J Sex Marital Ther. 2017 Apr 27:0. doi: 10.1080/0092623X.2017.1321601.
Butler MH1, Pereyra SA1, Draper TW1, Leonhardt ND1, Skinner KB2.
Abstract
Sexuality is presumptively and observably a powerful core element of the human pair-bond relationship. Technological advances of the last half-century have made media a dominant cultural and developmental presence, including scripting sexual relationship attitudes and behavior. Theoretically and empirically, we examine loneliness as it relates to pornography use in terms of pornography’s relational scripting and its addictive potential. Empirically, we examine the associative nature between pornography use and loneliness using a measurement model and two structural equation models where pornography use and loneliness are regressed on each other, respectively.
Survey data was collected from a sample of 1,247 participants, who completed an online questionnaire containing questions on pornography use, the University of Los Angeles Loneliness Scale (UCLALS), and other demographic variables. Results from our analyses revealed significant and positive associations between pornography use and loneliness for all three models.
Findings provide grounds for possible future bi-directional, recursive modeling of the relation between pornography use and loneliness.
KEYWORDS: behavioral addiction model; loneliness; pornography use; script theory
PMID: 28448246
DOI: 10.1080/0092623X.2017.1321601
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