Jotiar Mahmood Ali, Abdulqadir Hajar Hassan, Chalabi Khalid Rojeen, Hashim Dirbas Vindad, Sherwan Ahmed Zana, Yarwant Naisan Kareen, Farhad Hasan Duaa
College of Medicine, University of Zakho, Zakho, IRQ.
College of Medicine, University of Duhok, Duhok, IRQ.
Cureus. 2024 Nov 26;16(11):e74482. doi: 10.7759/cureus.74482. eCollection 2024 Nov.
Pornography consumption is on the rise globally due to the widespread availability of the internet and unrestricted access to numerous pornographic websites. These sites pose various complications for consumers, and there is a noticeable lack of research on this issue in our country. Therefore, it is thought necessary to conduct this study. This study aims to measure pornography use among high school students, sex differences in pornography viewing, and the behavior of pornography viewing in the Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
This cross-sectional study was conducted at Zakho Independent Administration, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, among students of five high schools and two institutions. A paper questionnaire was handed out to the participants between April 1 and July 1, 2022. Descriptive statistics and inferential analyses, including chi-square tests, were utilized to examine sex differences and explore associations between the variables.
A total of 921 students were enrolled in this study, with an average age of 16.78 ± 1.26 years. More than half of the participants were male, 505 (54.83%); the ones who viewed pornography alone were 452 (49.08%), and 642 (69.71%) disagreed with watching porn. The first time watching pornography was more common at the age of 15-20, with over one-fourth of participants, 254 (27.58%), falling into this age group. There were statistically significant differences (p < 0.001) in the attitude and practice of men compared with women throughout all tested variables. Out of the total number of participants, 467 (50.71%) viewed pornography at least once in their lifetime; among those, 304 (65.1%) were male participants, 163 (34.9%) of them were female participants, and 852 (92.51%) participants agreed to restrict pornography sites.
The prevalence of pornography among high school students is relatively high. Male sex is an associated factor for higher pornography viewing and should be considered when designing public health interventions in a related context. Increasing education about this topic in high school settings is crucial.
由于互联网的广泛普及以及对众多色情网站的无限制访问，全球范围内色情内容的消费呈上升趋势。这些网站给消费者带来了各种问题，而我国在这一问题上的研究明显不足。因此，认为有必要开展本研究。本研究旨在衡量伊拉克库尔德地区高中生的色情内容使用情况、观看色情内容的性别差异以及观看色情内容的行为。
本横断面研究在伊拉克库尔德地区扎胡独立行政区的五所高中和两所院校的学生中进行。2022年4月1日至7月1日期间向参与者发放了纸质问卷。使用描述性统计和包括卡方检验在内的推断性分析来检验性别差异并探索变量之间的关联。
本研究共纳入921名学生，平均年龄为16.78±1.26岁。超过一半的参与者为男性，共505人（54.83%）；独自观看色情内容的有452人（49.08%），642人（69.71%）不同意观看色情内容。首次观看色情内容在15 - 20岁更为常见，超过四分之一的参与者，即254人（27.58%）属于这个年龄组。在所有测试变量中，男性与女性在态度和行为方面存在统计学显著差异（p < 0.001）。在所有参与者中，467人（50.71%）一生中至少观看过一次色情内容；其中，304人（65.1%）为男性参与者，163人（34.9%）为女性参与者，852人（92.51%）的参与者同意限制色情网站。
高中生中色情内容的流行率相对较高。男性是观看色情内容较多的相关因素，在相关背景下设计公共卫生干预措施时应予以考虑。在高中阶段增加关于这个话题的教育至关重要
