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Motives for pornography use and women's sexual wellbeing: Insights from a 42-country study
A. Gewirtz-Meydan, H. Feder, L. Nagy, M. Koós, SW. Kraus, Z. Demetrovics, MN. Potenza, R. Ballester-Arnal, D. Batthyány, S. Bergeron, J. Billieux, P. Briken, J. Burkauskas, G. Cárdenas-López, J. Carvalho, J. Castro-Calvo, L. Chen, G. Ciocca, O....
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- MeSH
- Adult MeSH
- Erotica * psychology MeSH
- Libido physiology MeSH
- Middle Aged MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Adolescent MeSH
- Young Adult MeSH
- Motivation * MeSH
- Personal Satisfaction MeSH
- Cross-Sectional Studies MeSH
- Sexual Behavior * psychology MeSH
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- Adult MeSH
- Middle Aged MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Adolescent MeSH
- Young Adult MeSH
- Female MeSH
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: 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. METHODS: 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. RESULTS: 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. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: 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.
Austrian Public Health Institute Austria
Center for Excessive Gambling Addiction Medicine Lausanne University Hospitals Lausanne Switzerland
Center on Alcohol Substance use And Addictions University of New Mexico Albuquerque USA
Centre for Advanced Research Excellence in Public Health Savar Dhaka 1342 Bangladesh
Centre of Excellence in Responsible Gaming University of Gibraltar Gibraltar Gibraltar
Charles University 1st Faculty of Medicine Department of Addictology Prague Czech Republic
Charles University Faculty of Education Department of Psychology Prague Czech Republic
Chuncheon Addiction Management Center South Korea
College of Healthcare Sciences James Cook University Australia
Connecticut Council on Problem Gambling Wethersfield CT USA
Connecticut Mental Health Center New Haven CT USA
Decentralized Big Data Team RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project Tokyo Japan
Departamento de Psicología Universidad Católica del Maule Chile
Département de psychologie Université de Montréal Montréal Canada
Département de Psychologie Université du Québec à Trois Rivières Trois Rivières Canada
Department of Health Services Srinagar 190001 India
Department of Neuropsychiatry Graduate School of Medicine Kyoto University Kyoto Japan
Department of Personality Assessment and Psychological Treatments University of Valencia Spain
Department of Psychiatry All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi 110029 India
Department of Psychiatry Hallym University Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital South Korea
Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science University of Trento Italy
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Auckland University of Technology Auckland New Zealand
Department of Psychology College of Humanity and Social Science Fuzhou University China
Department of Psychology Humanities and Social Sciences University of Zagreb Croatia
Department of Psychology Queen's University Kingston Canada
Department of Psychology Shardha University India
Department of Psychology University of Nevada Las Vegas NV USA
Department of Psychology University of New Mexico Albuquerque USA
Department of Public Health and Informatics Jahangirnagar University Savar Dhaka 1342 Bangladesh
Department of Sociology Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences University of Zagreb Croatia
Departmento de Psicología Básica Clínica y Psicobiología University Jaume 1 of Castellón Spain
Doctoral School of Psychology ELTE Eötvös Loránd University Budapest Hungary
Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud Universidad Privada del Norte Lima Perú
Facultad de Medicina Universidad Científica del Sur Lima Perú
Faculty of Philosophy Ss Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje Republic of North Macedonia
Faculty of Psychology University of Cuenca Ecuador
Florida State University Republic of Panama
General University Hospital Prague Department of Addictology Czech Republic
Health Promotion Research Centre University of Galway Ireland
Institute for Behavioural Addictions Sigmund Freud University Vienna Austria
Institute for Neural Computations University of California San Diego USA
Institute for Sex Research Sexual Medicine and Forensic Psychiatry
Institute of Allied Health Sciences College of Medicine National Cheng Kung University Tainan Taiwan
Institute of Psychlogy Polish Academy of Sciences Poland
Institute of Psychology Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University Warsaw Poland
Institute of Psychology ELTE Eötvös Loránd University Budapest Hungary
Institute of Psychology University of Lausanne Lausanne Switzerland
Leuven School For Mass Communication KU Leuven Leuven Belgium
Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts Republic of North Macedonia
Nottingham Trent University United Kingdom
SAMRC Unit on Risk and Resilience in Mental Disorders Stellenbosch University South Africa
School of Psychology University of Southampton United Kingdom
School of Social Work Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences University of Haifa Israel
Sistema Nacional de Investigación SENACYT Panama
Universidad Pedagógca y Tecnológica de Colombia Colombia
Universidad Privada de Santa Cruz de la Sierra Bolivia
University Medical Centre Hamburg Eppendorf
University of Baghdad College of Medicine Iraq
University of Warith Al Anbiyaa College of Medicine Karbala Iraq
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