The Relationship between Boredom Proneness, Attachment Styles and Compulsive Sexual Behavior

Eli Coleman; Ryan L. Rahm-Knigge; Samuel Danielson; Katja H. Nielsen; Neil Gleason; Todd Jennings; Michael H Miner

doi:10.1080/0092623X.2022.2086511

The Relationship between Boredom Proneness, Attachment Styles and Compulsive Sexual Behavior

Eli Coleman, Ryan L. Rahm-Knigge, Samuel Danielson, Katja H. Nielsen, Neil Gleason, Todd Jennings, Michael H Miner

Family Medicine and Community Health (Twin Cities)

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Abstract

Affect regulation is associated with compulsive sexual behavior (CSB) despite ongoing debate about its inclusion in diagnostic criteria. Previous studies on two specific affect regulation constructs–boredom proneness and attachment styles–suggest that affect regulation is associated with CSB. We tested a moderation model of the effects of attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance on the relationship between boredom proneness and CSB. Results indicate that the relationship between boredom proneness and CSB is stronger at higher levels of attachment anxiety, with no interaction between boredom proneness and attachment avoidance. Overall findings support the importance of affect regulation in conceptualizing and treating CSB.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	172-188
Number of pages	17
Journal	Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy
Volume	49
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/0092623X.2022.2086511
State	Published - 2023

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This work was supported by the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota Medical School and U.S. Department of Education to the University of Minnesota.

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© 2022 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Keywords

Compulsive sexual behavior
affect regulation
attachment styles
boredom proneness
hypersexuality

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