Despite of a growing number
of studies, hypersexuality remains controversial and empirically elusive. Using
a group comparison approach, this study revisited the claim that hypersexuality
cannot be reliably distinguished from high sexual desire.
An online survey,
advertised as focusing on pornography use and sexual health was carried out in
2014 among 1,998 Croatian men aged 18-60 years (Mage =
34.7, SD = 9.83). Membership in the hypersexuality group (HYP; n = 57) was
determined using the Hypersexual Disorder Screening Inventory and the
Hypersexual Behavior Consequences Scale. The highest values on two indicators
of sexual desire/interest set membership in the HSD group (HSD; n = 70). The
overlap between the groups was negligible (n = 4).
Compared to the rest of the
sample, men in the HYP group had significantly higher odds of being single, not
exclusively heterosexual, religious, depressed, prone to sexual boredom,
experiencing substance abuse consequences, holding negative attitudes toward
pornography use, and evaluating one's sexual morality more negatively. In
contrast, the HSD group differed from controls only in reporting more positive
attitudes toward pornography use.
The study findings point to a distinct
phenomenology of HSD and HYP in men. Clinical implications of the findings are
briefly discussed.
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By:
- 1 Department of Sociology , Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb , Zagreb , Croatia.
- 2 Institute for Sex Research and Forensic Psychiatry, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf , Hamburg , Germany.
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