Vol 22 (2024): Continuous Publishing
Review paper
Published online: 2024-09-13
Biopsychosocial determinants of selected hypersexual behaviours in adolescents — observations in the context of the COVID pandemic
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DOI: 10.5603/jsmh.86312
Journal of Sexual and Mental Health 2024;22:15-20.
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to reflect on the psychological and biological causes of hypersexual behaviour in a group of adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic. The paper refers to the definition of these activities in accordance with ICD-11 classification. In the following, an attempt was made to explain why early childhood attachment disorders, traumas, some personality traits, as well as mental disorders and diseases may be associated with uncontrolled, compulsive sexual behaviours in adolescents. Due to the biopsychosocial model of sexuality adopted in the study, the broader context of the undertaken behaviours, i.e. the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, has been taken into account.
Keywords: hypersexualityadolescencebiopsychosocial causesCOVID pandemic
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