Lim Megan S C, Agius Paul A, Carrotte Elise R, Vella Alyce M, Hellard Margaret E
Burnet Institute, Victoria.
School of Population Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria.
Aust N Z J Public Health. 2017 Aug;41(4):438-443. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12678. Epub 2017 Jun 29.
Amid public health concern that rising pornography use may have a negative impact on young people's health and wellbeing, we report prevalence of pornography viewing and explore factors associated with viewing frequency and age at first viewing.
Cross-sectional online survey in a convenience sample of Victorians aged 15 to 29 years recruited via social media.
Ever viewing pornography was reported by 815 of 941 (87%) participants. The median age at first pornography viewing was 13 years for men and 16 years for women. More frequent pornography viewing was associated with male gender, younger age, higher education, non-heterosexual identity, ever having anal intercourse and recent mental health problems. Younger age at first pornography viewing was associated with male gender, younger current age, higher education, non-heterosexual identity, younger age at first sexual contact and recent mental health problems.
Pornography use is common and associated with some health and behavioural outcomes. Longitudinal research is needed to determine the causal impact of pornography on these factors. Implications for public health: Viewing pornography is common and frequent among young people from a young age and this needs to be considered in sexuality education.
鉴于公众对日益增加的色情内容使用可能对年轻人的健康和幸福产生负面影响的担忧，我们报告了色情内容观看的流行情况，并探讨了与观看频率及首次观看年龄相关的因素。
通过社交媒体招募了15至29岁的维多利亚州人为便利样本进行横断面在线调查。
941名参与者中有815人（87%）报告曾观看过色情内容。男性首次观看色情内容的年龄中位数为13岁，女性为16岁。观看色情内容更频繁与男性性别、年龄较小、受教育程度较高、非异性恋身份、曾有过肛交以及近期存在心理健康问题有关。首次观看色情内容的年龄较小与男性性别、当前年龄较小、受教育程度较高、非异性恋身份、首次性接触的年龄较小以及近期存在心理健康问题有关。
色情内容的使用很普遍，且与一些健康和行为结果相关。需要进行纵向研究以确定色情内容对这些因素的因果影响。对公共卫生的启示：观看色情内容在年轻人中普遍且频繁，这在性教育中需要加以考虑。
