Zivari-Rahman Mahmoud, Ghanbari Siroos, Shokouhi-Moghadam Solmaz
Psychometric and Educational Research, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Educational Sciences, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamadan, Iran.
Addict Health. 2021 Oct;13(4):207-220. doi: 10.22122/ahj.v13i4.299.
Addiction to pornography in the virtual world can seriously affect the mental, psychological, social, and family health of individuals and easy access to the Internet and cyberspace has intensified addiction to virtual pornography. Knowledge of the status of phenomena requires an accurate and scientific measurement tool with appropriate validity and reliability, so this study was conducted with the aim to study the Youth Pornography Addiction Screening Tool (YPAST).
This study was carried out using the descriptive-exploratory method. The statistical population of the study included all students aged 18 to 30 years studying in the universities of Hamadan, Iran, in the academic year 2020-2021. Using stratified random sampling method, 480 individuals were selected from Bu-Ali Sina University, Islamic Azad University, and Payame Noor University of Hamadan Province. To collect data, the YPAST was utilized. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient, exploratory factor analysis (EFA) with Varimax rotation, and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were used to analyze the data.
The YPAST consists of the 3 components of lack of control over pornographic behavior, regret after pornography use, and pornography for sexual arousal. These 3 factors together explained 61.16% of the total variance of pornography addiction in cyberspace, with the first, second, and third factors explaining 22.98%, 21.79%, and 16.39% of the variance, respectively. The CFA results showed that the scale items were of appropriate factor loads and higher than 0.40 on each factor, and the study measurement model in the first and second order factor analysis was of an acceptable fit. Therefore, the YPAST had an appropriate and acceptable structural validity among young people. The total validity coefficient of the YPAST was 0.88 and that of the first, second, and third factors were 0.94, 0.93 and 0.88, respectively. The YPAST has 3 factors.
The YPAST can be a powerful and accurate tool for measuring youth pornography addiction and it can be used with confidence in various situations to measure youth virtual pornography addiction. In addition, it seems that the scale items have a proper coherence and fluency, which, as a unified and integrated set of different aspects, can measure virtual pornography addiction among young people with high accuracy.
虚拟世界中的色情成瘾会严重影响个人的精神、心理、社会和家庭健康，而互联网和网络空间的便捷访问加剧了对虚拟色情内容的成瘾。了解这一现象的现状需要一个具有适当效度和信度的准确科学的测量工具，因此本研究旨在对青少年色情成瘾筛查工具（YPAST）进行研究。
本研究采用描述性探索性方法。研究的统计总体包括2020 - 2021学年在伊朗哈马丹各大学就读的所有18至30岁的学生。采用分层随机抽样方法，从哈马丹省的布阿里·西纳大学、伊斯兰阿扎德大学和帕亚梅·诺尔大学选取了480名个体。为收集数据，使用了YPAST。采用克朗巴哈系数、具有方差最大化旋转的探索性因素分析（EFA）和验证性因素分析（CFA）对数据进行分析。
YPAST由对色情行为缺乏控制、使用色情内容后的懊悔以及为性唤起而观看色情内容这三个分量表组成。这三个因素共同解释了网络空间色情成瘾总方差的61.16%，其中第一、第二和第三个因素分别解释了方差的22.98%、21.79%和16.39%。CFA结果表明，量表项目具有适当的因素负荷，且在每个因素上均高于0.40，一阶和二阶因素分析中的研究测量模型拟合度可接受。因此，YPAST在年轻人中具有适当且可接受的结构效度。YPAST的总效度系数为0.88，第一、第二和第三个因素的效度系数分别为0.94、0.93和0.88。YPAST有三个因素。
YPAST可以成为测量青少年色情成瘾的强大而准确的工具，并且可以在各种情况下放心地用于测量青少年虚拟色情成瘾。此外，量表项目似乎具有适当的连贯性和流畅性，作为一套统一且综合的不同方面内容，能够高精度地测量青少年中的虚拟色情成瘾情况。
