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Difficulties in emotional regulation, early maladaptive schemas, and emotional dependence on sexual addiction or compulsive sexual behaviour in adolescence

abstract

The objective of this research is to study the relationships between addiction to sex, difficulties
in its emotional regulation (DER), early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and emotional dependence
(ED). A non-experimental design study is carried out with cross-sectional correlation in a sample
of 1,519 adolescents at school, 54% boys (n = 820) and 46% girls (n = 699), aged between 14 and
18 years (M = 15.77, SD = 1.22). The evaluation instruments employed were MULTICAGE CAD
4 (Pedrero Pérez et al., 2007), Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale -DERS (Gratz and Romer,
2004; Spanish adaptation by Gómez-Simón, Peneda and de la Osa, 2014), Schema Questionnaire
Short Form -SQ-SF (Young and Brown, 1994; Spanish adaptation by Cid and Torrubia, 2002) and
the Scale of emotional dependence in the courtship of the young and adolescents -DEN (Urbiola,
Estévez and Iraurgi, 2014). The results reveal the significant relationships between DER, EMS and
ED. Differences between men and women have been found. The results of this study provide
evidence of the relationships between difficulties in emotional regulation, early maladaptive schemas,
emotional dependence and non-existent, possible, highly probable or safe sex addiction. The
implications of these results are discussed and challenges arise for further research.

Keywords:

Sex addiction; Compulsive sexual behaviour; Emotion regulation; Early maladaptative schemas; Emotional dependence; Adolescence.

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Authors

  • Itziar Iruarrizaga - Universidad Complutense de Madrid

  • Ana Estévez - Universidad de Deusto

  • Janire Momeñe - Universidad de Deusto

  • Leticia Olave - Universidad Complutense de Madrid

  • Lucía Fernández-Cárdaba - Universidad Complutense de Madrid

  • María Dolores Chávez-Vera - Universidad de Deusto / Universidad Técnica de Manabí (Ecuador)

  • Francisco Ferre-Navarrete - Universidad Complutense de Madrid / Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón

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