scholarly journals The contribution of ADHD and attachment difficulties to online pornography use among students

2019 ◽  
Vol 93 ◽  
pp. 56-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Niazof ◽  
Abraham Weizman ◽  
Aviv Weinstein
Keyword(s):  
Online Pornography ◽  
Pornography Use ◽  
Attachment Difficulties

scholarly journals The Pornography “Rebooting” Experience: A Qualitative Analysis of Abstinence Journals on an Online Pornography Abstinence Forum

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
David P. Fernandez ◽  
Daria J. Kuss ◽  
Mark D. Griffiths
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Strategies ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Online Forums ◽  
Online Pornography ◽  
Support Resources ◽  
Pornography Use ◽  
Perceived Effects ◽  
The Right ◽  
Number Of Individuals ◽  
Rule Out

AbstractA growing number of individuals using online forums are attempting to abstain from pornography (colloquially termed “rebooting”) due to self-perceived pornography-related problems. The present qualitative study explored phenomenological experiences of abstinence among members of an online “rebooting” forum. A total of 104 abstinence journals by male forum members were systematically analyzed using thematic analysis. A total of four themes (with a total of nine subthemes) emerged from the data: (1) abstinence is the solution to pornography-related problems, (2) sometimes abstinence seems impossible, (3) abstinence is achievable with the right resources, and (4) abstinence is rewarding if persisted with. Members’ primary reasons for initiating “rebooting” involved desiring to overcome a perceived addiction to pornography and/or alleviate perceived negative consequences attributed to pornography use, especially sexual difficulties. Successfully achieving and maintaining abstinence was typically experienced to be very challenging due to habitual behavior patterns and/or cravings triggered by a multiplicity of cues for pornography use, but a combination of internal (e.g., cognitive-behavioral strategies) and external (e.g., social support) resources made abstinence attainable for many members. A range of benefits attributed to abstinence by members suggest that abstaining from pornography could potentially be a beneficial intervention for problematic pornography use, although future prospective studies are needed to rule out possible third variable explanations for these perceived effects and to rigorously evaluate abstinence as an intervention. The present findings shed light on what the “rebooting” experience is like from members’ own perspectives and provide insights into abstinence as an approach for addressing problematic pornography use.

The Use of Online Pornography as Compensation for Loneliness and Lack of Social Ties Among Israeli Adolescents

2018 ◽  
Vol 122 (5) ◽  
pp. 1865-1882 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaniv Efrati ◽  
Yair Amichai-Hamburger
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Activity ◽  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Social Ties ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Sexual Activities ◽  
Attachment Orientations ◽  
Online Pornography ◽  
Ability To Act ◽  
Pornography Use ◽  
The Impact

The Internet provides people with the ability to act anonymously, which may lead them to feel secure and to release them from many of their inhibitions. In many cases, this leads them to participate in cybersex activities and online pornography. This study examined the psychological factors behind young people’s sexual behavior online. Participants comprised 713 Israeli adolescents (383 boys and 330 girls) aged 14 to 18 years. Our results indicated that the impact of loneliness on online sexual activity and frequency of pornography use was dependent on participants’ attachment orientations. Engagement in online sexual activities and use of pornography were high among anxiously attached individuals regardless of the extent of their loneliness. Loneliness was found to increase the use of online sexual activities and pornography, only among secure and anxiously avoidant individuals. Online sexual activity and pornography were also found to be related to offline sexual activity. The results are described and discussed.

Problematic Online Pornography Use: A Media Attendance Perspective

2015 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph M. Sirianni ◽  
Arun Vishwanath
Keyword(s):  
Online Pornography ◽  
Pornography Use

scholarly journals A review of pornography use research: Methodology and results from four sources

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Gmeiner ◽  
Joseph Price ◽  
Michael Worley
Keyword(s):  
Rank Order ◽  
State Level ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Family Structures ◽  
Us States ◽  
New Family ◽  
Online Pornography ◽  
Multiple Data ◽  
Pornography Use ◽  
Per Capita

The widespread electronic transmission of pornography allows for a variety of new data sources to objectively measure pornography use. Recent studies have begun to use these data to rank order US states by per capita online pornography use and to identify the determinants of pornography use at the state level. The aim of this paper is to compare two previous methodologies for evaluating pornography use by state, as well as to measure online pornography use using multiple data sources. We find that state-level rankings from Pornhub.com, Google Trends, and the New Family Structures Survey are significantly correlated with each other. In contrast, we find that rankings based on data from a single large paid subscription pornography website has no significant correlation with rankings based on the other three data sources. Since so much of online pornography is accessed for free, research based solely on paid subscription data may yield misleading conclusions.

‘I want that power back’: Discourses of masculinity within an online pornography abstinence forum

Sexualities ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 621-639 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kris Taylor ◽  
Sue Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Online Pornography ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
Pornography Use ◽  
Outright Rejection ◽  
Central Interest

This article examines the ways that men actively construct masculinity within an online pornography-abstinence reddit forum, NoFap. Of central interest is how members of NoFap negotiate possible contradictions between abstinence and presenting themselves as masculine subjects. Utilizing discourse analysis, we illustrate the ways in which forum members employ idealized discourses of innate masculinity and the need for ‘real sex’ to justify their resistance to pornography use and masturbation. However, we also highlight the paradox of having to perform ostensibly innate characteristics, and the outright rejection of feminist critiques of pornography use as it pertains to masculine conduct. As such, this article offers an alternative approach to the popular ‘user effects’ paradigm that suggests that users reject pornography because of internal biological drives interfering in their lives. Instead, we suggest that some users reject pornography to reconcile pornography use with particular expectations of normative masculinity.

scholarly journals Internet and Pornography Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Presumed Impact and What Can Be Done

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hashir Ali Awan ◽  
Alifiya Aamir ◽  
Mufaddal Najmuddin Diwan ◽  
Irfan Ullah ◽  
Victor Pereira-Sanchez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Current Status ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Online Pornography ◽  
Physical Isolation ◽  
Growing Body ◽  
Pornography Use ◽  
Report Data ◽  
Use Of The Internet

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause an immense psychosocial strain worldwide. Excessive use of the internet during these psychologically trying times, fueled by physical isolation as a result of lockdowns, has translated into dysfunctional behaviors. A growing body of evidence suggests an unprecedented increase in internet use and consumption of online pornography during the pandemic, and possibly even directly caused by it. In this review, the authors report data from relevant sources to show the rise in pornography use during lockdowns in different countries worldwide. In addition to a brief overview of the neurobiology of internet addiction broadly and problematic online pornography use specifically, similarities with substance use disorders are explained. Further, the current status of the debate about defining diagnostic criteria is discussed. Finally, the review sheds light on the potential detrimental outcomes during the future post-pandemic “re-adaptation,” while simultaneously offering preventative and management strategies for harm reduction. The authors conclude that foresightedness with utilizing existing tools and therapies and exercising appropriate amounts of caution could go a long way in addressing the challenges that lie ahead in the post-pandemic era.

Increase in the prevalence of online pornography use – objective data analysis from the period between 2004 and 2016 in Poland

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karol Lewczuk ◽  
Adrian Dominik Wojcik ◽  
Mateusz Gola
Keyword(s):  
General Social Survey ◽  
Internet Technology ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Objective Data ◽  
Online Activity ◽  
Online Pornography ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Pornography Use ◽  
Monthly Period

Despite the considerable amount of attention presently devoted to the high accessibility of online pornography, very little formal analyses have been carried out to show how the advent and proliferation of Internet technology has changed the prevalence of pornography use in populations. We conducted an analysis based on objective website traffic data, representing the changes in the number of (1) Internet users generally, and (2) online pornography users specifically, between the years 2004 and 2016 in Poland. We observed a clear increase in the estimated number of people using online pornography in the analyzed period. The observed increase was much faster than, for example, the change indicated in similar analyses based on General Social Survey data. The estimated number of people viewing pornography on the Internet increased over three times (310%) between October 2004 and October 2016 – starting from an estimated 2.76 million in the first period, to 8.54 million in the last. Additionally, pornography viewership on the Internet was almost 2 times more prevalent among male (47%) than female Internet users (27%), and most popular in the 18-27 age group. Importantly, based on our data, a relatively high percentage (25%) of young Internet users aged 7 to 12 accessed online pornography during a distinct monthly period. Interestingly for this single age group, we did not obtain a strong difference in the prevalence of online pornography use between sexes – viewing pornographic websites was as frequent among young girls as young boys. Since our analysis is based on objective data, it does not share the limitations inherent of self-reports. However, our approach also has a few important limitations (e.g. the analysis does not include online activity generated on mobile devices and under the private browsing mode) which may lead to the underestimation of pornography use indices.

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