1 Faculty of Education and Society and Culture, Beit-Berl College , Kfar Saba, Israel.
2 Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences , Warsaw, Poland.
J Behav Addict. 2018 Jun 1;7(2):445-453. doi: 10.1556/2006.7.2018.26. Epub 2018 May 22.
Background and aims Sexuality is natural to human life and inseparable from it, yet some individuals develop compulsive sexual behavior (CSB). Many individuals with CSB seek treatment in free self-support groups based on the twelve-step program. This program was extensively studied in substance abuse disorders (e.g., Alcoholics Anonymous), but little is known about its efficiency in CSB. Methods We "assesed" questionnaire data on sociodemographical-, psychological-, and recovery-related factors from 97 male participants of Sexaholics Anonymous (SA) programs in Israel. Results Our results indicated that advancement in the SA program, measured as a current step of the program, is significantly related to lower levels of sexual-related overall sense of helplessness, avoidant help-seeking, self-control, overall CSB, and sexual suppression. It is also related to the higher well-being. Discussion This is the first study to examine psychological factors of CSB recovery process in twelve-step groups, and future research is needed to replicate our results within a longitudinal study.
背景与目的 性行为是人类生活的自然组成部分，与人类生活不可分割，但有些个体发展出强迫性性行为（CSB）。许多 CSB 个体在基于十二步程序的免费自助团体中寻求治疗。该程序在物质滥用障碍（例如匿名戒酒会）中得到了广泛研究，但对于其在 CSB 中的有效性知之甚少。 方法 我们评估了来自以色列性瘾者匿名组织（SA）项目的 97 名男性参与者的社会人口统计学、心理和康复相关因素的问卷数据。 结果 我们的结果表明，SA 项目的进展，以当前项目的阶段来衡量，与较低的性相关无助感、回避寻求帮助、自我控制、总体 CSB 和性抑制水平显著相关。它还与更高的幸福感有关。 讨论 这是第一个在十二步团体中检查 CSB 康复过程的心理因素的研究，需要进行未来的研究以在纵向研究中复制我们的结果。
