7989University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
J Interpers Violence. 2022 Nov;37(21-22):NP20873-NP20897. doi: 10.1177/08862605211055145. Epub 2021 Nov 16.
Pornography use and intimate partner violence (IPV) are both prevalent in romantic relationships. However, information is lacking about whether pornography use predicts IPV. This study examined the relation between frequency of pornography use (FPU) and IPV across a span of 4 months in a sample of 132 different-sex couple dyads. At least one partner in each couple was attending a Canadian university. Participants ( = 264) completed online measures of pornography use, IPV, and social desirability at baseline and at a 4-month follow-up. Two longitudinal actor-partner interdependence models using a structural equation framework to conduct path analyses demonstrated that (a) higher FPU among men at baseline predicted increases in IPV perpetration and victimization from baseline to 4-month follow-up for both men and women and (b) women's baseline FPU did not predict change in IPV over time for themselves or their partners. These findings suggest that frequent pornography use among male partners in different-sex romantic relationships may represent an under-recognized risk factor for IPV, and further research is needed to identify latent factors that may be contributing to this relation. Although women's baseline FPU did not predict changes in IPV over time, this may be because women used pornography less frequently than men.
色情制品使用与亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）在恋爱关系中都很普遍。然而，关于色情制品使用是否会预测 IPV 却缺乏信息。本研究在一个包含 132 对不同性别伴侣的样本中，考察了色情制品使用频率（FPU）与 4 个月期间 IPV 的关系。每对伴侣中至少有一位伴侣正在加拿大的一所大学就读。参与者（n=264）在基线和 4 个月随访时完成了在线色情制品使用、IPV 和社会期望度的测量。使用结构方程框架进行路径分析的两个纵向演员-伙伴相互依存模型表明：（a）基线时男性的 FPU 较高，预示着从基线到 4 个月随访期间男性和女性的 IPV 实施和受害都会增加；（b）女性的基线 FPU 并不预示着自己或伴侣的 IPV 随时间的变化。这些发现表明，不同性别恋爱关系中男性伴侣频繁使用色情制品可能是一个被低估的 IPV 风险因素，需要进一步研究以确定可能导致这种关系的潜在因素。尽管女性的基线 FPU 并不预示着 IPV 随时间的变化，但这可能是因为女性比男性使用色情制品的频率更低。
