Saqib Sundus, Davidson Myles
Department of Psychology, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Sex Offending. 2023 Nov 24;18:e13005. doi: 10.5964/sotrap.13005. eCollection 2023.
The Confluence Model (CM) highlights the role of Hostile Masculinity (HM) and Impersonal Sex (IS) as primary risk factors for sexual aggression. According to the CM, pornography is a secondary risk factor for sexual aggression among men who are high in HM and IS. The role of pornography consumption in the CM has produced divergent findings; however, a subset of men use pornography for mood management (to cope with negative emotions). These men are at risk of developing problematic pornography use, suggesting a need to consider motives for pornography use in the context of the CM. The present study tested the CM with a focus on the role of pornography as a mood management motive in a sample of males (n = 412). The central components of the CM (HM and IS) were associated with sexual aggression. There was also an independent association between the mood management motive of watching pornography and sexual aggression, suggesting that the mood management motive of watching pornography may be an independent risk factor for sexual aggression. In contrast to our hypothesis, the mood management motive did not moderate the association between the primary risk factors (HM, IS) and sexual aggression. The findings of this study replicate past findings and build on the literature by suggesting that pornography use as mood management is predictive of sexual aggression.
融合模型（CM）强调了敌意男性气质（HM）和非个人性行为（IS）作为性侵犯主要风险因素的作用。根据融合模型，色情制品是在具有高敌意男性气质和非个人性行为的男性中性侵犯的次要风险因素。色情制品消费在融合模型中的作用产生了不同的研究结果；然而，一部分男性将色情制品用于情绪管理（以应对负面情绪）。这些男性有发展成问题性色情制品使用的风险，这表明有必要在融合模型的背景下考虑色情制品使用的动机。本研究以男性样本（n = 412）为对象，重点测试了融合模型中色情制品作为情绪管理动机的作用。融合模型的核心组成部分（敌意男性气质和非个人性行为）与性侵犯有关。观看色情制品的情绪管理动机与性侵犯之间也存在独立关联，这表明观看色情制品的情绪管理动机可能是性侵犯的一个独立风险因素。与我们的假设相反，情绪管理动机并未调节主要风险因素（敌意男性气质、非个人性行为）与性侵犯之间的关联。本研究的结果重复了过去的研究发现，并在文献基础上表明，将色情制品用于情绪管理可预测性侵犯。
