Internet Sex Screening Test Research Articles

Cybersex behavior and related factors among adolescents in Indonesia

Cybersex behavior can lead to potential harm and addiction among adolescents. The aim of this study was to analyze factors that influence cybersex behavior among adolescents. The design used in this study was a cross-sectional. Data was collected from students at senior high school from March to June 2022 using simple random sampling. Total sample was 140 students. The questionnaire were parental sexual communication questionnaires, family monitoring questionnaires, peer interaction questionnaires, internet addiction test (IAT), internet sex screening test. Data was analyzed using Spearman's Rho test. The results showed that parental sexual communication was in the low category (55.7%), family monitoring was in the low category (39.3%), most of the adolescent’s peer interaction was at a moderate level (88.6%), the use of social media was moderate (85%), cybersex behavior was at risk was 97.1%. The results show that there was a relationship between parental sexual communication and cybersex behavior (p=0.002); peer interaction and cybersex behavior (p=0.002), social media and cybersex behavior (p=0.000); family monitoring and cybersex behavior (ρ=0.000) among adolescents. Parental monitoring and communication, social media use education and look for positive peer are important factors to prevent cybersex behavior among adolescents.

Studi Deskriptif Perilaku Cybersex Pada Remaja

This study aims to look at the description of cybersex behavior in adolescents. This study used a quantitative approach involving 750 adolescents with an age range of 15-19 years. The measuring instrument used was ISST (Internet Sex Screening Test) which was compiled by the researcher based on aspects of cybersex by Delmonico and Miller (2003). The results showed that cybersex activity in this study was in the moderate category at 53.5%.

Case series analysis validation of the ERICSO: a new assessment tool for internet child abuse material offenders

PurposeThere are limited risk assessment tools validated for use with the internet child abuse material (I/CAM) offender cohort. Developed through a multi-stage process, the purpose of this paper is to present the “Estimated Risk for Internet Child Sexual Offending” (ERICSO), a new tool for I/CAM offender assessment, including demographic, collection, nature of engagement and social domains, plus a structured professional judgement section. Validation studies remain ongoing.Design/methodology/approachThis paper presents a case series analysis of six Australian men, including two Aboriginal men, convicted of I/CAM offences to pilot proposed ERICSO domains and commence validation against the short self-esteem scale, University of California Los Angles loneliness scale, internet sex screening test and the sexual violence risk-20 V2.FindingsParticipants of all ages generally reported histories of mental health diagnosis and/or treatment and substance abuse. Two participants reported prior sexual offending, one for I/CAM offences. Participants expressed sexual preferences for female child victims and were convicted of possessing thousands of I/CAM files. Two participants reported accessing I/CAM for over six and 10 years, respectively, before detection by law enforcement.Practical implicationsPreliminary implications indicate ERICSO higher scores are consistent with I/CAM offenders having more online sexual behaviour diversity and more areas of risk/treatment need. For example, participants with problematic self-esteem and loneliness in our data set have higher ERICSO scores. Social connectedness may be a relevant factor though definitive conclusions cannot be drawn from the small sample size.Originality/valueThe ERICSO presents novel assessment of factors in considering treatment targets in addressing both illegal I/CAM and problematic legal sexual behaviours.

Online Sexual Activity among Iranian Clients with Borderline Personality Disorder and Its Correlation with Severity of Symptoms.

Objective: Clients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) often engage in high-risk sexual behaviors. Online sexual platforms convey abusive and harmful themes, especially for this group of sexually impulsive patients. We hypothesized a correlation between their online sexual activities and the severity of BPD symptoms. Method : Fifty clients with BPD who were referred to Iran psychiatric hospital and Tehran Psychiatric Institute in 2020 participated in this research. The Borderline Evaluation of Severity over Time (BEST) questionnaire was used to assess the severity of BPD symptoms, and the Internet Sex Screening Test (ISST) was used to evaluate online sexual behaviors. A psychiatric interview considered substance abuse and other confounding factors. Results: The mean ISST and BEST scores were 7.82 ± 5.74 and 41.7 ± 12.5, respectively. There was a positive and significant correlation between the severity of BPD symptoms and online sexual activities (P < 0.001, r = 0.480). There was also a significant relationship between online sexual activities and a history of substance abuse (P = 0.003, F = 25.06). Conclusion: Online sexual activity can harm clients with BPD who are more vulnerable to high-risk sexual behaviors. More severe borderline personality traits were associated with more online sexual activity, which underlines the importance of providing education about and managing such activities in clients with BPD.

Comparison of Online Sexual Activity Among Iranian Individuals With and Without Substance Use Disorder: A Case-Control Study.

The most important practical concerns in addiction medicine are the non-substance addiction and related addictive behaviors among individuals with substance use disorder. On the other hand, technological advances, and easy access have increased the frequency of online sexual activities (OSAs) as one of these behaviors. This study aimed to compare the prevalence of OSAs, based on the Internet Sex Screening Test (ISST) scores, among 60 patients with substance use disorder referred to Iran Psychiatric Hospital and 60 non-dependent individuals. The results showed significant negative correlations between the ISST scores and age, age at the onset of substance use, and substance use duration. There was a significant difference between the ISST scores of the case and control groups (P = 0.001). Patients who start using substances at an early age and have a great duration of substance use are more likely to engage in other addictive behaviors such as OSAs. Therefore, it is critical to consider OSAs and other addictive behaviors in patients with substance use disorder to provide better care for this vulnerable community.

Internet Usage and Risky Sexual Behavior among High School Students in a Suburban Area of Indonesia

BACKGROUND: Internet has been of great benefit to human life, however, it has some disadvantages which exist particularly among young people. AIM: Therefore, this study aims to investigate the internet usage and risky sexual behavior among high school students in a suburban area in Indonesia. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study carried out using stratified random sampling in a high school located in a suburban area in West Java, Indonesia. Furthermore, self-administered Modified Internet Sex Screening Test (ISST) questionnaire was applied to measure the risky sexual behavior among the students. RESULTS: The results showed that based on the overall risky sexual behavior from internet usage, 35 (12.9%), 211 (77.6%), and 26 (9.6%) subjects were at low, medium, and high risk, respectively. Furthermore, the male gender and browsing for sexual content video were discovered to be the significant risk factors associated with risky sexual behavior with an adjusted odds ratio (AOR) of 5.79 (95% CI: 1.15-29.14) and 3.11 (95% CI: 1.03-9.39), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: From the results obtained, it was concluded that the prevalence of risky sexual behavior based on internet usage is high among students. Furthermore, it was discovered that male students need more attention by being involved in healthy sexual education. In addition, the role of policy-maker in filtering the accessible content for students is required.

Cyber-Pornography Addiction among Medical Students of Telangana

Introduction:- It is understood as an act of using cyber space to create, display, distribute, impart or publishpornography or obscene materials, especially materials depicting children engaged in sexual acts with adults.There are tons of materials which are available now at our fingertips with the advent of 4G network andsmart phones. Almost 50% of the websites exhibit pornographic material on the internet today. Pornographyis accessible to anyone and everyone. 9 out of 10 boys are exposed to some form of pornography before theage of 18 years whereas the average ratio is 6 out of 10 for girls. Objectives:-1. To identify the prevalenceof risk of cyber-pornography addiction amongst medical students. 2.To identify the type of risk presentamong the students. Methodology:-This study was conducted with the help of a pre-designed, pre-testedweb-based questionnaire based on Internet Sex Screening Test amongst the medical college students ofTelangana.Duration of the study: 1st January 2019 to29th February 2019 (2 months). Results: - In the presentstudy most of the study population (59.02%) was 3rd MBBS students, less study population from internees(4.39%). Males were 58.35% and females were 41.46%. Among Males 75 (36.58%) are under low risk,45 (21.95%) are at risk, Among Females 82 (40%)are under low risk, 3 (1.46%)are at risk which wasstatistically significant. Conclusion:- It is concluded that majority of the males and females came under lowrisk category but males were more under vulnerable category. So males showed higher risk of addiction topornography. Pornography is affecting the lives of the students. Recommendations:- Educating the massesabout the detrimental effects of cyber pornography at the levels of individual, family, society and the nation.Compulsory sex education during high school i.e. during the formative years of an adolescent.

Internet et sexualité chez les étudiants en médecine

ObjectivesWe proposed to evaluate certain aspects of the sexuality of medical students and to identify the characteristics of cybersexual addicts. Materials and methodsWe conducted a descriptive and analytical study among 220 medical students at the Faculty of Medicine of Sfax (Tunisia). We excluded married participants. We used an anonymous self-administered questionnaire composed of 58 items, including the “Internet Sex Screening Test” to assess the risk of sexual cyberaddiction. Statistical analysis was performed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences software (20th version). For frequency comparison, we used the Pearson's Chi2 test and the Fischer test. For the comparison of means, we used the Student's t-test and the Mann–Witney test. The significance level was set at 0.05. ResultsOne hundred and fifteen students were included. Their mean age was 22.23 years±2.34. Most of them were female (62.6 %), registered in the second cycle (72.2 %), had an urban origin (73.9 %) and lived in the parental home (79.1 %). Their socioeconomic level was medium (82.6 %) or high (17.4 %). The main sources of sexual information were: peers (68.7 %), Internet (59.1 %), television (47 %), teachers (36.5 %), books (23.5 %) and parents (14.8 %). The participants admitted having sexual fantasies and practicing masturbation in less than half of the cases (46.1 % and 43.5 %, respectively). The majority reported not having penetrating sexual intercourse (87.8 %) or superficial ones (73.9 %). The interest for cybersex began on average at the age of 17.26 years. The use of the Internet for sexual purposes involved two-thirds of the respondents. About half of them surfed on “sex” sites (54.8 %) or consulted sexology websites (49.6 %). The mean score of ISST was 2.88 and the risk of sexual cyberaddiction concerned 8.7 % of students. The features associated with a higher risk of sexual cyberaddiction were: male sex (P<0.001), earlier age of onset of sexual interest (P<0.001), preference for a society granting sexual freedom (P<0.001), the presence of sexual fantasies (P=0.001), the practice of masturbation (P=0.002) and the practice of superficial intercourse (P=0.003) or penetrating intercourse (P<0.001). ConclusionsCybersexuality is a common activity among medical students, but its problematic use is relatively rare. Further large-scale studies would be needed, especially to explore the motivations of cybersex users and the consequences of their behavior on their offline sexuality.

Validity and Reliability of the Persian Version of Internet Sex Screening Test in Iranian Medical Students

This study investigated the cultural adaptation, validity, and reliability of the Persian version of Internet Sex Screening Test (P-ISST). In this cross-sectional study, 97 medical students were included. Content and face validity of the questionnaire were established by experts. The item-level content validity index ranged from 0.83 to 1.0. Internal consistency for the P-ISST total score (α = 0.923) was acceptable. Except for the “Online sexual spending” subscale, the Cronbach’s alpha values for subscales fell between 0.7 and 0.9. This instrument can be used as an easily administered screening tool for assessment of online sexual activities in university students.

Sexuality in the Internet Era: Expressions of Hispanic Adolescent and Young People

ABSTRACTCybersex is an important manifestation of sexuality among adolescents and young people. However, there is not enough information about this sexual expression, in particular, in cultures such as Latino culture, which has a traditional perception of human sexuality. This study evaluates online sexual activity among Hispanic adolescent and young people. For this purpose, 2,227 participants from Mexico and Spain (between 15 and 25 years old) completed the Internet Sex Screening Test. Our findings reveal that the most common use of cybersex is recreational, although men and women show risk for cybersex abuse. This is associated with pornography consumption, anal sex, sexual orientation, and gender for adolescent and young people. The more conservative and gendered tradition seems to modulate some aspects of cybersex in both groups, who have revealed some differences in their behaviors. Therefore, cybersex is also an expression of sexuality among Hispanic adolescent and young people and should be considered in sexual health promotion programs and policies.

Prevalence and determinants of online-sex use in the German population.

IntroductionThe unlimited access to sexual features in the World Wide Web has raised concerns about excessive and problematic online-sex use. However, little is known about antecedents of internet-sex use of different intensity. Based on a representative German sample of 2,522 participants between the ages of 14 and 97 years, the aims of the present study were (1) to determine the prevalence rates of online-sex users with the short version (ISSTGSV) of the Internet Sex Screening Test and (2) to associate online-sex use with anxious vs. avoidant partner attachment patterns and “Big Five” personality traits as potential antecedents.ResultsThe ISST is a brief, one-dimensional and reliable measure of online-sex activities (rtt = .69). Overall, 14.7% of respondents reported occasional and 4.2% intensive online-sex use. In multivariate analysis, online-sex use was significantly positively associated with male sex, younger age, unemployment and an anxious partner attachment pattern and negatively with conscientiousness and agreeableness.ConclusionsArousal and satisfaction by virtual enactment of sexual phantasies may be attractive for anxiously attached persons who find it difficult to commit to a real life relationship due to fear of rejection or low self-esteem. More knowledge about the individual antecedents of intensive online-sex use may also be helpful for the development of consultation and treatment strategies for excessive and addictive online-sex use.

Cybersex in the “Net generation”: Online sexual activities among Spanish adolescents

The internet offers several opportunities to explore sexuality among adolescents. However, some studies have also revealed problematic effects of cybersex in earlier stages. Despite this, few studies analyze the online sexual behavior among adolescents, even less in Spain where there is very little data. For this reason, our aim is to examine the use of internet for sexual purposes among Spanish adolescents, including gender differences. Three hundred and twenty-two adolescents completed an ad-hoc questionnaire and the Spanish version of the Internet Sex Screening Test. In general, boys report more cybersex than girls do, for example, in masturbating while the Internet (60.6% of boys and 7.3% of girls). In addition, internet sex interferes with lifestyles more frequently in boys (12.7% of them) than in girls (4.7% of them). Moreover, according to linear regression, variables such as general pornography use or oral sex seem to be connected to cybersex for both groups, while same-sex behaviors are more associated with cybersex for boys and masturbation for girls. Therefore, these findings support the existence of cybersex among Spanish adolescents (ranging from 3.1% to 60.6% in boys and 0%–11.5% in girls for some online sexual activities), including certain problematic behaviors (8.6% of boys show a risk profile), and the relevance of gender in its analysis. These results should be considered in prevention and support strategies.

Unusual online sexual interests in heterosexual Swedish and Italian university students

Summary Previous studies explain that the Internet makes it possible to explore various unusual desires with little embarrassment and often with the illusion of personal security. Despite the flourishing publications on the double link between sexuality and the Internet in the last decade, there are relatively few studies analyzing the contents of online erotic stimuli to specifically investigate unusual sexual interests. Objective of the study To examine cultural and gender differences in online sexual behaviors and unusual sexual interests in online pornography reported by young adults recruited in Italy and Sweden, aiming to offer clinical considerations that could be useful when facing this issue in clinical practice. Method A survey was conducted with 847 Italian and Swedish heterosexual university students. They completed a set of measures including Internet Sex Screening Test, Sexual Addiction Screening Test – Abbreviated and Unusual Online Sexual Interests Questionnaire. Results Men scored higher than women did on viewing and feeling excited by unusual sexual interests. Although the conditional effect of gender was statistically significant ( P Discussion and conclusion Our results could help clinicians by offering information about the diffusion of some unusual online sexual interests and the “normality” of the Internet use for sexual purposes. It is very important that the clinicians have a specific knowledge on online sexual matters; otherwise, they could be vulnerable to stereotyping and making judgments. The contents of the seen pornographic scenes and the felt excitement could be important topics to focus in the psychosexual counselling. They could be considered, in fact, as possible indicators of sexual compulsivity and/or cybersexual problematic behavior.

Relationship Status as an Influence on Cybersex Activity: Cybersex, Youth, and Steady Partner

The authors focus on the influence of participants’ having or not having a steady partner when reference to cybersex use. Participants were 1,239 young, Spanish individuals who completed the Internet Sex Screening Test. Results showed the influence of being in a relationship on certain consumption dimensions of cybersex; the influence was found to be greater in men than in women. In general, cybersex activity was higher for single participants, although it was also significant for participants with a steady partner. The authors’ findings facilitate the comprehension of the effect of new technologies in intimate human relationships.

P-29 - Cybersex addiction - prevalence of dysfunctional usage of cybersex offers

Behavioral addictions are probably as old as humanity itself and sexual addiction might be the oldest. Access to huge databases and fast communication via internet has facilitated virtual sexual behavior, since watching movies, going shopping or talking to another person without leaving the house is now the rule rather than the exception. According to Cooper (1998) accessibility, affordability and anonymity (Triple A engine) are the three main factors for the development of dysfunctional usage of cybersex. Thus behavioral addictions such as cybersex addiction have emerged on the basis of new technology. In this representative study, 2.500 Germans between 14 and 97 have been orally interviewed about their sexual online behavior. The aim was to identify the prevalence of cybersex addiction with the aid of the short version of the Internet Sex Screening Test (ISST; Delmonico, 1997; translated German version Giralt, Wölfling & Beutel, in press). First results indicate that a significant number of people are at risk to be addicted to cybersex, since they consider themselves as addicted to cybersex and have tried to abandon sexual activities online. Other results point to link between socio-demographic data e.g. age and marital status and the appearance of cybersex addiction. Cybersex addiction is a disorder which should be further explored since it can lead to serious negative impact in the psycho-social life of the person concerned. Offers for therapy and counseling are sparse, yet a qualified treatment could significantly increase affected people's quality of life.

Explorative survey on the level of online sexual activities and sexual paraphilias

Objectives The objective of this survey is to analyze the relationship between the level of online sexual activities (OSA) and the presence of sexual paraphilias in a sample of 300 Internet users (230 males, 63 females and 7 transsexuals; age 18-58 years). Materials and methods Participants recruitment and data gathering were managed online through a self-report electronic questionnaire that included: The Internet Sex Screening Test, aimed to assess the level of OSA and to divide the users in recreative users and at-risk users; an ad hoc questionnaire (QTSPoo) elaborated to survey the presence of online and offline sexual paraphilias. Results Our data showed a positive and significant relationship between the level of OSA and the time spent online for sexual purposes and also between the level of OSA and the level of sexual paraphilias, specifically: group sex, exhibitionism, fetishism, sadism, masochism, voyeurism, reversed voyeurism, urophilia, narratophilia and picacism. We assessed differences between at-risk group (n=126) and recreative group (n=153) on the basis of some socio-demographic variables and also in relation to frequency and time online for sexual purposes. Specifically, the at-risk users group reports a level of online and offline sexual paraphilias higher than the recreative group. This difference is statistically significant (t(277) = −10.91, p Conclusions The differences assessed between the groups seems to support the theoretical hypothesis that considers the use of Internet to obtain sexual satisfaction a potential factor involved in the complex expression of paraphiliac sexual behaviour.

The Internet Sex Screening Test: A comparison of sexual compulsives versus non-sexual compulsives

This study compared individuals who are sexually compulsive with their non-compulsive counterpart on selected demographic characteristics and online sexual activities through the use of the Internet Sex Screening Test (ISST). Selected demographic variables were compared, as well as seven empirically derived subscales on the ISST. Male (n=5005) and female (n=1083) data were analysed separately with a one-way between-subjects multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA). Results indicated that there were no meaningful differences between the age of offline sexual compulsives and non-sexually compulsive individuals, or the total amount of time they spent online. However, the ratio of total online time to time spent online in pursuit of sexual behaviours was found to be meaningful, since sexual compulsives spent significantly more time engaged in online sexual behaviour than non-sexual compulsives. In addition, scores on all seven subscales of the ISST (online sexual compulsivity, online sexual behaviour-social, online sexual behaviour-isolated, online sexual spending, interest in online sexual material, nonhome computer use for online sexual behaviour, and accessing illegal sexual material) were found to be significantly higher for sexual compulsives than the non-sexually compulsive sample. The limitations of this study are discussed along with implications of the findings.

Virtual Sex Addiction: When Cybersex Becomes the Drug of Choice

This article explores how the concepts of cybersex and sexual addiction overlap. Sexual addiction is explained briefly to provide the reader with the necessary information to understand how this overlap may occur. Examination of data from recent studies in cybersex are presented. In addition, several cybersex case examples are provided to illuminate numerical findings with real-life clinical examples. Recommendations for future research are presented along with the Internet Sex Screening Test to help assess whether someone may need help with their cybersexual addiction.