The Role of Sexual Compulsivity, Impulsivity, and Experiential Avoidance in Internet Pornography Use

2012 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chad T. Wetterneck ◽  
Angela J. Burgess ◽  
Mary B. Short ◽  
Angela H. Smith ◽  
Maritza E. Cervantes
Author(s):  
Kathryn C. Seigfried-Spellar

The impact of both intentional and unintentional exposure to internet pornography on adolescents has been debated in the literature for decades. However, the differences in the operational definitions of pornography and exposure, not to mention the differences in methodology and sampling, make it difficult to synthesize findings and identify patterns across studies. In addition, the majority of the research has employed a rather broad measure of “exposure to general pornography” by adolescents in order to understand the impact of early exposure to pornography; however, internet pornography includes a wide range of sexually explicit materials, not just adult pornography. Thus, the goal of this chapter is to explore the relationship between nondeviant pornography use and deviant pornography use (e.g., child pornography) by discussing the Seigfried-Spellar study which examined the role of individual differences and age of onset in deviant pornography use.


2017 ◽  
Vol 70 ◽  
pp. 65-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Allen ◽  
Lee Kannis-Dymand ◽  
Mary Katsikitis

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca M. Pasillas ◽  
Mark Stalnaker ◽  
Jason Deviva ◽  
Andrew Santanello ◽  
Melissa Decker ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-74
Author(s):  
Hannah Edlund

AbstractDrawing on and expanding previous graduate course research, this paper investigated and analyzed public libraries’ policies regarding patron use of legal, visual Internet pornography on public computers. Pornographic imagery that falls within legal boundaries is protected by the First Amendment. Incidents of, and library responses to, pornography viewing are not a new issue and have caused turmoil across the field of library and information science. In an attempt to understand the problem, the research question asks: how do public libraries respond to patrons viewing legal Internet pornography, while upholding First Amendment rights as well as the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) and other legal requirements? Libraries tread a fine line to protect First Amendment rights, respect community laws, and uphold CIPA. Research indicated that responding to Internet pornography use in public libraries is heavily dependent on individual, community and library values. Policies are more likely to prohibit patrons from accessing Internet pornography, and most libraries have at least some Internet filtering software restricting what content may be accessed on public use computers. However, evidence also suggests that regardless of policy or filters, library staff will at some point encounter a patron accessing Internet pornography.


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