Profiles of Cyberpornography Use and Sexual Well-Being in Adults
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Profiles of Cyberpornography Use and Sexual Well-Being in Adults
Abstract
Introduction: Although findings concerning sexual outcomes associated with cyberpornography use are mixed, viewing explicit sexual content online is becoming a common activity for an increasing number of individuals.
Aim: To investigate heterogeneity in cyberpornography-related sexual outcomes by examining a theoretically and clinically based model suggesting that individuals who spend time viewing online pornography form three distinct profiles (recreational, at-risk, and compulsive) and to examine whether these profiles were associated with sexual well-being, sex, and interpersonal context of pornography use.
Methods: The present cluster-analytic study was conducted using a convenience sample of 830 adults who completed online self-reported measurements of cyberpornography use and sexual well-being, which included sexual satisfaction, compulsivity, avoidance, and dysfunction.
Main outcomes measures: Dimensions of cyberpornography use were assessed using the Cyber Pornography Use Inventory. Sexual well-being measurements included the Global Measure of Sexual Satisfaction, the Sexual Compulsivity Scale, the Sexual Avoidance Subscale, and the Arizona Sexual Experiences Scale.
Results: Cluster analyses indicated three distinct profiles: recreational (75.5%), highly distressed non-compulsive (12.7%), and compulsive (11.8%). Recreational users reported higher sexual satisfaction and lower sexual compulsivity, avoidance, and dysfunction, whereas users with a compulsive profile presented lower sexual satisfaction and dysfunction and higher sexual compulsivity and avoidance. Highly distressed less active users were sexually less satisfied and reported less sexual compulsivity and more sexual dysfunction and avoidance. A larger proportion of women and of dyadic users was found among recreational users, whereas solitary users were more likely to be in the highly distressed less active profile and men were more likely to be in the compulsive profile.
Conclusion: This pattern of results confirms the existence of recreational and compulsive profiles but also demonstrates the existence of an important subgroup of not particularly active, yet highly distressed consumers. Cyberpornography users represent a heterogeneous population, in which each subgroup is associated with specific sexual outcomes.
Keywords: Cyberpornography; Profile Analysis; Sexual Compulsion; Sexual Dysfunction; Sexual Well-Being.
Copyright © 2016 International Society for Sexual Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Comment in
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Editorial Comment on "Profiles of Cyberpornography Use and Sexual Well-Being in Adults".J Sex Med. 2017 Jan;14(1):86. doi: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2016.11.319. J Sex Med. 2017. PMID: 28065361 No abstract available.
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Response to Editorial Comment: "Profiles of Cyberpornography Use and Sexual Well-Being in Adults".J Sex Med. 2017 Jan;14(1):87. doi: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2016.11.320. J Sex Med. 2017. PMID: 28065362 No abstract available.
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