Bőthe, Beáta, Koós, Mónika, Nagy, Léna, Kraus, Shane W., Demetrovics, Zsolt, Potenza, Marc N., Michaud, Aurélie, Ballester-Arnal, Rafael, Batthyány, Dominik, Bergeron, Sophie, Billieux, Joël, Briken, Peer, Burkauskas, Julius, Cárdenas-López, Georgina, Carvalho, Joana, Castro-Calvo, Jesús, Chen, Lijun, Ciocca, Giacomo, Corazza, Ornella, Csako, Rita, Fernandez, David P., Fernandez, Elaine F., Fournier, Loïs, Fujiwara, Hironobu, Fuss, Johannes, Gabrhelík, Roman, Gewirtz-Meydan, Ateret, Gjoneska, Biljana, Gola, Mateusz, Grubbs, Joshua B., Hashim, Hashim T., Islam, Md. Saiful, Ismail, Mustafa, Jiménez-Martínez, Martha C., Jurin, Tanja, Kalina, Ondrej, Klein, Verena, Költő, András, Lee, Chih-Ting, Lee, Sang-Kyu, Lewczuk, Karol, Lin, Chung-Ying, Liverpool John Moores University’s Research Team, -, Lochner, Christine, López-Alvarado, Silvia, Lukavská, Kateřina, Mayta-Tristán, Percy, Milea, Ionut, Miller, Daniel J., Orosová, Oľga, Orosz, Gábor, Sungkyunkwan University’s Research Team, -, Ponce, Fernando P., Quintana, Gonzalo R., Quintero Garzola, Gabriel C., Ramos-Diaz, Jano, Rigaud, Kévin, Rousseau, Ann, De Tubino Scanavino, Marco, Schulmeyer, Marion K., Sharan, Pratap, Shibata, Mami, Shoib, Sheikh, Sigre Leirós, Vera L., Sniewski, Luke, Spasovski, Ognen, Steibliene, Vesta, Stein, Dan J., Strizek, Julian, Štulhofer, Aleksandar, Ünsal, Berk C., and Vaillancourt-Morel, Marie-Pier (2023) Compulsive sexual behavior disorder in 42 countries: Insights from the International Sex Survey and introduction of standardized assessment tools. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 12 (2). pp. 393-407.

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Abstract

Background and aims: Despite its inclusion in the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases, there is a virtual paucity of high-quality scientific evidence about compulsive sexual behavior disorder (CSBD), especially in underrepresented and underserved populations. Therefore, we comprehensively examined CSBD across 42 countries, genders, and sexual orientations, and validated the original (CSBD-19) and short (CSBD-7) versions of the Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder Scale to provide standardized, state-of-the-art screening tools for research and clinical practice.

Method: Using data from the International Sex Survey (N = 82,243; Mage = 32.39 years, SD = 12.52), we evaluated the psychometric properties of the CSBD-19 and CSBD-7 and compared CSBD across 42 countries, three genders, eight sexual orientations, and individuals with low vs. high risk of experiencing CSBD.

Results: A total of 4.8% of the participants were at high risk of experiencing CSBD. Country- and gender-based differences were observed, while no sexual-orientation-based differences were present in CSBD levels. Only 14% of individuals with CSBD have ever sought treatment for this disorder, with an additional 33% not having sought treatment because of various reasons. Both versions of the scale demonstrated excellent validity and reliability.

Discussion and conclusions: This study contributes to a better understanding of CSBD in underrepresented and underserved populations and facilitates its identification in diverse populations by providing freely accessible ICD-11-based screening tools in 26 languages. The findings may also serve as a crucial building block to stimulate research into evidence-based, culturally sensitive prevention and intervention strategies for CSBD that are currently missing from the literature.

Item ID:	79149
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	2063-5303
Keywords:	addictive behavior, assessment, compulsive sexual behavior, cross-cultural, International Sex Survey (ISS), validation
Copyright Information:	Open Access. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium for non-commercial purposes, provided the original author and source are credited, a link to the CC License is provided, and changes – if any – are indicated.
Date Deposited:	30 Jun 2023 01:46
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