http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2642-1351
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ABSTRACT
Pornography use is a common activity in the developed world. This work consolidates research about pornography use into an organizational structure that is relevant to sexual motivation more broadly. To accomplish this, a comprehensive review of research is conducted, examining personality, emotional, and attitudinal associates and predictors of pornography use, as well as behaviours, attitudes, and motivations that are associated with or predicted by pornography use. Reviewing over 130 studies, the present work demonstrates that pornography is most often consumed for pleasure-seeking purposes, that it associated with increases in casual or impersonal approaches to sexuality, and that it predicts more pleasure-oriented approaches to sexual behaviour. The implications of these findings are discussed.
Disclosure Statement
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ORCID
Joshua B. Grubbs http://orcid.org/00-0002-2642-1351
Joshua A. Wilt http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7059-6389
Shane W. Kraus http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0404-9480
Notes
1. Across numerous studies in several cultural settings, the greatest predictor of pornography consumption is male gender (e.g. Grubbs et al., Citation2019; Rasmussen & Bierman, Citation2017; Regnerus et al., Citation2016; Rissel et al., Citation2017; Vanwesenbeeck, Bakker, & Gesell, Citation2010; Wright, Citation2013; Wright et al., Citation2013). For the present review, we did not include studies only reporting gender as a predictor of use, instead focusing on works that identified individual difference variables that are associated with pornography use, self-reported reasons for pornography use, or evidence of pornography use for specific reasons.
2. We also searched for ‘behaviour’.