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MEN'S SEXUAL ADDICTION SCREENING TEST
By Patrick Carnes, Ph.D. and Robert Weiss, LCSW, CAS

The following questions are designed to be used as guidelines to identifying possible signs of sex and love addiction. They are not intended to provide a sure-fire method of diagnosis, nor can negative answers to these questions provide absolute assurance that the illness is not present. Many sex and love addicts have varying patterns which can result in very different ways of approaching and answering these questions.

1.	Were you sexually abused as a child or adolescent?	Yes	No



2.	Have you subscribed or regularly purchased/rented sexually explicit magazines or videos?	Yes	No



3.	Did your parents have trouble with their sexual or romantic behaviors?	Yes	No



4.	Do you often find yourself preoccupied with sexual thoughts?	Yes	No



5.	Has your use of phone sex lines, computer sex lines etc. exceeded your ability to pay for these services?	Yes	No



6.	Does your significant other(s), friends, or family ever worry or complain about your sexual behavior? (Not related to sexual orientation)	Yes	No



7.	Do you have trouble stopping your sexual behavior when you know it is inappropriate and/or dangerous to your health?	Yes	No



8.	Has your involvement with pornography, phone sex, computer board sex, etc. become greater than your intimate contacts with romantic partners?	Yes	No



9.	Do you keep the extent or nature of your sexual activities hidden from your friends and/or partners? (Not related to sexual orientation)	Yes	No



10.	Do you look forward to events with friends or family being over so that you can go out to have sex?	Yes	No



11.	Do you visit sexual bathhouses, sex clubs and/or video bookstores as a regular part of your sexual activity?	Yes	No



12.	Do you believe that anonymous or casual sex has kept you from having more long-term intimate relationships or from reaching other personal goals?	Yes	No



13.	Do you have trouble maintaining intimate relationships once the “sexual newness” of the person has worn off?	Yes	No



14.	Do your sexual encounters place you in danger of arrest for lewd conduct or public indecency?	Yes	No



15.	Are you HIV positive, yet continue to engage in risky or unsafe sexual behavior?	Yes	No



16.	Has anyone ever been hurt emotionally by events related to your sexual behavior, e.g. lying to partner or friends, not showing up for event/appointment due to sexual liaisons, etc., (not related to sexual orientation)?	Yes	No



17.	Have you ever been approached, charged, arrested by the police, security, etc. due to your sexual activities?	Yes	No



18.	Have you ever been sexual with a minor?	Yes	No



19.	When you have sex, do you feel depressed afterwards?	Yes	No



20.	Have you made repeated promises to yourself to change some form of your sexual activity only to break them later? (Not related to sexual orientation)	Yes	No



21.	Have your sexual activities interfered with some aspect of your professional or personal life, e.g. unable to perform at work, loss of relationship? (Not related to sexual orientation)	Yes	No



22.	Have you engaged in unsafe or “risky” sexual practices even though you knew it could cause you harm?	Yes	No



23.	Have you ever paid for sex?	Yes	No



24.	Have you ever had sex with someone just because you were feeling aroused and later felt ashamed or regretted it?	Yes	No



25.	Have you ever cruised public restrooms, rest areas and/or parks looking for sexual encounters with strangers?	Yes	No




Total Yes Answers: If you answered Yes to 0-3 Q’s – you’re probably not sexually addicted If you answered Yes to 4-6 Q’s – you may have a problem If you answered Yes to 7 or more questions, we suggest you seek help for sex addiction. The clinical staff at The Institute for Essential Change is available by phone at 954.463.6563 or email info@essentialchange.org


Other Self-Assessment Tests: Women's Sexual Addiction Screening Test Cybersex Addiction Screening Test Partner or Spouse's Co-Addiction Screening Test

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