title: Understanding the role of shame and its consequences in female hypersexual behaviours: a pilot study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Hypersexuality and sexual addiction among females is a little understudied phenomenon. Shame is thought to be intrinsic to hypersexual behaviours, especially in women. Therefore, the aim of this study was to understand both hypersexual behaviours and consequences of hypersexual behaviours and their respective contributions to shame in a British sample of females (n = 102).
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were collected online via Survey Monkey.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results showed the Sexual Behaviour History (SBH) and the Hypersexual Disorder Questionnaire (HDQ) had significant positive correlation with scores on the Shame Inventory. The results indicated that hypersexual behaviours were able to predict a small percentage of the variability in shame once sexual orientation (heterosexual vs. non-heterosexual) and religious beliefs (belief vs. no belief) were controlled for. Results also showed there was no evidence that religious affiliation and/or religious beliefs had an influence on the levels of hypersexuality and consequences of sexual behaviours as predictors of shame.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  While women in the UK are rapidly shifting to a feminist way of thinking with or without technology, hypersexual disorder may often be misdiagnosed and misunderstood because of the lack of understanding and how it is conceptualised. The implications of these findings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Nottingham Trent University Psychology Division Burton Street Nottingham NG1 4BU UK.
authors.forename: Manpreet K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Dhuffar
authors.affiliation: Nottingham Trent University Psychology Division Burton Street Nottingham NG1 4BU UK.
authors.forename: Mark D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Griffiths
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D020018:Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / Q000208:ethnology*; D012752:Shame; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000208:ethnology
keywords: consequences; female sex addiction; hypersexual behaviours; shame