Detrimental side of compulsive studying: associations between study addiction and satisfaction with sexual life
Na: Sopot Youth Conference 2019
Wygłosił: Michał Biernacki
Streszczenie: Our Study extends the literature by examining the association between study addiction and satisfaction with sexual life. Study addiction may take its toll on many aspects of well-being, such as decreased quality of life or impared health, including depression.
Complete focus on studying may hinder development of intimate relationship and/or impact sexual life in young adults. Also, chronically high levels of stress experienced by study addicts may influence interest in sexual activities and quality of sexual life. Since satisfying sexual life is a protective factor against depression, it was hypothesized that dissatisfaction with sexual life will mediate between study addiction and depressiveness. A total of 1252 students from different universities in Polish region of Pomerania took part in the study (719 women, 57,4%). Multidimensional Inventory-Learning Profile of a Student has been used as a measure of study addiction and WHOQOL-Brief – as measure of general satisfaction with sexual life. Beck Depression Inventory was used to measure depressiveness. The results showed that satisfaction with sexual life was mediator between study and depressiveness. These findings suggest that compulsive overinvolvement in study may impair sexual life of young adults and this in turn may result in higher risk for depressionand lower general quality of life. There is a clear need for systematic studies on the mechanism involved in dissatisfying sexual live of study addicts.
Słowa kluczowe: compulsive studying, study addiction, satisfaction with sexual life, depressiveness