AUTHOR(S)
PUBLISHED
2020 in Journal of Abnormal Psychology
KEY FINDINGS
- This study found that moral incongruence surrounding pornography use is associated with self-reported compulsive sexual behavior.
Autor
Perry, Samuel L.
AUTHOR(S)
PUBLISHED
2020 in Archives of Sexual Behavior. 2020 May;49(4):1199-1213
KEY FINDINGS
- Analyzing data from 30 nationally representative surveys, this study found that pornography use was associated with poorer relationship quality, if at all, and was virtually never associated with better relationship quality. This was true for men and women, and married and unmarried participants alike.
CATEGORIES
AUTHOR(S)
PUBLISHED
2018 in Archives of Sexual Behavior, Vol. 47(6), pp. 1869–1880
KEY FINDINGS
- Analyses showed that persons who viewed pornography were more than twice as likely as those who did not view pornography to experience a divorce, even after controlling for marital happiness and sexual satisfaction as well as relevant sociodemographic correlates.
CATEGORIES
AUTHOR(S)
PUBLISHED
2018 in The Journal of Sex Research, Vol. 55(3), pp. 284-296
KEY FINDINGS
- The probability of divorce nearly doubled for married Americans who began pornography use.
- Discontinuing pornography use between survey waves was associated with a lower probability of divorce for women.
CATEGORIES
AUTHOR(S)
PUBLISHED
2017 in Sexuality & Culture, Vol. 21, pp. 1157–1176
KEY FINDINGS
- This study found that individuals who viewed pornography were nearly twice as likely as those who never viewed pornography to report experiencing a romantic breakup six years later.
CATEGORIES
AUTHOR(S)
PUBLISHED
2017 in Archives of Sexual Behavior, Vol. 46 (2), pp. 549-559
KEY FINDINGS
- Married persons who more frequently viewed pornography reported significantly lower levels of marital quality six years later.
- Pornography use was the second strongest predictor of marital quality in the study.
CATEGORIES
AUTHOR(S)
PUBLISHED
2016 in Sociological Forum, Vol. 31(2), pp. 441-464
KEY FINDINGS
- This study found that pornography porn consumption is negatively related to marital satisfaction.