The title of the single scholarly article is, Smart Phones, Social Networking, Sexting and Problematic Sexual Behaviors - A Call for Research. The article authors are Robert Weiss and Charles P. Samenow. This article was published in 2010 inside of the journal, Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity, pages 241 through 246. The focus of the research is the new age technology located in hand held devices and internet that makes it more difficult for people who have sexual addictions to avoid sexual content and maintain a constant behavioral change.
             The hypothesis of this study is to see if the increase in new mobile technology hinders the healing process of sex addict patients. This study was conducted using mostly public polls, small uncontrolled studies, and the media. Researchers (Samenow,2010; Weiss, 2010) pointed, using studies that today's society is a more technological savvy world that relies on mobile communications. With that said, those that are addicted to sexual activity are finding it much more difficult to overcome their issues because of new technological methods. These new technological advances are means to explicit sex in more discreet ways and as the amount of sexual applications increases, so does the amount of issues among people in relationships & professional settings, teens, and current patients that are already being treated for sexual behavioral issues. Some of these methods that were mentioned include Facebook, Myspace, Craigslist, GRINDR, text messages, and other various dating services offered on mobile applications. The results of the study concluded that a more in-depth study was needed to come to more concrete answers to the issue (Samenow & Weiss, 2010).
             The article taken from Psychologytoday.com, "The Dangers of Teenage Sexting", by Dr. Carl Alasko, takes a look at the increased problem of teenagers involved in using their mobile phones as a means to send sexual explicit photos to one a...