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Published in: Current Sexual Health Reports 4/2017

01-12-2017 | Variations in Orientation, Identity, Addiction, and Compulsion (E Coleman and J Vencill, Section Editor)

Out-of-Control Sexual Behavior in Women

Author: Stephanie Montgomery-Graham

Published in: Current Sexual Health Reports | Issue 4/2017

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Abstract

Purpose of Review

The goals of this article are to review the current research on out-of-control sexual behavior, also known as problematic hypersexuality, or hypersexual disorder, as it relates to women. Specifically, the paper reviews the existing epidemiological data, conceptualization of the symptoms, and measurement instruments used clinically and concludes by critically reviewing the small body of recent empirical research on out-of-control sexual behavior in women.

Recent Findings

Women are understudied and often not included in research about out-of-control sexual behavior. Empirical research studies use differing samples—clinical, community, and convenience samples—and use varying scales that capture different elements of the problematic hypersexuality construct. No clear clinical picture of women and problematic hypersexuality exists currently.

Summary

Future research should include women so researchers and clinicians can better understand clinical presentations, etiology, case conceptualization, and treatment of women presenting with beliefs and feelings that their sexual behavior is out of control.
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Metadata
Title
Out-of-Control Sexual Behavior in Women
Author
Stephanie Montgomery-Graham
Publication date
01-12-2017
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Current Sexual Health Reports / Issue 4/2017
Print ISSN: 1548-3584
Electronic ISSN: 1548-3592
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11930-017-0125-2

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