Journal of Behavioral Addictions
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Volume 4: Issue 1
Sexual compulsion — Relationship with sex, attachment and sexual orientation
Authors:
Aviv Weinstein University of Ariel, Science Park Department of Behavioral Science 40700 Ariel Israel

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Lichen Katz University of Ariel, Science Park Department of Behavioral Science 40700 Ariel Israel

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Hila Eberhardt University of Ariel, Science Park Department of Behavioral Science 40700 Ariel Israel

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Koby Cohen University of Ariel, Science Park Department of Behavioral Science 40700 Ariel Israel

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Michel Lejoyeux Paris 7 University and Hospital Bichat Claude Bernard, AP-HP and Maison Blanche Hospital Department of Psychiatry Paris France

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Pages:
22–26
Online Publication Date:
18 Mar 2015
Publication Date:
01 Mar 2015
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/jba.4.2015.1.6
Keywords:
sexual compulsivity; attachment; sex differences; homosexuality
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  • Ruth J. van HOLST (Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands)
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  • Maria BELLRINGER (Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand)
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  • Belle GAVRIEL-FRIED (The Bob Shapell School of Social Work, Tel Aviv University, Israel)
  • Biljana GJONESKA (Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Republic of North Macedonia)
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  • Anneke GOUDRIAAN (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
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  • Eric HOLLANDER (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA)
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  • Yasser KHAZAAL (Geneva University Hospital, Switzerland)
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  • Chih-Hung KO (Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan)
  • Shane KRAUS (University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, USA)
  • Hae Kook LEE (The Catholic University of Korea, Republic of Korea)
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  • Katerina LUKAVSKA (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic)
  • Giovanni MARTINOTTI (‘Gabriele d’Annunzio’ University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy)
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  • Astrid MÜLLER (Hannover Medical School, Germany)
  • Daniel Thor OLASON (University of Iceland, Iceland)
  • Ståle PALLESEN (University of Bergen, Norway)
  • Afarin RAHIMI-MOVAGHAR (Teheran University of Medical Sciences, Iran)
  • József RÁCZ (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary)
  • Michael SCHAUB (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
  • Marcantanio M. SPADA (London South Bank University, United Kingdom)
  • Daniel SPRITZER (Study Group on Technological Addictions, Brazil)
  • Dan J. STEIN (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
  • Sherry H. STEWART (Dalhousie University, Canada)
  • Attila SZABÓ (Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary)
  • Hermano TAVARES (Instituto de Psiquiatria do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil)
  • Alexander E. VOISKOUNSKY (Moscow State University, Russia)
  • Aviv M. WEINSTEIN (Ariel University, Israel)
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