Predicting Hypersexual Disorder in Male Students Based on Difficulties in Emotion Regulation and Psychological Well-being in Male Students at Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University in 2016

The hypersexual disorder is described as multiple unsuccessful attempts to control or diminish the amount of time spent on engaging in sexual fantasies, urges, and behaviors in response to dysphoric mood states or stressful life events. The purpose of the study was to investigate the predictability of hypersexual disorder in students based on difficulties in emotion regulation and psychological well-being.
In this descriptive study 300 male students of Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University were selected in the 2016/2017 academic year, based on faculty and major by cluster- random sampling method and completed the Hypersexual Behavior Inventory (HBI), the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) as well as the Ryff Scale of Psychological Well-Being (RSPWB). Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation), Pearson’s correlation coefficient as well as multiple linear regression.
The results showed that there were significant correlations between difficulties in emotion regulation (r=0.51, p According to the results of this study, noticing the role of emotion regulation and psychological well-being difficulties in the hypersexual disorders is necessary and beginning the appropriate and effective interventions for addressing these problems and training positive regulatory strategies and effective coping strategies in students can prevent developing these disorders and the following health consequences (like unintended pregnancies and sexully transmitted diseases).