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Pornography and Sexual Dissatisfaction: The Role of Pornographic Arousal, Upward Pornographic Comparisons, and Preference for Pornographic Masturbation
- Source :
- Human Communication Research. 47:192-214
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press (OUP), 2021.
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Abstract
- Research finding that pornography use is associated with lower sexual satisfaction is common; evaluation of the mechanisms hypothesized as underlying the association is not. Informed by multiple theoretical perspectives, the present study tested a conceptual model positing that (a) regularly consuming pornography conditions the user’s arousal template to be particularly responsive to pornographic depictions, (b) this amplified arousal to pornography increases both (c) upward comparisons between one’s own sex life and sex as it is represented in pornography and (d) a preference for masturbation to pornography over partnered sex, which in turn (e) weaken perceptions of how satisfying it is to have sex with one’s partner, and ultimately (f) decreases perceptions of how satisfying one’s relationship is with one’s partner. Path-analytic results were supportive of the hypothesized linkages for both men and women. Discussion focuses on the implications of the present study’s findings for current debates in the literature and theoretical development.
- Subjects :
- 050103 clinical psychology
Linguistics and Language
Communication
05 social sciences
050801 communication & media studies
Preference
Arousal
0508 media and communications
Anthropology
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Pornography
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Psychology
Social psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14682958 and 03603989
- Volume :
- 47
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Human Communication Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........81289040321e53179ffb4d73474e415c