Department of Psychology and Counselling, Faculty of Arts and Social Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kampar, Perak, Malaysia.
School of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia.
PLoS One. 2022 May 20;17(5):e0268724. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0268724. eCollection 2022.
Past studies have demonstrated a link between pornography use and addiction to pornography, the underlying mechanism of the association is still unclear. This study intended to examine the mediating role of perceived realism of pornography in the association between pornography use and addiction among emerging adults in Malaysia. This study recruited 222 self-identified pornography users (M age = 21.05; SD Age = 1.68; 75.1% male respondents) via the purposive sampling method. The correlation results indicated positive associations among pornography use, addiction to pornography, and perceived realism of pornography. Further, the perceived realism of pornography significantly mediated the association between pornography use and addiction to pornography after controlling for gender. Thus, this study has provided a fundamental understanding on the perceived realism role of pornography in explaining the association between its use and addiction. Although it is unlikely to stop illegal pornography use, the results pointed out a need to guide emerging adults in pornography use via media literacy programmes.
过去的研究表明，色情使用与对色情的成瘾之间存在关联，但其潜在机制仍不清楚。本研究旨在检验马来西亚成年初期人群中，色情使用与成瘾之间关联中，感知到的色情真实性的中介作用。本研究通过目的抽样法招募了 222 名自我认同的色情使用者（M 年龄=21.05；SD 年龄=1.68；75.1%男性受访者）。相关性结果表明，色情使用、对色情的成瘾与感知到的色情真实性之间存在正相关。进一步，在控制性别后，感知到的色情真实性显著中介了色情使用与对色情的成瘾之间的关联。因此，本研究为解释色情使用与其成瘾之间的关联中，感知到的色情真实性的作用提供了基本理解。虽然不太可能阻止非法色情使用，但研究结果指出需要通过媒体素养计划来引导成年初期人群正确使用色情。
