PS-01-003 Psychological correlates of hypersexual disorder

Abstract

The aim of this study was to assess differences in discounting rates, level of impulsivity and compulsivity and attachment style in 3 groups of patients 1) compulsively masturbating; 2) having uncontrolled sexual relationships with multiple partners (HUSRwMP); 3) compulsively masturbating and HUSRwMP. 108 patients meeting diagnostic criteria of hypersexual disorder by Kafka were interviewed and completed the Monetary Choice Questionnaire, UPPS-P Scale (Impulsive Behavior Scale), Y-BOCS (Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale), OCI-R (Obsessive – Compulsive Inventory – Revised), STAI Test (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory), ECR-R (Experiences in Close Relationships-Revised). We found differences in: - the average values of the discounting rate between the three tested groups. The highest discounting rates for each quota range were obtained by the patients from group 3. - two subscales UPPS-P scores between groups. These differences occur in the Premeditation (lack of) subscale and Perseverance (lack of) subscale. The respondents from group 3 receive significantly higher scores in these subscales in the UPPS Scale compared to the first two groups. - the intensity of obsessive-compulsive behaviors and anxiety between the three groups. On the OCI-R scale, 34% of the subjects were OCD. In the STAI test, 45.5% of the subjects had tall anxiety as a trait. Groups 1:2 differed in the result of anxiety as trait. In the Y-BOCS ware differences between groups 2:3 on the scale of compulsive disorder.