Pathways to Sex Addiction: Relationships with Adverse Childhood Experience, Attachment, Narcissism, Self-Compassion and Motivation in a Gender-Balanced Sample

Asano

et al. 2022

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Workplace mental health is a cause for concern in many countries. Globally, 78% of the workforce experienced impairment of their mental health in 2020. In Japan, more than half of employees are mentally distressed. Previously, research has identified that self-compassion (i.e., being kind and understanding towards oneself) and work motivation were important to their mental health. However, how these three components relate to each other remains to be elucidated. Accordingly, this study aimed to examine the relationship between mental health problems, self-compassion and work motivation (i.e., intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation and amotivation). A cross-sectional design was employed, where 165 Japanese workers completed self-report scales regarding those three components. A correlation and path analyses were conducted. Mental health problems were positively associated with amotivation and negatively associated with age and self-compassion. While intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation did not mediate the impact of self-compassion on mental health problems, amotivation did. The findings can help managers and organizational psychologists help identify effective approaches to improving work mental health.

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 85%

Mental Health of Japanese Workers: Amotivation Mediates Self-Compassion on Mental Health Problems

Asano

et al. 2022

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“…Sex addiction symptoms consist of looking for new sexual partners, having compulsive masturbation and sexual intercourse, frequent pornography consumption, repeated unsuccessful efforts to stop excessive sexual behaviors, having risky sexual experiences, obsessive thoughts of sex, feeling guilt or shame about their sexual behaviors, and a strong desire for anonymous sex [1,[3][4][5]. Sex addiction is associated with increased risktaking behaviors such as drug use, alcohol consumption and having multiple sexual partners, anxiety, depression, impulsivity, loneliness, low self-confidence, and insecure attachment styles [1,3,[6][7][8].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The psychometric properties of the Bergen–Yale sex addiction scale for the Iranian population

et al. 2021

Background The assessment of sex addiction among different populations requires a valid and reliable tool. Since the Bergen–Yale Sex Addiction Scale (BYSAS) was not available in Iran, this study aimed to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Persian version of the BYSAS. Methods After translation/back-translation procedure, a total of 756 Iranian men and women completed the BYSAS. The structural validity of this tool was evaluated by exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. An expert panel review also examined content validity of the items. Psychometric properties of the scale including validity, reliability (internal consistency [Cronbach’s alpha]) and test-retest) and factor structure were assessed. Results Content Validity Index (CVI) and Content Validity Ratio (CVR) scores for the BYSAS were 0.75 and 0.62, respectively. In the measure’s structural validity, the results of exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis supported the One-factor structure. Data analysis demonstrated satisfactory internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha ranging from 0.88 to 0.89). Discussion Study findings suggest that the BYSAS is a valid and reliable instrument for assessing sex addiction among Persian speaking adults. Replication of research findings is needed to expand the BYSAS for clinical and non-clinical Iranian populations.

“…Further, ACEs have been consistently associated with depressed affect (Afifi et al, 2006(Afifi et al, , 2014Atzl et al, 2019;Negriff, 2020), suicide attempts (Afifi et al, 2014(Afifi et al, , 2017Duke et al, 2010), anxiety (Afifi et al, 2006(Afifi et al, , 2014Negriff, 2020), post-traumatic stress disorder (Afifi et al, 2014;Atzl et al, 2019;Dvir et al, 2014), and substance use (Afifi et al, 2006(Afifi et al, , 2012(Afifi et al, , 2020bDube et al, 2006;Moss et al, 2020). More broadly, ACEs have also been associated with a range of behavioral addictions including food addiction and binge eating (Imperatori et al, 2016), internet addiction (Arslan, 2017;Dalbudak et al, 2014), and sex addiction (Kotera & Rhodes, 2019). ACEs are highly prevalent in North America, with many individuals reporting experiencing at least one ACE (69.1-75.1%; Afifi et al, 2020b;Poole et al, 2017Poole et al, , 2018 and, commonly, people report experiencing up to four or more ACEs (5.9-20.7%; Cronholm et al, 2015;Dong et al, 2004;Dube et al, 2003;Poole et al, 2018).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Risky Gambling Behaviors: Associations with Mental Health and a History of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

et al. 2021

Problem gambling and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are highly co-morbid and lead to numerous adverse health outcomes. Research demonstrates that greater levels of well-being protect individuals from experiencing ACE-related harms after a history of childhood adversity; however, this relationship has not been examined in the gambling literature. We hypothesized that individuals who experienced ACEs would engage in more problem gambling behaviors. We also hypothesized that individuals who experienced ACEs and reported flourishing mental health would have lower rates of problem gambling than individuals who experienced ACEs but did not report flourishing mental health. We conducted a secondary data analysis of the adult sample in the Well-Being and Experiences (WE) Study. Examining a parent population, parents and caregivers (N = 1000; Mage = 45.2 years; 86.5% female) of adolescents were interviewed on a variety of measures, including their history of ACEs, their gambling behaviors within the past year, and their mental health and well-being. We used multinomial logistic regression analysis to examine the relationship between 15 ACEs and gambling type (i.e., non-gambler, non-problem gambler, at-risk/problem gambler). We used interaction terms between each ACE and mental health to examine the moderating role of flourishing mental health and well-being. ACEs were associated with at-risk/problem gambling supporting hypothesis 1. Contrary to hypothesis 2, overall, flourishing mental health did not moderate the relationship between ACEs and gambling severity except for one ACE. In this study, we were able to gain a better understanding of how different ACEs each contribute to varying levels of gambling severity.