The heart of darkness : a journey into chronic sexual addiction and the quest for recovery

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dc.contributor.authorBurke, Michelle
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education
dc.contributor.supervisorNixon, Gary
dc.date.accessioned2007-05-12T20:00:15Z
dc.date.available2007-05-12T20:00:15Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.descriptionvii, 128 leaves ; 29 cm.en
dc.description.abstractThe processes that are involved in sexual addiction and recovery were explored in this research. A phenomenological-hermeneutic method was employed in interviewing five male recovering sexual addicts. Themes of sexual addiction and recovery were then extrapolated from the words the participants used to express their life experience. Eleven themes characterizing the addiction process emerged from the transcriptions of the participant's in-depth interviews, as well as six themes relating to recovery. It is hoped that a deeper understanding of the sexual addict's internal and external motivations for the use of sex, will be achieved by depicting several addict' experiences in an unfolding story. It is up to readers of this research to draw their own conclusions and to take what is relevant to them from the words of the sexual addicts and the researcher's interpretation of those words. There is one absolute interpretation of the participants' life experiences. This research only suggests possibilities to illuminate interpretations of the lived experiences of the five participants involved.en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/202
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, 2003en
dc.publisher.facultyEducation
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education)en
dc.subjectSex addiction -- Case studiesen
dc.subjectSex addicts -- Rehabilitationen
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen
dc.titleThe heart of darkness : a journey into chronic sexual addiction and the quest for recoveryen
dc.typeThesisen
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