A surprising finding related to executive control in a patient sample of hypersexual men

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2227-2236

  Reid, Rory C ^a,b   Garos, Sheila ^c   Carpenter, Bruce N ^a   Coleman, Eli ^d  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Deficits in Emotion Regulation; Executive Functioning; Hypersexual Disorder; Sexual Compulsivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLOR WORD INTERFERENCE TEST; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; COMPULSIVE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIS KAPLAN EXECUTIVE FUNCTION SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPERSEXUAL BEHAVIOR INVENTORY; HYPERSEXUALITY; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MINI INTERNATIONAL NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INTERVIEW; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TOWER TEST; VERBAL FLUENCY TEST; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

EID: 79960834024     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02314.x     Document Type: Article

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