Techno-addiction to sex in the youth population: Proposal of items for the desing of a detection and screening scale

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https://doi.org/10.4185/RLCS-2018-1248

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Addiction, Sex, ICT, Youngs, Detection and Screening Scale, Clinic

Abstract

There are not many questionnaires that explain the use of Internet focused on sexual activity in the network and the sexual problems that derive from it from the use of technology for sexual purposes, and these questionnaires are less frequent if we refer to the child, adolescent and youth population (Stefano Eleuteri, Francesca Tripodi, Irene Petruccelli, Roberta Rossi, Chiara Simonelli, 2014). Objective: Present some articles-parameters for the design of an early detection and screening scale about the problematic use of the Internet for sexual activities in adolescents and young people, that informs us if an individual has a problem or not, or risk of having it regarding the sexual activity on the Internet, which will then lead to the creation in the future of a tool that can assess the causal-origin of sexual behaviors through the Internet and its relation to the lack of impulse control and disturbances in daily life. Method: The method used to design the scale consisted in the creation of a theoretical model from a meta-bibliographical analysis, in the proposal of psychosocial factors that integrate the phenomenon, and in the analysis of the previous existing scales in this field, of the which were obtained independent items-factors. To find the theoretical model exposed, it was tried to identify the shortcomings, to understand the coincidences and to look for the disorder as origin. Results: As a result, we obtain, through previously extracted factors as well as from previous theoretical models, certain items established in the DSM-5 that in the future will help us build an early detection and screening scale for the youth population, and based on in the causal origin of the behavior when an individual decides to "look for sex on the Internet". Conclusions: 11 items-factors are presented as solid proposals previously not considered for the creation of a future valid clinical tool for measuring the problem of using the Internet for sexual purposes based on the DSM-5, and which are based on: depression, anxiety, aggressiveness, social phobia, attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), compulsivity, obsession and impulsivity. At the same time, in the future, we intend to be able to collect information about the nature of the problem.

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Author Biographies

Olga Serrano Villalobos, Complutense University of Madrid

She is currently a Doctor in CC. Complutense University of Madrid. Specialized Communication and Health and in addictions to New Information and Communication Technologies (ICTCs). Researcher in the Chair of Communication and Health of the Department of Audiovisual Advertising Communication II (CAVP II) of the Faculty of Information Sciences (UCM). Professor of the subject Information Theories in the Degree of Advertising and Public Relations and in the Degree of Journalism at the King Juan Carlos University of Madrid. He has published works in various scientific journals and has participated in different international congresses. He currently carries out research focused on Communication and Health, with reference to images and psychosocial factors within the Department of Audiovisual Advertising Communication II of the Faculty of CC. (Universidad Complutense de Madrid). His research lines are focused on the techno-addiction to sex in the youth population, in the creation of theoretical models and analysis of psychosocial factors; in the creation of screening and screening tools, as well as the prevention of health through the image. His areas of study are: Communication, Sociology, Psychology and Psychiatry.

Luz Martínez Martínez, Complutense University of Madrid

PhD in Audiovisual Communication by Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Specialized in learning through media and in communication and health. Associated professor of Universidad Rey Juan Carlos and Researcher of the Chair of Communication and Health of the department of Communication, Audiovisual and Advertisement II of the Faculty of Information Sciences (UCM). Associated Professor in the graduate studies of Audiovisual Communication of Universidad Rey Juan Carlos de Madrid. She has published papers on scientific journals and has participated in numerous international congresses. Currently she is integrated as researcher in the Neuromarketing laboratory “NeurolabCenter” belonging to the department of Communication, Audiovisual and Advertisement II of the Faculty of Information Sciences (UCM).

Her research lines are focused on: the analysis of the creation and psychosocial and cultural effects of the audiovisual discourse in different platforms, its application in edu-entertainment and the study of its efficacy through innovative methodologies, neuromarketing.

José Ignacio Niño González, Complutense University of Madrid

PhD in Advertisement and Public Relations by Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and Master’s degree in Business Administration by Instituto de Empresa de Madrid. He is currently secretary of the Academic Commission of the Doctorate Program on Communication, Audiovisual, Advertisement and Public Relations that is taught in the Faculty of Information Sciences (UCM). He has performed research stays in the University of Pekin (China), Universidad de Zacatecas (México) and Universidad de Oporto (Portugal). He has published numerous papers on scientific journals, book chapters and books. Currently, he is working on two research projects, one of them of technological nature linked to Teaching Innovation and another one in the field of mediatic multiscreen consumption. He is now Subdirector of the Neuromarketing laboratory “NeurolabCenter” belonging to the Department of Communication, Audiovisual and Advertisement of Information Sciences (UCM).

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2018-01-26

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Serrano Villalobos, O. ., Martínez Martínez, L. ., & Niño González, J. I. . (2018). Techno-addiction to sex in the youth population: Proposal of items for the desing of a detection and screening scale. Revista Latina De Comunicación Social, (73), 115–132. https://doi.org/10.4185/RLCS-2018-1248

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