People's judgment that their porn use is a problem isn't based on how much time they spend watching or what they watch, but on this.
that individuals experience when their porn viewing and masturbation habits conflict with their moral and religious beliefs. To test this hypothesis, they conducted a large-scale survey of more than 3,600 individuals, with samples drawn from both college students and the general population.Participants indicated the degree to which they agreed with statements such as “I believe I am addicted to internet pornography.”Items included “I believe that viewing pornography is morally wrong.
Grubbs and colleagues maintain that therapists need to discuss views on religion and morality with their clients who self-report sex addiction issues. Specifically, clinicians need to help them reconcile their religious beliefs with their natural sexual inclinations. In some cases, this may mean giving up porn in order to stay true to the teachings of their church.
Other research shows how therapists’ moral attitudes can also lead to biased diagnoses. For instance, one study found that therapists were more likely to diagnose clients as having a sex addiction when those clients were heterosexual than when they wereIt’s not unusual for people to experience cognitive dissonance as their natural sexual urges conflict with their religious upbringing.
I should also add that there certainly are cases of people engaging in compulsive sexual behaviors that do negatively impact the work, social, health, and family aspects of their lives. But such cases of hypersexuality are most likely to be symptoms of other mental illnesses, in which case it’s the underlying disorder giving rise to these behaviors that needs to be treated.Grubbs, J. B., Kraus, S. W., Perry, S. L., Lewczuk, K., & Gola, M. .
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