An Investigation of Internet Use, Sexual and Nonsexual Sensation Seeking, and Sexual Compulsivity among College Students

Relationship of serum serotonin and salivary cortisol with sensation seeking

“…Previous studies described a wide variety of risky behaviors associated with this trait (e.g. a tendency to smoke, Ripa et al, 2001;Urban, 2010; drug and alcohol abuse, Martins et al, 2008; risky and drunken driving habits, Richer and Bergeron, 2009;Zakletskaia et al, 2009;risky activities, Jack and Ronan, 1998;Steinberg et al, 2008;and pathological gambling, Zuckerman, 2005a;Myrseth et al, 2009; high sexual SS, Gullette and Lyons, 2005;Perry et al, 2007).…”

The relationship between sexual sensation seeking and problematic Internet pornography use: A moderated mediation model examining roles of online sexual activities and the third-person effect

“…As a potential personality trait, sexual sensation seeking (SSS) has been suggested to lead to PIPU ( Perry, Accordino, & Hewes, 2007 ). SSS refers to tendencies to try unique and novel sexual experiences to achieve high degrees of sexual arousal ( Kalichman et al., 1994 ).…”

Psychometrics and Comparison of the Compulsive Sexual Behavior Inventory and the Sexual Compulsivity Scale in a Male College Student Sample

“…Lastly, future studies should also include measures that clearly record participant's sexual history, sexual behaviors, and encompass more varied personality, sexuality, and psychopathology constructs. For example, previous studies have demonstrated relations between sexual compulsivity and use of the Internet for sexual purposes (Delmonico & Miller, 2003;Perry et al, 2007), as well as seeking and interacting with unknown sexual partners ("cruising") . Internet usage for adult entertainment (or more generally the use of pornography) and "cruising" for sexual partners on campus may represent sexual behaviors that are more descriptive of compulsive behaviors in college-aged individuals than simple counts of sexual interactions (e.g., vaginal sex with a partner) and should be considered in future studies.…”

“…Seegers (2003) demonstrated 17.4% of college-aged men and 32.2% of college-aged women screened for sexual addiction were in need of further evaluation/treatment for possible sexual compulsivity. Sexual compulsivity in college students has been related to the use of the Internet for adult entertainment (Perry, Accordino, & Hewes, 2007), which has been linked to reported impairments in functioning and distress (Cooper, Scherer, Boies, & Gordan, 1999). Dodge, Reece, Cole, and Sandfort (2004) demonstrated self-report of sexual compulsivity in college students was related to the frequency of sexual behaviors, number of sexual partners, as well as sexual risk-taking behaviors including unprotected oral, vaginal, and anal sex.…”