Wright, Paul J., Chyng Sun, and Ekra Miezan.
Personality and Individual Differences 141 (2019): 107-110.
Abstract
This report presents data on pornography consumption, perceptions of pornography, and condom use among a sample of 140 women in South Korea. Three key findings emerged. First, perceiving pornography as a source of sexual information was a more reliable correlate of less consistent condom use than the frequency with which pornography was viewed. Second, consuming pornography more frequently only predicted using condoms less frequently when pornography was perceived as a source of sexual information. Third, the interaction between the rate of pornography consumption and perceiving pornography as a source of sexual information maintained even after adjusting for pertinent demographic characteristics. Taken together, these findings suggest that while perceiving pornography as a source of sexual information in and of itself is a risk-factor for engaging in unprotected sex, the combination of regular pornography consumption and perceiving pornography as a source of sexual information is more problematic in terms of sexual risk than either variable in isolation. Sampling specifics and methodological singularity, however, point to a need for replication studies from other locales and using additional designs.
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