Chen Lijun, Wang Qiqi, Jiang Xiaoliu, Zhang Ying
Department of Psychology, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Fuzhou University, Fujian, China.
Department of Social Psychology, School of Sociology, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.
Psychiatry Investig. 2024 Dec;21(12):1338-1348. doi: 10.30773/pi.2023.0369. Epub 2024 Dec 23.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the different categories of males within two groups, namely a community male sample who engaged in online sexual activities (OSAs) and a subclinical male sample who were out of control in viewing pornography and had sought help. Additionally, the study aimed to determine the threshold for excessive OSAs in both samples.
A total of 568 community adult males who engaged in OSAs and 567 adult males seeking help for pornography use were recruited online. A latent profile analysis (LPA) was used to identify potential profiles within the samples. Cut-point analyses were conducted to determine optimal cutoff scores for OSAs in each sample.
The LPA revealed two categories with different cutoff scores for OSAs within each sample. Excessive OSA can be a screening tool for detecting out-of-control behavior. More stringent criteria for identifying excessive OSAs can aid in distinguishing problematic pornography use (PPU) from impaired control in viewing sexually-explicit materials (SEMs). Two subcategories of loss of control emerged: high OSAs frequency impaired control and high viewing SEMs impaired control.
The threholds of excessive OSAs varies among community and sub-clinical male samples; this knowledge can assist in screening out individuals with impaired control and selecting individuals with PPU from the subclinical sample.
本研究旨在调查两组男性的不同类别，即参与网络性活动（OSA）的社区男性样本和观看色情内容失控并寻求帮助的亚临床男性样本。此外，该研究旨在确定两个样本中过度网络性活动的阈值。
通过网络招募了总共568名参与网络性活动的社区成年男性和567名因使用色情内容而寻求帮助的成年男性。使用潜在类别分析（LPA）来识别样本中的潜在类别。进行切点分析以确定每个样本中网络性活动的最佳截止分数。
潜在类别分析显示每个样本中网络性活动有两个具有不同截止分数的类别。过度的网络性活动可以作为检测失控行为的筛查工具。识别过度网络性活动的更严格标准有助于区分问题性色情内容使用（PPU）和观看色情材料（SEM）时的控制受损。出现了两种失控的子类别：高频率网络性活动导致的控制受损和高观看色情材料频率导致的控制受损。
社区和亚临床男性样本中过度网络性活动的阈值各不相同；这些知识有助于筛选出控制受损的个体，并从亚临床样本中选择有问题性色情内容使用的个体。
