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Hypersexual behaviour among young adults in Germany: characteristics and personality correlates
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Abstract Background: Hypersexual behaviour (HB) is characterized by recurring unsuccessful efforts to control intense, repetitive sexual impulses that result in sexual activities and manifest in the behaviour of the concerning individual over an extended period. This study aims to describe the characterizati... view more
Background: Hypersexual behaviour (HB) is characterized by recurring unsuccessful efforts to control intense, repetitive sexual impulses that result in sexual activities and manifest in the behaviour of the concerning individual over an extended period. This study aims to describe the characterization of HB among the target group, identify personality correlates, and associations between HB and a lack of sexual education and reflection during school time.
Methods: A cross-sectional design was used to survey the participants (age 18–27; n = 609) online who were recruited via a web forum for addiction selfcare, a website for casual sex dating, Facebook and the mail distribution of the University of Applied Science Nordhausen (Germany). Standardised questionnaires were used to measure the key variables in the study. The sexual behaviour (masturbation, pornography consumption, promiscuity), several personality tendencies, and retrospective information about sexual education of the participants during school time were investigated. Correlation and binomial logistic regression were used to analyse the data with HB as the outcome variable. Results: 10.5% (n = 64) of the participants were identified as hypersexual. The assignment to male sex, a problematic pornography consumption, and impulsive tendencies were determined as predictors of HB. Strong correlates were identified between HB and promiscuity, and impairments in important areas of life. Weak to moderate correlates comprise between HB and all investigated personality traits, and several aspects of sexual risk behaviour. No association was found between HB and a lacking sexual education during school time. The descriptive analysis revealed further sexual problems within the sample (e.g. feelings of shame and guilt, sexual risk behaviour, sexual dysfunction). Conclusion. Young adults should get more attention as a vulnerable group for the development of hypersexuality in sexual education, prevention and therapy. Regarding to its treatment, HB therefore should be considered together with its associations with sociodemographic information, personality traits, and psychosocial factors.... view less
Keywords
Federal Republic of Germany; adolescent; sexuality; behavior; deviant behavior; pornography; sexology; social psychiatry; young adult; sex behavior
Classification
Family Sociology, Sociology of Sexual Behavior
Sociology of the Youth, Sociology of Childhood
Free Keywords
compulsive sexual behaviour disorder; hypersexuality; problematic pornography use; sex addiction; sexual compulsivity; sexual health; Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI-d); Biographischer Fragebogen für Alkoholabhängige (BIFA-AL); Die Skala Impulsives-Verhalten-8 (I-8); ZIS 46; ZIS 51; ZIS 88; ZIS 183
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
p. 1-12
Journal
BMC Psychiatry, 22 (2022) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-022-04370-8
ISSN
1471-244X
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed