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Childhood masturbation behavior: symptom or disorder?

Year 2020, Volume: 45 Issue: 3, 963 - 970, 30.09.2020
https://doi.org/10.17826/cumj.696642

Abstract

Purpose: This study aims to examine the sociodemographic characteristics and comorbidity of children with masturbation.
Materials and Methods: The medical records of the patients who applied with the complaint of masturbation were collected retrospectively. The records of children who applied to the clinic on the same dates and whose psychiatric examinations were considered normal were collected to form the control group. 98 patients and 101 healthy children included the study. Sociodemographic data, parental psychopathologies, comorbid disorders, and medical histories were examined and compared with the healthy control group.
Results: Having less than two siblings was higher in the patient group. Fathers’ psychiatric disorders were higher in the patients’ group. When participants only older than 6 years are evaluated, this difference was higher. When the participants older than 6 years were compared, the history of seizures was significantly higher in the patient group. 54,08% of the patients had a comorbid psychiatric disorder. The most common comorbidities were attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) (23.4%) and anxiety disorders (11.22%). The mean age of patients with ADHD was older than patients without ADHD.
Conclusions: In this study the frequency of preterm birth, epileptic seizure, and ADHD was higher in the patient group that older than 6 years of age. These results may suggest that patients older than 6 years of age may require further psychiatric and neurological examinations. 

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  • 2. Hansen JK, Balslev T. Hand activities in infantile masturbation: a video analysis of 13 cases. Eur J Paediatr Neurol. 2009 Nov;13(6):508-10. doi: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2008.10.007. Epub 2008 Nov 14.
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  • 5. Unal F. Predisposing factors in childhood masturbation in Turkey. Eur J Pediatr. 2000; 159(5): 338-42. doi:10.1007/s004310051283.
  • 6. Phillips DF1, Seshia SS. Gratification, masturbation or paroxysmal hyperkinetic motor syndrome of infancy? Can J Neurol Sci. 2013 May;40(3):278-9.
  • 7. Jan MM, Al Banji MH, Fallatah BA. Long-term outcome of infantile gratification phenomena. Can J Neurol Sci. 2013 May;40(3):416-9.
  • 8. Wilkinson B, John RM. Understanding Masturbation in the Pediatric Patient. J Pediatr Health Care. 2018 Nov - Dec;32(6):639-643. doi: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2018.05.001. Epub 2018 Jul 31.
  • 9. Hergüner S. Excessive masturbation associated with olanzapine in a pediatric case. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2010 Oct 1;34(7):1349-50. doi: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2010.06.017. Epub 2010 Jun 21.
  • 10. Albertini G, Polito E, Sarà M, Di Gennaro G, Onorati P. Compulsive masturbation in infantile autism treated by mirtazapine. Pediatr Neurol. 2006 May;34(5):417-8.
  • 11. Tashakori A, Safavi A, Neamatpour S. Lessons learned from the study of masturbation and its comorbidity with psychiatric disorders in children: The first analytic study. Electron Physician. 2017 Apr 25;9(4):4096-4100. doi: 10.19082/4096. eCollection 2017 Apr.
  • 12. Bradley SJ. Childhood female masturbation. Can Med Assoc J. 1985;132:1165-6.
  • 13. Middeldorp CM, Wesseldijk LW, Hudziak JJ, Verhulst FC5, Lindauer RJ, Dieleman GC. Parents of children with psychopathology: psychiatric problems and the association with their child's problems. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2016 Aug;25(8):919-27. doi: 10.1007/s00787-015-0813-2. Epub 2016 Jan 13.
  • 14. Babadagi Z, Karabekiroglu KMZ, Ucar F, Say GN, Yuce M, Yildirim ZG. Associations Between Father Temperament, Character, Rearing, Psychopathology and Child Temperament in Children Aged 3-6 Years. Psychiatr Q. 2018 Sep;89(3):589-604. doi: 10.1007/s11126-017-9556-1.
  • 15. Rybanska V, McKay R, Jong J, Whitehouse H. Rituals Improve Children's Ability to Delay Gratification. Child Dev. 2018 Mar;89(2):349-359. doi: 10.1111/cdev.12762. Epub 2017 Feb 18.
  • 16. Ibrahim A, Raymond B. Gratification Disorder Mimicking Childhood Epilepsy in an 18-month-old Nigerian Girl: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Indian J Psychol Med. 2013 Oct;35(4):417-9. doi: 10.4103/0253-7176.122247.

Çocukluk çağı masturbasyon davranışı: bozukluk mu semptom mu?

Year 2020, Volume: 45 Issue: 3, 963 - 970, 30.09.2020
https://doi.org/10.17826/cumj.696642

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Amaç: Bu çalışma masturbasyon davranışı gösteren çocuk bireylerin sosyodemografik özelliklerini değerlendirmeyi amaçlamaktadır.
Gereç ve Yöntem: Polikliniğe masturbasyon davranışı yakınmasıyla başvuran hastaların tıbbi kayıtları geriye dönük olarak toplanmıştır. Aynı tarihlerde kliniğe başvuran ve ruhsal muayeneleri normal olarak değerlendirilen çocukların kayıtları kontrol grubunu olusturmak üzere toplanmıştır. 98 hasta ve 101 sağlıklı çocuk çalışmaya dahil edilmiştir. Sosyodemografik veriler, ebeveyn psikopatolojileri, komorbid hastalıkları ve tıbbi geçmişleri incelenmiş ve sağlıklı kontrol grubuyla karşılaştırılmıştır. Bulgular: Hasta grupta 2’den az kardeşe sahip olma oranı daha yüksekti. Babanın psikiyatrik hastalığı hasta grupta daha yüksekti. Sadece 6 yaşından büyük katılımcılar değerlendirildiğinde bu fark daha fazlaydı. 6 yaşından büyük katılımcılar karşılaştırıldığında, epileptik nöbet öyküsü hasta grupta anlamlı olarak daha yüksekti. Hastaların %54,08 ‘i komorbid psikiyatrik bozukluğa sahipti. En sık komorbiditeler dikkat eksikliği ve hiperaktivite bozukluğu (DEHB) (23.4%) ve anksiyete bozuklukları (11.22%) olarak saptandı. DEHB olan hastaların ortalama yaşı DEHB komorbiditesi olamayanlardan daha büyüktü.
Sonuç: Bu çalışmada, erken doğum oranı, epileptik nöbet öyküsü ve DEHB sıklığının 6 yaşından büyük hasta grubunda anlamlı derecede daha yüksek saptanmıştır. Bu sonuçlar 6 yaşından büyük olgularda masturbasyon davranışı yakınmasının ileri psikiyatrik ne nörolojik değerlendirme açısından uyarıcı olması gerektiğini düşündürtmektedir.

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  • 1. Nechay A, Ross LM, Stephenson JB, O'Regan M. Gratification disorder ("infantile masturbation"): a review. Arch Dis Child. 2004 Mar;89(3):225-6.
  • 2. Hansen JK, Balslev T. Hand activities in infantile masturbation: a video analysis of 13 cases. Eur J Paediatr Neurol. 2009 Nov;13(6):508-10. doi: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2008.10.007. Epub 2008 Nov 14.
  • 3. Leung AK, Robson WL. Childhood masturbation. Clin Pediatr (Phila)1993;32:238-241.
  • 4. Otaigbe BE. Infantile masturbation in an African female: is this a justification for female genital cutting? World J Pediatr. 2008 May;4(2):148-51. doi: 10.1007/s12519-008-0030-x.
  • 5. Unal F. Predisposing factors in childhood masturbation in Turkey. Eur J Pediatr. 2000; 159(5): 338-42. doi:10.1007/s004310051283.
  • 6. Phillips DF1, Seshia SS. Gratification, masturbation or paroxysmal hyperkinetic motor syndrome of infancy? Can J Neurol Sci. 2013 May;40(3):278-9.
  • 7. Jan MM, Al Banji MH, Fallatah BA. Long-term outcome of infantile gratification phenomena. Can J Neurol Sci. 2013 May;40(3):416-9.
  • 8. Wilkinson B, John RM. Understanding Masturbation in the Pediatric Patient. J Pediatr Health Care. 2018 Nov - Dec;32(6):639-643. doi: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2018.05.001. Epub 2018 Jul 31.
  • 9. Hergüner S. Excessive masturbation associated with olanzapine in a pediatric case. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2010 Oct 1;34(7):1349-50. doi: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2010.06.017. Epub 2010 Jun 21.
  • 10. Albertini G, Polito E, Sarà M, Di Gennaro G, Onorati P. Compulsive masturbation in infantile autism treated by mirtazapine. Pediatr Neurol. 2006 May;34(5):417-8.
  • 11. Tashakori A, Safavi A, Neamatpour S. Lessons learned from the study of masturbation and its comorbidity with psychiatric disorders in children: The first analytic study. Electron Physician. 2017 Apr 25;9(4):4096-4100. doi: 10.19082/4096. eCollection 2017 Apr.
  • 12. Bradley SJ. Childhood female masturbation. Can Med Assoc J. 1985;132:1165-6.
  • 13. Middeldorp CM, Wesseldijk LW, Hudziak JJ, Verhulst FC5, Lindauer RJ, Dieleman GC. Parents of children with psychopathology: psychiatric problems and the association with their child's problems. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2016 Aug;25(8):919-27. doi: 10.1007/s00787-015-0813-2. Epub 2016 Jan 13.
  • 14. Babadagi Z, Karabekiroglu KMZ, Ucar F, Say GN, Yuce M, Yildirim ZG. Associations Between Father Temperament, Character, Rearing, Psychopathology and Child Temperament in Children Aged 3-6 Years. Psychiatr Q. 2018 Sep;89(3):589-604. doi: 10.1007/s11126-017-9556-1.
  • 15. Rybanska V, McKay R, Jong J, Whitehouse H. Rituals Improve Children's Ability to Delay Gratification. Child Dev. 2018 Mar;89(2):349-359. doi: 10.1111/cdev.12762. Epub 2017 Feb 18.
  • 16. Ibrahim A, Raymond B. Gratification Disorder Mimicking Childhood Epilepsy in an 18-month-old Nigerian Girl: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Indian J Psychol Med. 2013 Oct;35(4):417-9. doi: 10.4103/0253-7176.122247.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Psychiatry
Journal Section Research
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Pelin Dağ 0000-0002-5051-3459

Gülen Güler Aksu 0000-0001-9555-3916

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Publication Date September 30, 2020
Acceptance Date May 24, 2020
Published in Issue Year 2020 Volume: 45 Issue: 3

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MLA Dağ, Pelin and Gülen Güler Aksu. “Childhood Masturbation Behavior: Symptom or Disorder?”. Cukurova Medical Journal, vol. 45, no. 3, 2020, pp. 963-70, doi:10.17826/cumj.696642.