Mattebo, Magdalena
Tydén, Tanja
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences.
Häggström-Nordin, Elisabet
Akademin för Hälsa, Vård och Välfärd, Mälardalens Högskola, Västerås.
Nilsson, Kent W.
Centrum för klinisk forskning, Västmanlands sjukhus, Västerås.
Abstract [en]
Objective: The aims of the study were to investigate predictors for frequent use of pornography and to investigate such use in relation to psychosomatic and depressive symptoms among Swedish adolescents.
Methods: Data collection was performed longitudinally in 13 randomly selected senior high schools in 53 classes in 2011 with a follow up in 2013. Two hundred twenty-four boys (47%) and 238 girls (60%) participated.
Results: Using a multivariate general linear model (GLM) we found that being a boy born outside Sweden, living in a parent-owned dwelling, attending a vocational high school program and being a frequent user of pornography at baseline had major effects in relation to the frequent use of pornography at follow-up (adjusted R2 0.689). In a second GLM we found that being a girl, living with separated parents, attending a vocational high school program, and being a frequent user of pornography at baseline had major effects on psychosomatic symptoms at follow-up (adjusted R20.254).
Conclusions: Being male, attending a vocational high school program and being a frequent user of pornography at baseline predicted frequent use of pornography at follow-up. Frequent use of pornography at baseline predicted psychosomatic symptoms at follow-up to a higher extent compared to depressive symptoms.
Keyword [en]
adolescents, pornography, longitudinal, psychological health, psychosomatic health
National Category
Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-217341OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-217341DiVA: diva2:695272
Available from: 2014-02-10 Created: 2014-02-03 Last updated: 2014-04-29
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