Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity-The Journal of Treatment and Prevention","volume":"43 1","pages":"167 - 181"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2016-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10720162.2016.1144116","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59971783","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2016-04-02DOI: 10.1080/10720162.2016.1140604
J. Wilt, E. Cooper, Joshua B. Grubbs, Julie J. Exline, K. Pargament
ABSTRACT Prior work has shown that religious individuals tend to be critical of Internet pornography (IP). Additionally, people who harbor negative views about their own IP use are more likely to experience psychological distress and religious/spiritual (r/s) struggles. The present research attempted to bring these bodies of research together by examining the relations between engaging with IP (perceived addiction to IP, actual IP use, and moral evaluations of IP), indicators of psychosocial adaptation (self-esteem and state anger), and r/s functioning (religiousness, anger toward God). A study was conducted using a large sample of undergraduate students (N = 1,070) who reported using IP and at least some belief in God. Correlational and network analyses revealed that religiousness was associated with moral disapproval of IP and perceived addiction to IP. Perceived addiction to IP (rather than actual IP use) was related to lower self-esteem, more anger, and more anger directed toward God. This study provides a partial psychological and r/s profile of college students varying in the degree to which they perceive themselves as addicted to IP. Potential clinical implications of these findings are discussed.
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Pub Date : 2016-04-02DOI: 10.1080/10720162.2015.1130000
Cara C. MacInnis, Gordon Hodson
ABSTRACT Religious individuals in America have concerns about pornography addiction among the religious. Whereas positive associations between religiosity and online pornography use exist at the state level, associations between religiosity and online pornography consumption at the individual level are typically negative. We examined (1) reactions to, (2) perceptions of, and (3) self-report based relations between religiousness and viewing sexual content online among adult web users. Those higher in religiosity or religious fundamentalism responded more negatively to, and were less willing to accept, scientific findings demonstrating positive associations between state-level religiousness and increased viewing of sexual content online. More religious individuals were more likely to believe that moral values, race, and finances (not religion) impact the extent to which sexual content is viewed online. More religious individuals also held more negative beliefs about viewing sexual content online and perceived such viewing as more problematic than other prominent social issues (e.g., racism, gun violence). Finally, those higher in religiousness reported less viewing of sexual content online overall. Among a subset of individuals relatively high in religiosity or religious fundamentalism who reported viewing sexual content online, religiosity was associated with feeling negatively about this behavior and a self-reported motive of monitoring society's immorality.
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Pub Date : 2016-04-02DOI: 10.1080/10720162.2015.1130001
D. V. Van Tongeren, Hanna Newbound, Evan Johnson
ABSTRACT Religion is a multifaceted construct that serves many functions, including setting clear moral guidelines for behavior. When individuals violate these cherished values, what effect do reminders of religion have, and do they affect individuals of varying religiousness similarly? We explored the interactive effects of priming religion and individual religious commitment on reported responses following a violation of one's sexual values. Participants were randomly assigned to read a religious essay or a neutral essay and then to describe a time they violated their sexual values while in a relationship. Results revealed that the religious prime intensified the association between religious commitment and perceived negative effects on one's partner, which, in turn, were associated with lower relationship satisfaction. These results suggest religion helps regulate social behavior by increasing the negative perceptions of the fallout after violating one's sexual values.
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Pub Date : 2016-04-02DOI: 10.1080/10720162.2016.1140603
Jeremy N. Thomas
ABSTRACT Based on an archival analysis of the popular evangelical magazine Christianity Today, the story of evangelical thinking about pornography during the course of the magazine's history from 1956 to 2014 is traced. This article shows how evangelicals have developed and deployed the idea of pornography addiction, and in doing so, have communicated messages about pornography that have made it more likely for evangelicals to perceive themselves as being addicted to pornography. This article investigates the motivations behind these messages, and suggests that these messages may, in fact, tell us less about individual pornography users and more about those who are developing and deploying such messages.
{"title":"The Development and Deployment of the Idea of Pornography Addiction Within American Evangelicalism","authors":"Jeremy N. Thomas","doi":"10.1080/10720162.2016.1140603","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10720162.2016.1140603","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Based on an archival analysis of the popular evangelical magazine Christianity Today, the story of evangelical thinking about pornography during the course of the magazine's history from 1956 to 2014 is traced. This article shows how evangelicals have developed and deployed the idea of pornography addiction, and in doing so, have communicated messages about pornography that have made it more likely for evangelicals to perceive themselves as being addicted to pornography. This article investigates the motivations behind these messages, and suggests that these messages may, in fact, tell us less about individual pornography users and more about those who are developing and deploying such messages.","PeriodicalId":46423,"journal":{"name":"Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity-The Journal of Treatment and Prevention","volume":"56 67 1","pages":"182 - 195"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2016-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10720162.2016.1140603","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59971789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2016-04-02DOI: 10.1080/10720162.2016.1150925
Joshua B. Grubbs, J. Hook
abstract The current issue of Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity is a foray into the intersection between the psychology of religion and spirituality and the psychology of human sexual behavior. Religiousness and sexual behavior are intricately related domains of human functioning, but, prior to the present issue, relatively little work had been done examining how religiousness and spirituality were related to the experience of sexual addiction. The present issue seeks to address this paucity of research. Nine articles featuring a variety of methods (e.g., qualitative, experimental, survey) and sampling techniques (e.g., undergraduates, community samples of adults, clinical samples of treatment-seeking adults) delve into the nuances of the relationships between religiousness/spirituality and sexual addiction. Collectively, these works expand current understandings of sexual addiction and provide a valuable foundation for much needed future research.
{"title":"Religion, Spirituality, and Sexual Addiction: A Critical Evaluation of Converging Fields","authors":"Joshua B. Grubbs, J. Hook","doi":"10.1080/10720162.2016.1150925","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10720162.2016.1150925","url":null,"abstract":"abstract The current issue of Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity is a foray into the intersection between the psychology of religion and spirituality and the psychology of human sexual behavior. Religiousness and sexual behavior are intricately related domains of human functioning, but, prior to the present issue, relatively little work had been done examining how religiousness and spirituality were related to the experience of sexual addiction. The present issue seeks to address this paucity of research. Nine articles featuring a variety of methods (e.g., qualitative, experimental, survey) and sampling techniques (e.g., undergraduates, community samples of adults, clinical samples of treatment-seeking adults) delve into the nuances of the relationships between religiousness/spirituality and sexual addiction. Collectively, these works expand current understandings of sexual addiction and provide a valuable foundation for much needed future research.","PeriodicalId":46423,"journal":{"name":"Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity-The Journal of Treatment and Prevention","volume":"87 1","pages":"155 - 166"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2016-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10720162.2016.1150925","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59971508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2016-04-02DOI: 10.1080/10720162.2016.1151391
Fred Volk, John Thomas, Lisa S. Sosin, V. Jacob, Carolyn E Moen
ABSTRACT This study adds two possible extensions to a previously supported model by proposing a serial mediation model with religiosity, moral disapproval, and perceived addiction mediating the relationship between childhood household religiosity and sexual shame. The 358 participants are a subset of a larger study examining romantic partner relationship satisfaction and pornography use. Participants included men and women who indicated intentionally viewing pornography within the six months prior to their participation. Though the total effect of childhood household religiosity on sexual shame was not significant, the serial mediation model was supported. Limitations, implications, and suggestions for further research are discussed.
{"title":"Religiosity, Developmental Context, and Sexual Shame in Pornography Users: A Serial Mediation Model","authors":"Fred Volk, John Thomas, Lisa S. Sosin, V. Jacob, Carolyn E Moen","doi":"10.1080/10720162.2016.1151391","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10720162.2016.1151391","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study adds two possible extensions to a previously supported model by proposing a serial mediation model with religiosity, moral disapproval, and perceived addiction mediating the relationship between childhood household religiosity and sexual shame. The 358 participants are a subset of a larger study examining romantic partner relationship satisfaction and pornography use. Participants included men and women who indicated intentionally viewing pornography within the six months prior to their participation. Though the total effect of childhood household religiosity on sexual shame was not significant, the serial mediation model was supported. Limitations, implications, and suggestions for further research are discussed.","PeriodicalId":46423,"journal":{"name":"Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity-The Journal of Treatment and Prevention","volume":"23 1","pages":"244 - 259"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2016-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10720162.2016.1151391","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59972208","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2016-04-02DOI: 10.1080/10720162.2016.1162237
David F. Bradley, Joshua B. Grubbs, Alex Uzdavines, Julie J. Exline, K. Pargament
abstract Prior research suggests that there is a relationship between religiousness and perceived addiction to Internet pornography. This research also suggests a positive relationship between perceived addiction and psychological distress. However, due to the measures of religiousness used, little is known about perceived addiction among nonbelievers in God's existence. In a sample of U.S. adults (N = 713), we found that higher certainty in God's existence was associated with higher levels of perceived addiction. We also found that participants who identified as religious, compared to participants who self-labeled as atheist, agnostic, or “none,” reported higher levels of perceived addiction. Finally, we found that perceived addiction was associated with psychological distress (combining anxiety, depression, and general stress), though effect sizes were small. This relationship was not moderated by religious/nonreligious identity or certainty in God's existence/nonexistence. These findings suggest that perceived addiction to Internet pornography may be a mild risk factor for increased general psychological distress in both believers and nonbelievers, though lower levels of perceived addiction suggest that nonbelievers may be less likely overall to experience psychological distress related to perceived addiction.
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Pub Date : 2016-04-02DOI: 10.1080/10720162.2015.1130002
R. Reid, B. Carpenter, J. Hook
abstract The current study investigated correlates of hypersexuality in a sample of religious (n = 52) and non-religious (n = 105) men assessed for hypersexual disorder as part of the DSM-5 Field Trial. Our results indicate that religiosity was unrelated to self-reported levels of hypersexuality as measured by the Hypersexual Behavior Inventory and the Hypersexual Behavior Consequences Scale. Patients who reported being highly religious had comparable levels of problematic solo-sex behaviors (e.g., pornography use and masturbation) as non-religious patients, but significantly less relational sexual behaviors as measured by the number of life-time sex partners and sex partners in the previous 12-month period. Further, the religious hypersexual group showed significantly lower levels of alcohol and drug abuse, as well as anxiety, compared to the non-religious hypersexual patients. Interestingly, we did not observe group differences on indices of shame, life satisfaction, impulsivity, or stress proneness. Religiosity was correlated with greater levels of depression, but only among the religious group of hypersexual patients. Implications for these findings are discussed, along with suggestions for future research among populations of religious patients seeking help for hypersexual behavior.
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