Individual Differences in Testosterone and Self-Control Predict Compulsive Sexual Behavior Proneness in Young Males.

ABSTRACT: The ability to control sexual urges and impulses is essential to achieve individual and social harmony. Failing to regulate sexual behavior can lead to the interference with daily life goals, sexual diseases transmission and moral violations, among others. The dual control model of sexual response proposes that an imbalance between sexual excitation and sexual inhibition mechanisms may lead to sexual dysregulation, thereby explaining problematic sexual behavior. Interindividual differences in self-control and testosterone levels are likely to modulate sexual regulation mechanisms, but these individual features have scarcely been studied in the context of compulsive sexual behavior. This study investigated the role of sexual excitation and inhibition, self-control and testosterone levels in

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez-Nieto G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8677662 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature