Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, USA.
Psychological Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Addiction. 2018 Mar;113(3):496-506. doi: 10.1111/add.14007. Epub 2017 Sep 14.
Internet pornography use is an increasingly common, yet controversial, behavior. Whereas mental health communities are divided about potentially problematic use patterns, many lay people identify as feeling dysregulated or compulsive in their use. Prior work has labeled this tendency perceived addiction to internet pornography (PA). This study's aims were to (1) assess the association between PA at baseline and other factors, including actual levels of average daily pornography use and personality factors and (2) assess the associations between baseline variables and PA 1 year later.
Two large-scale community samples were assessed using online survey methods, with subsets of each sample being recruited for follow-up surveys 1 year later.
United States.
Participants were adults who had used pornography within the past 6 months recruited in two samples. Sample 1 (n = 1507) involved undergraduate students from three US universities and sample 2 (n = 782) involved web-using adults. Subsets of each sample (sample 1, n = 146; sample 2, n = 211) were surveyed again 1 year later.
At baseline, we assessed average daily pornography use, PA and relevant predictors (e.g. trait neuroticism, trait self-control, trait entitlement, religiousness, moral disapproval of pornography use). One year later, we assessed PA.
Cross-sectionally, PA was correlated strongly with moral disapproval of pornography use [sample 1, Pearson's correlation: r = 0.68 (0.65, 0.70); sample 2, r = 0.58 (0.53, 0.63)]. Baseline moral disapproval [sample 1, r = 0.46 (0.33, 0.56); sample 2, r = 0.61 (0.51, 0.69)] and perceived addiction demonstrated relationships with perceived addiction 1 year later. We found inconclusive evidence of a substantial or significant association between pornography use and perceived addiction over time [sample 1, r = 0.13 (-0.02, 0.28); sample 2, r = 0.11 (-0.04, 0.25)].
Perceived addiction to internet pornography appears to be related strongly to moral scruples around pornography use, both concurrently and over time, rather than with the amount of daily pornography use itself.
互联网色情内容的使用是一种日益普遍但颇具争议的行为。虽然心理健康界对潜在的问题使用模式存在分歧，但许多非专业人士认为自己在使用过程中感到失调或强迫。先前的研究将这种倾向标记为对互联网色情内容的感知成瘾（PA）。本研究的目的是：（1）评估基线时 PA 与其他因素之间的关联，包括实际的平均每日色情内容使用水平和人格因素；（2）评估基线变量与 1 年后 PA 之间的关联。
两个大规模的社区样本使用在线调查方法进行评估，每个样本的子集在 1 年后招募进行后续调查。
美国。
参与者为过去 6 个月内使用过色情内容的成年人，分别从美国三所大学的三个本科学生样本（样本 1，n=1507）和一个网络使用成年人样本（样本 2，n=782）中招募。每个样本的子集（样本 1，n=146；样本 2，n=211）在 1 年后再次接受调查。
在基线时，我们评估了平均每日色情内容使用量、PA 以及相关预测因素（例如特质神经质、特质自我控制、特质权利感、宗教信仰、对色情内容使用的道德反感）。一年后，我们评估了 PA。
横截面分析显示，PA 与对色情内容使用的道德反感密切相关[样本 1，皮尔逊相关系数：r=0.68（0.65，0.70）；样本 2，r=0.58（0.53，0.63）]。基线时的道德反感[样本 1，r=0.46（0.33，0.56）；样本 2，r=0.61（0.51，0.69）]和感知成瘾与 1 年后的感知成瘾存在关联。我们发现，色情内容使用与感知成瘾之间的时间关系没有实质性或显著关联的证据[样本 1，r=0.13（-0.02，0.28）；样本 2，r=0.11（-0.04，0.25）]。
对互联网色情内容的感知成瘾似乎与对色情内容使用的道德顾虑密切相关，无论是在当前还是随着时间的推移，而不是与每天的色情内容使用量本身有关。
