Motives for pornography use and women's sexual wellbeing: Insights from a 42-country study.
Journal: Journal of behavioral addictions
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Affiliated Institutions:
School of Social Work, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Israel.
Department of Psychology, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada.
Institute of Forensic Psychiatry and Sex Research, Center for Translational Neuro-and Behavioral Science, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
Institute for Mental Health and Wellbeing, College of Education, Psychology and Social Work, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Departmento de Psicología Básica, Clínica y Psicobiología, University Jaume I of Castellón, Spain.
Institute for Behavioural Addictions, Sigmund Freud University Vienna, Austria.
Département de psychologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada.
Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Institute for Sex Research, Sexual Medicine, and Forensic Psychiatry; University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf;Hamburg, Germany.
Laboratory of Behavioral Medicine, Neuroscience Institute, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Palanga, Lithuania.
Virtual Teaching and Cyberpsychology Laboratory, School of Psychology, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico.
William James Center for Research, Departamento de Educação e Psicologia, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.
Department of Personality, Assessment, and Psychological Treatments, University of Valencia, Spain.
Department of Psychology, College of Humanity and Social Science, Fuzhou University, China.
Section of Sexual Psychopathology, Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, and Health Studies, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Department of Clinical, Pharmaceutical and Biological Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand.
Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom.
HELP University, Malaysia.
Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Institute of Forensic Psychiatry and Sex Research, Center for Translational Neuro- and Behavioral Sciences, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Charles University, First Faculty of Medicine, Department of Addictology, Prague, Czech Republic.
Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Republic of North Macedonia.
Institute of Psychlogy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland.
Center on Alcohol, Substance use, And Addictions University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA.
University of Baghdad, College of Medicine, Iraq.
Department of Public Health and Informatics, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-, Bangladesh.
Universidad Pedagógca y Tecnológica de Colombia, Colombia.
Department of Psychology, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia.
Department of Educational Psychology and Psychology of Health, Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice, Slovakia.
School of Psychology, University of Southampton, United Kingdom.
Health Promotion Research Centre, University of Galway, Ireland.
Department of Family Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Department of Psychiatry, Hallym University Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, South Korea.
Centre of Excellence in Responsible Gaming, University of Gibraltar, Gibraltar, Gibraltar.
Institute of Allied Health Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
SAMRC Unit on Risk & Resilience in Mental Disorders, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
Faculty of Psychology, University of Cuenca, Ecuador.
Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Perú.
College of Healthcare Sciences, James Cook University, Australia.
Artois University, France.
Department of Psychology, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea.
Departamento de Psicología, Universidad Católica del Maule, Chile.
Departamento de Psicología y Filosofía, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica, Arica y Parinacota, Chile.
Florida State University, Republic of Panama.
Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Privada del Norte, Lima, Perú.
Leuven School For Mass Communication, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Department of Psychiatry, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph's Health Care London. London, ON, Canada. Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada.
Universidad Privada de Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.
Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi -, India.
Department of Psychology, Shardha University, India.
Compassionate Inquiry, Canada.
Faculty of Philosophy, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia.
SAMRC Unit on Risk & Resilience in Mental Disorders, Dept of Psychiatry & Neuroscience Institute, University of Cape Town.
Austrian Public Health Institute, Austria.
Department of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia.
Institute of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Intimate Relationship Problems and Sexual Abuse/Chercheure régulière, Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire sur les problèmes conjugaux et les agressions sexuelles (CRIPCAS), Canada.
Office of the Vice President for Research, Innovation and Impact, South East Technological University, Waterford, Ireland.
Abstract summary
Despite a growing body of research on pornography use among women, there is a lack of understanding of the problematic versus non-problematic nature. The current study aimed to investigate the relationship between women's motivations for pornography use and sexual wellbeing using a cross-sectional, self-report survey design among participants from 42 countries.The total sample included 82,243 participants, of whom 46,874 (57.0%) identified as women and were analyzed. The participants' age averaged at M = 29.67 years, with a standard deviation of SD = 10.11. Participants were asked to complete a questionnaire assessing their motivations for pornography use, as well as measures of sexual functioning, sexual desire, and sexual satisfaction.Study results suggest that across cultures, women's motivations for pornography use are associated with their sexual wellbeing. Specifically, when women reported using pornography for their own pleasure or sexual curiosity, it was associated with fewer sexual functioning problems and higher sexual desire. Conversely, when women reported using pornography due to a lack of sexual satisfaction in their relationships, it was associated with more sexual functioning problems.These findings highlight the need to consider the multifaceted nature of pornography use among women, including the usage motives, to fully understand associations with sexual wellbeing. Additionally, the study emphasizes the importance of conducting further research utilizing longitudinal designs, to establish the directionality between pornography use motivations and sexual wellbeing among women.
Authors & Co-authors:
Gewirtz-Meydan Ateret A
Feder Hagit H
Nagy Léna L
Koós Mónika M
Kraus Shane W SW
Demetrovics Zsolt Z
Potenza Marc N MN
Ballester-Arnal Rafael R
Batthyány Dominik D
Bergeron Sophie S
Billieux Joël J
Briken Peer P
Burkauskas Julius J
Cárdenas-López Georgina G
Carvalho Joana J
Castro-Calvo Jesús J
Chen Lijun L
Ciocca Giacomo G
Corazza Ornella O
Csako Rita I RI
Fernandez David P DP
Fernandez Elaine F EF
Fujiwara Hironobu H
Fuss Johannes J
Gabrhelík Roman R
Gjoneska Biljana B
Gola Mateusz M
Grubbs Joshua B JB
Hashim Hashim T HT
Islam Md Saiful MS
Ismail Mustafa M
Jiménez-Martínez Martha C MC
Jurin Tanja T
Kalina Ondrej O
Klein Verena V
Költő András A
Lee Chih-Ting CT
Lee Sang-Kyu SK
Lewczuk Karol K
Lin Chung-Ying CY
Lochner Christine C
López-Alvarado Silvia S
Lukavská Kateřina K
Mayta-Tristán Percy P
Miller Dan J DJ
Orosová Oľga O
Orosz Gábor G
Ponce Fernando P FP
Quintana Gonzalo R GR
Quintero Garzola Gabriel C GC
Ramos-Diaz Jano J
Rigaud Kévin K
Rousseau Ann A
De Tubino Scanavino Marco M
Schulmeyer Marion K MK
Sharan Pratap P
Shibata Mami M
Shoib Sheikh S
Sigre-Leirós Vera V
Sniewski Luke L
Spasovski Ognen O
Steibliene Vesta V
Stein Dan J DJ
Strizek Julian J
Štulhofer Aleksandar A
Ünsal Berk C BC
Vaillancourt-Morel Marie-Pier MP
Van Hout Marie Claire MC
Bőthe Beáta B
Study Outcome
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