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537 unresolved questions extracted from the limitations and future-work sections of 3,886 Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology papers in our library. Each links back to the study that raised it.

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  • The review identifies discrimination and stigma as key risk processes that intensify psychological distress, normalize vaping within social networks, and undermine protective environments. The review notes that LGBTQ+ youth experience stress from living in stigmatizing environments, which can contribute to psychological distress and coping-oriented vaping. The review highlights the need for selective, mechanism-informed interventions to address LGBTQ+ vaping disparities.

    Multi-level Risk and Protective Factors for Vaping Onset and Escalation Among Youth: a Focus on LGBTQ + Disparities · 2026 · DOI

  • One-size-fits-all prevention approaches are limited - The review emphasizes selective prevention for LGBTQ + youth - The study recognizes that common developmental risks may be intensified or reshaped by identity-specific social conditions

    Multi-level Risk and Protective Factors for Vaping Onset and Escalation Among Youth: a Focus on LGBTQ + Disparities · 2026 · DOI

  • Investigating the long-term effects of exposure to sexual content in mainstream media, - Examining the relationship between internet safety education and pornography use, - Studying the impact of parental styles regarding technology use on adolescents’ behavior

    Watching Sexually Explicit Movies and TV Shows During Adolescence is Associated with Porn Use in Adulthood · 2026 · DOI

  • The study identifies a gap in understanding the relationship between exposure to sexual content in mainstream media during adolescence and pornography use in adulthood. Prior studies have not examined the association between exposure to sexual content in mainstream media during adolescence and later pornography consumption.

    Watching Sexually Explicit Movies and TV Shows During Adolescence is Associated with Porn Use in Adulthood · 2026 · DOI

  • Further research is needed to explore the relationship between LGBTQ+ public policy and OCD symptom severity - Studies should investigate the impact of anti-trans policy initiatives on cisgender sexual minority individuals - Research should focus on developing validated measures for news intake and city/town political leanings

    Increased Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Symptomology in U.S. Sexual Minority Adults Who Identify as Trans and/or Live in Politically Conservative Towns · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a lack of research on sexual minorities with OCD that represents a full spectrum of comorbidities. There is a lack of research on the relationship between LGBTQ+ public policy and OCD symptom severity.

    Increased Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Symptomology in U.S. Sexual Minority Adults Who Identify as Trans and/or Live in Politically Conservative Towns · 2026 · DOI

  • Extending the emerging adult-focused literature on rough sex to examine the prevalence and demographic correlates of these sexual practices among adolescents, - Examining the risks associated with rough sex behaviors

    Prevalence and Demographic Correlates of Rough Sex Behaviors Among Adolescents Ages 14 to 17: Findings From a U.S. Nationally Representative Survey · 2026 · DOI

  • a scoping review on youth and adults to systematize the knowledge of the mental health of victims of NCII is needed, - research on the predictors and effects of NCII victimization is needed, - research on the adverse impacts of image-based sexual abuse on wellbeing and mental health is needed

    Mental Health on Victims of Non-consensual Intimate Image-sharing: A Scoping Review · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a lack of systematized knowledge about the mental health of victims of NCII. No scoping review has yet been conducted on youth and adults to systematize the knowledge of the mental health of victims of NCII. The paper aims to address this gap by providing a comprehensive review of the impact of NCII on mental health.

    Mental Health on Victims of Non-consensual Intimate Image-sharing: A Scoping Review · 2026 · DOI

  • Investigate the relationship between pornography use and psychological distress in different populations; Examine the role of other factors such as loneliness, anxiety, and self-esteem in mediating the relationship between pornography use and psychological distress

    Perceived Pornography Addiction and Sexual Self-esteem Mediate the Link Between Pornography Use and Psychological Distress After Pornography Use · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper identifies a gap in the current understanding of the relationship between pornography use and psychological distress. Prior research has suggested a link between the two, but the relationship is complex and influenced by various factors.

    Perceived Pornography Addiction and Sexual Self-esteem Mediate the Link Between Pornography Use and Psychological Distress After Pornography Use · 2026 · DOI

  • Parents are important sexuality educators and mediators of young people’s online activity, warranting exploration of their views.

    Pragmatic Parents: Support for Regulation and Education for Young People Accessing Pornography · 2026 · DOI

  • Aim: Despite having been introduced into ICD-11, the appropriate classification and symptomatology of compulsive sexual behavior disorder (CSBD) remain controversial.

    Evaluation and treatment of compulsive sexual behavior: current limitations and potential strategies · 2025 · DOI

  • Conclusion: Future research should focus on understanding etiology, improving study population representation, correcting methodological flaws in treatment evaluation, enhancing clinician training in sexual medicine, and addressing patients' addictions and sexual function issues.

    Evaluation and treatment of compulsive sexual behavior: current limitations and potential strategies · 2025 · DOI

  • Limited research has explored how Asian cultural values may mediate the psychological consequences of CSB and influence attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help.

    Asian cultural values and help-seeking: a cross-sectional study on compulsive sexual behavior · 2025 · DOI

  • Conclusions: As relevant UK data remain limited, this study offers novel insight into Chemsex patterns and mental health challenges among MSM in the UK, suggesting unmet needs for targeted interventions on mental health issues among this population.

    Mental Health and Drug Use Patterns Among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) Engaging in Chemsex in the UK · 2025 · DOI

  • Heterosexual women partners of “porn addicts” are an understudied group of claims-makers in the construction of this social problem.

    “What Else Explains This Trauma but Porn?” Women Partners of Porn Addicts as Claims-Makers · 2024 · DOI

  • Abstract Limited research exists on college students’ attitudes towards premarital sex in China, despite its increasing prevalence among youth.

    Relation between attitudes towards pornography consumption, peer sexual behaviors and attitudes towards premarital sex among the college students in Guangdong province, China · 2024 · DOI

  • Conclusion: The results of this study provide conflicting results concerning the model of behavioural addiction.

    Investigating mood-modification, withdrawal, and sensitization in compulsive sexual behaviour · 2024 · DOI

  • Other envi- ronmental factors (such as weather, climate, latitude, longitude, and social indicators) should be examined in future research. Further research on touch a v o i d a n c e may yield a nonverbal c o m m u n i c a t i v e profile quite useful for interactants, teachers, counselors, managers, and other professionals, as w e l l as c o m m u n i c a t i o n theorists.

    Opposite sex touch avoidance: A national replication and extension · 1987 · DOI

  • While it is true that many of the social learning theory predictions received at least indirect support from the research findings to date, there is clearly a need for further research on this social learning reformulation of the pornography effects issue. Specifically, there is a need for further research on the intervening processes that may mediate the relationship between pornography exposure and behavior change. There is also a need for additional research into the ways in which depictions of male-female sexual interactions can be used to foster more prosocial sexual belief systems.

    Pornography and Sexual Aggression: A Social Learning Theory Analysis · 1986 · DOI

  • For example, individuals’ dating and sexual experience could be measured and the impact of degree of experience on the likelihood of being misperceived could be examined.

    Misperceptions of Friendly Behavior as Sexual Interest: A Survey of Naturally Occurring Incidents · 1987 · DOI

  • The study identifies a gap in the literature on the relationship between sexual risk behaviors and mental health outcomes among male high school students. The study highlights the need for interventions targeting male high school students who have experienced forced sexual intercourse.

    Depression, Suicidality, and Substance Abuse Among Sexual Risk Behavior Subgroups of Male High School Students · 2026 · DOI

  • Because the study was cross-sectional, it cannot determine causality between sexual risk events and mental health out- comes. Symptoms of depression, suicidality, and substance abuse might have preceded, followed, or coincided with sexu- ally risky behaviors. Data relies on self-reports, which may be influenced by recall bias or social desirability, and vary- ing timeframes could affect reliability. The social-relational context of sexual risk behavior is complex and may influence responses to items gauging mental health symptom status. Reports regarding suicidal ideation, planning, and attempts by substantial numbers of sexually active male adolescents raise concerns about well-being but also about response reli- ability and validity. While the YRBS offers broad estimates of adolescent risk status, more robust screening measures would improve assessment and facilitate appropriate safe- guards and care.

    Depression, Suicidality, and Substance Abuse Among Sexual Risk Behavior Subgroups of Male High School Students · 2026 · DOI

  • The study identifies a gap in understanding the complex and nuanced views of frontline workers on pornography and child sexual abuse. The study highlights the need for further research on the connections between pornography and child sexual abuse.

    Personal Beliefs and Professional Realities: A Mixed-Methods Study of Child Sexual Abuse Workers’ Perspectives on Pornography · 2026 · DOI

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