Sexual Sadism Disorder
Resources for Patients and Caregivers
Sexual sadism is infliction of physical or psychologic suffering (eg, humiliation, terror) on another person to stimulate sexual excitement and orgasm. Sexual sadism disorder is sexual sadism that causes significant distress or significant functional impairment or is acted on with a nonconsenting person.
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Wiki Number: 41-Sexual Sadism Disorder
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Symptoms: Sexual arousal from the pain, suffering or humiliation of others.
Progression: The other person may be consenting or non-consenting; may lead to killing and mutilating
Causes: In a study, 77%-bondage; 73%-anal rape;60%-blunt force trauma; 57%-vaginal rape
Medications: 40% penetration with a foreign object; and 40% offender kept a souvenir.
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Youtube Video: Sadism, Masochism, Abuse
Amazon or Library Book: Sadism & Masochism
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Resources for Physicians, Counselors and Researchers
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- The Gray Nine and Parallel Personality Patterns: Big Five, Dark Tetrad, and a "Well-Rounded Personality"by Björn Boman on May 4, 2024
The vast literature on personality psychology generally focuses on neutral or socially beneficial personality traits such as the Five-Factor model (e.g., agreeableness, conscientiousness) or "dark" traits such as Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy, and everyday sadism. However, the current synthesis of the literature indicates that the distinction between benign, malign, and neutral personality traits and facets is partly misguided. In fact, there are many objective and subjective...
- The differential effect of psychopathy on active and bystander trolling behaviors: the role of dark tetrad traits and lower agreeablenessby Anantha Ubaradka on April 30, 2024
This study aimed to develop the Global Assessment of Active Trolling and Passive Bystanderism (GAATPB) scale and investigate the influence of personality traits on trolling behaviors. Focusing on the Dark Tetrad (DT) traits and agreeableness, the present study examined their associations and predictive utility on active trolling and passive bystanderism. Participants were recruited from social networking sites (SNSs), and eligibility criteria included active SNS usage and engagement in online...
- Superhomicide offenders: Nosology, empirical features, and linkages to sexual and multiple murder typologiesby Matt DeLisi on April 28, 2024
The nosology for criminals who murder multiple victims is at once well-established and controversial, perhaps because theorists have largely segregated such offenders from the broader criminal population. The current study introduces the superhomicide offender, an individual convicted of at least five murders, to locate multiple homicide offenders within the criminological and epidemiological science pertaining to the most pathological offenders, and statistically place them with other...
- The Spanish Short Dark Tetrad (SD4): Association With Personality and Psychological Problemsby Jordi Ortet-Walker on April 25, 2024
CONCLUSIONS: Overall, the SD4 presents sound psychometric properties, although the overlap between psychopathy and sadism warrants some caution.