Research Records

These records summarize specific pieces of scientific evidence — studies, reviews, and clinical classifications — that bear on problematic pornography use and compulsive sexual behaviour. Each record carries an explicit evidence tier and strength label. Records are ordered by tier, then by year.

These are summaries, not the full text. Where a citation is uncertain, the record marks it verification needed rather than inventing a DOI or PMID.

Record	Tier	Strength	Year	Type
Compulsive Sexual Behaviour Disorder (CSBD) in the ICD-11	Tier 1	Strong	2022	clinical-guideline
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) — Hypersexual Disorder not included	Tier 1	Strong	2013	clinical-guideline
Pornography Use and Psychological Science: A Call for Consideration	Tier 2	Moderate	2021	conceptual
Revisiting the Role of Impulsivity and Compulsivity in Problematic Sexual Behaviors	Tier 2	Moderate	2019	cross-sectional
Online Porn Addiction: What We Know and What We Don't—A Systematic Review of the Literature	Tier 2	Moderate	2019	systematic-review
Pornography Problems Due to Moral Incongruence: An Integrative Model with a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	Tier 2	Strong	2019	systematic-review
Self-reported addiction to pornography in a nationally representative sample: The roles of use habits, religiousness, and moral incongruence	Tier 2	Moderate	2019	cross-sectional
The Development of the Problematic Pornography Consumption Scale (PPCS)	Tier 2	Moderate	2018	cross-sectional
Compulsive sexual behaviour disorder in the ICD-11	Tier 2	Moderate	2018	conceptual
A current understanding of the behavioral neuroscience of compulsive sexual behavior disorder and problematic pornography use	Tier 2	Moderate	2018	conceptual
Can pornography be addictive? An fMRI study of men seeking treatment for problematic pornography use	Tier 2	Moderate	2017	cross-sectional
Hypersexuality: A Critical Review and Introduction to the 'Sexhavior Cycle'	Tier 2	Moderate	2017	conceptual
Integrating psychological and neurobiological considerations regarding the development and maintenance of specific Internet-use disorders: An Interaction of Person-Affect-Cognition-Execution (I-PACE) model	Tier 2	Moderate	2016	conceptual
Should compulsive sexual behavior be considered an addiction?	Tier 2	Moderate	2016	conceptual
Is Pornography Use Associated with Sexual Difficulties and Dysfunctions among Younger Heterosexual Men?	Tier 2	Moderate	2015	cross-sectional
Modulation of late positive potentials by sexual images in problem users and controls inconsistent with 'porn addiction'	Tier 2	Moderate	2015	cross-sectional
Viewing sexual stimuli associated with greater sexual responsiveness, not erectile dysfunction	Tier 2	Moderate	2015	conceptual
Neural correlates of sexual cue reactivity in individuals with and without compulsive sexual behaviours	Tier 2	Moderate	2014	cross-sectional
Sexual desire, not hypersexuality, is related to neurophysiological responses elicited by sexual images	Tier 2	Limited	2013	cross-sectional
Is Internet Pornography Causing Sexual Dysfunctions? A Review with Clinical Reports	Tier 3	Limited	2016	conceptual