a Department of Sociology , University of Oklahoma.
b Department of Sociology and Anthropology , Clemson University.
J Sex Res. 2019 Jan;56(1):50-61. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2017.1423017. Epub 2018 Jan 29.
Research has often demonstrated a negative association between pornography use and various intrapersonal and relationship outcomes, particularly for men. Several recent studies, however, have suggested that the negative association between pornography use and these indicators is stronger among more religious Americans, suggesting that moral incongruence (engaging in an activity that violates one's sacred values) and the attendant shame or cognitive dissonance, rather than pornography use per se, may be the primary factor at work. The current study tested and extended this theory by examining how religion potentially moderates the link between pornography use and sexual satisfaction in a national random sample of American adults (N = 1,501). Analyses demonstrated that while pornography use was negatively associated with sexual satisfaction for American men (not women), among men who rarely attended religious services or held a low opinion of the Bible this negative association essentially disappeared. Conversely, the negative association between frequency of pornography consumption and sexual satisfaction was more pronounced for men with stronger ties to conventional religion. These findings suggest that the connection between pornography use and sexual satisfaction, especially for men, depends largely on what viewing pornography means to consumers and their moral community and less so on the practice itself.
研究经常表明，色情使用与各种个人和人际关系结果之间存在负相关，特别是对男性而言。然而，最近的几项研究表明，对于更虔诚的美国人来说，色情使用与这些指标之间的负相关更强，这表明道德不一致（从事违反自己神圣价值观的活动）和随之而来的羞耻或认知失调，而不是色情使用本身，可能是起作用的主要因素。本研究通过检查宗教如何在全国范围内对美国成年人（n=1501）的色情使用与性满足之间的联系进行调节，对这一理论进行了测试和扩展。分析表明，虽然色情使用与美国男性（而非女性）的性满足呈负相关，但对于很少参加宗教仪式或对圣经评价较低的男性来说，这种负相关实际上消失了。相反，对于与传统宗教联系更紧密的男性来说，色情消费频率与性满足之间的负相关更为明显。这些发现表明，色情使用与性满足之间的联系，尤其是对男性而言，在很大程度上取决于消费者和他们的道德社区对观看色情内容的看法，而不是色情内容本身。
