Department of Psychology, University of Denver.
School of Family Life, Brigham Young University.
J Sex Res. 2024 Jan;61(1):80-91. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2022.2096844. Epub 2022 Jul 20.
Research into adolescent pornography use has identified numerous individual-level behavioral and attitudinal correlates. However, associations between adolescents' pornography viewing and their romantic relationships remain understudied. Furthermore, very little is known about adolescents' watching pornography with their romantic partners (i.e., joint pornography use). The present study of adolescents ( = 755, 59.9% girls, age = 15.72 years old [ = 1.34]) is among the first attempts to link adolescents' pornography viewing behaviors to their romantic relationship attitudes and behaviors. We hypothesized that adolescents' viewing would be associated with poorer self-reported relationship skills, more negative relationship behaviors, and increased involvement in sexual activity, such as sexting. Partial support for these hypotheses was found. Frequency of overall viewing was associated with lower relationship and refusal skills. Lifetime joint pornography viewing was associated with higher rates of dating violence victimization and perpetration in the past six months and with more abusive behaviors from one's partner and more verbal conflict in the current dating relationship. Results, though cross-sectional, suggest that pornography viewing in adolescence is associated with poorer romantic outcomes. Implications for adolescent development and for healthcare providers and educators are discussed.
青少年色情制品使用的研究已经确定了许多个体行为和态度方面的相关因素。然而，青少年观看色情制品与他们的恋爱关系之间的关联仍未得到充分研究。此外，青少年与恋爱对象一起观看色情制品（即共同观看色情制品）的情况知之甚少。本研究对青少年（n=755，59.9%为女生，年龄=15.72 岁[=1.34]）进行了首次尝试，将青少年观看色情制品的行为与其恋爱关系的态度和行为联系起来。我们假设青少年观看色情制品会与较差的自我报告的恋爱关系技能、更多的负面恋爱关系行为以及更多的性活动（如发送色情短信）有关。这些假设得到了部分支持。总体观看频率与较低的恋爱关系和拒绝技能有关。终生共同观看色情制品与过去六个月中更高的恋爱暴力受害率和施暴率有关，与伴侣的更多虐待行为以及当前恋爱关系中的更多言语冲突有关。尽管这些结果是横断面的，但表明青少年观看色情制品与较差的恋爱结果有关。讨论了这些结果对青少年发展以及对医疗保健提供者和教育者的意义。
