ABSTRACT
Compulsive sexual behavior (CSB) is a clinical syndrome characterized by a period of at least 6 months in which an individual experiences intense, distressing, and recurrent sexual urges, fantasies, or behaviors that significantly interfere with a person’s daily functioning. Despite the desire to be free of such preoccupation, individuals with CSB are unable to control their distressing sexual behaviors and thoughts. We designed the Compulsive Sexual Behavior Inventory (CSBI) to assess the severity of compulsive and impulsive sexual behaviors. Since its original version (Coleman, Miner, Ohlerking, & Raymond, 2001), the CSBI has been refined based on empirical investigation of its psychometric properties. The CSBI-13 consists of 13 items from the original CSBI control subscale which quantify difficulty in controlling one’s sexual behavior (Miner, Raymond, Coleman, & Swinburne Romine, 2017) and is the hallmark feature of CSB.
