Abstinence from Masturbation and Hypersexuality

• DOI: 10.1007/s10508-019-01623-8
• Publication Date: 2020-03-04T18:02:47Z
• Authors: Felix Zimmer; Roland Imhoff
• Keywords: Hypersexuality

Abstract Despite the lack of evidence for negative health effects masturbation, abstinence from masturbation is frequently recommended as a strategy to improve one’s sexual self-regulation. We adopted framework perceived problems with pornography collect first hints about whether stems psychological and behavioral “addiction” or conflicting attitudes. In an online questionnaire survey recruited via non-thematic Reddit thread ( n = 1063), most participants reported that they had tried be abstinent masturbation. As visible zero-order correlations multiple linear regression, motivation was mostly associated attitudinal correlates, specifically perception unhealthy. While there were associations hypersexuality, no significant correlation markers such maximum number orgasms found. Higher related higher impact conservatism, religiosity lower trust in science. argue research on can enrich understanding how average frequencies healthy behavior are pathologized.