Is hypersexuality dimensional? Evidence for the DSM-5 from general population and clinical samples

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1309-1321

  Walters, Glenn D ^a   Knight, Raymond A ^b   Långström, Niklas ^c  

^a FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

DSM 5; Hypersexual disorder; Latent structure; Sexual addiction; Sexual compulsivity; Taxometric method

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82355194969     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-010-9719-8     Document Type: Article

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