Is sex-addiction a behavioral-addiction or only a term for those whodiffers from the prevailing standard?
For my study I did researched sex-addiction and with this I like to share the short version of it with all of you.
Summary
I'm investigating what the current understanding of sex-addiction is, what the cause is or what increases the chance of getting an addiction, what influence having an (sex-) addiction has on he life of the addict and if there are differences between men and women. With different search engines I found a lot of scientific articles and books which give me an answer to my questions. I found that addiction, according to the DSM-IV, must meet certain conditions and different researches have different conditions concerning sex-addiction. Most sex-addicts have childhood traumas, know no/not much intimacy, and/or have a multiple addiction which causes more trouble. Concerning all results I think there should be more research be done about sex-addiction, but the concept is already plausible enough to been considered as a behavioral-addiction.