Abstract:Two groups of women (one group married to sexually addicted men and the other group married to nonsexually addicted men) were compared to examine differences in family-of-origin characteristics. It was found that women married to sexually addicted men were significantly more likely to come from families-of-origin where they experienced abuse, abandonment, chaos, physical punishment, crisis, and depression. Further, these women were more likely to have families-of-origin that were rigidly disengaged. Women married to men who were not sexually addicted were more likely to come from cohesively connected families-of-origin. Implications for counseling practice are discussed. Article:Addiction to sex and pornography is a growing problem in the United States (Earle & Crow, 1989). A decade ago it was estimated that there were between three and six million men in America who suffered from sexual addiction (Schneider, 1991). More recent information suggests that currently approximately 6% percent of the U.S. population is sexually addicted (J. P. Schneider, personal communication, 2002) Although exact numbers are unavailable it is thought that the extent of addictive sexual behavior in the U.S. is largely unacknowledged and underreported (J. P. Schneider, personal communication, September 11, 2002).Sexual addiction is defined as sexual compulsivity-poorly controlled sexual behavior with subjective distress or impairment in social functioning (Black, Kehrberg, Flumerfelt, & Schlosser, 1997) and as a loss of control over the ability to choose regarding one's sexual behaviors (i.e., extra-marital, affairs, sex with prostitutes, compulsive use of pornography) (Carnes, 1989). Although the concept of sexual addiction and compulsivity continues to invoke interest among researchers (Black et al
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