Sex addiction in Turkey: A large-scale survey with a national community sample

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dc.contributor.authorKircaburun, Kağan
dc.contributor.authorÜnübol, Hüseyin
dc.contributor.authorHızlı Sayar, Gökben
dc.contributor.authorÇarkçı, Jaklin
dc.contributor.authorGriffiths, Mark D.
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-11T20:45:19Z
dc.date.available2025-10-11T20:45:19Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.departmentDüzce Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractPrior studies on sex addiction have mostly relied on a narrow range of risk factors among small and heterogeneous samples. The purpose of the present study was to examine the psychological markers related to sex addiction in a large-scale community sample of Turkish adults. A total of 24,380 individuals completed a survey comprising the Sex Addiction Risk Questionnaire, the Brief Symptom Inventory, the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, the Personal-Wellbeing Index Adult Form, the Toronto Alexithymia Scale, and the Experiences in Close Relationships-Revised (50% males; mean age = 31.79 years; age range = 18 to 81 years). Utilizing hierarchical regression analysis, sex addiction was associated with being male, being younger, having a lower education level, being single, being an alcohol and nicotine user, psychiatric distress, low personal wellbeing, positive and negative affect, alexithymia, and anxious attachment. This study suggests that socio-demographic factors and aforementioned detrimental psychological factors exacerbate higher engagement in addictive sexual behaviors among the Turkish community. However, more studies are needed to better understand the factors associated with sex addiction in Turkey. © 2023 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s12144-021-01632-8
dc.identifier.endpage2955en_US
dc.identifier.issn1046-1310
dc.identifier.issn1936-4733
dc.identifier.issue4en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85103160773en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2en_US
dc.identifier.startpage2947en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-01632-8
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12684/21276
dc.identifier.volume42en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.relation.ispartofCurrent Psychologyen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.snmzKA_Scopus_20250911
dc.subjectAffecten_US
dc.subjectAlexithymiaen_US
dc.subjectAttachmenten_US
dc.subjectPsychiatric Symptomsen_US
dc.subjectSex Addictionen_US
dc.subjectWellbeingen_US
dc.titleSex addiction in Turkey: A large-scale survey with a national community sampleen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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