ArticleArchives of sexual behavior2018
Viewing Sexually Explicit Media and Its Association with Mental Health Among Gay and Bisexual Men Across the U.S.
Article in Archives of sexual behavior, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- Association Between Self-Reported Pornographic Consumption Habits and Anxiety and Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- A Longitudinal Examination of the Mediating Role of Body Dissatisfaction in the Relationship Between Pornography Use Frequency and Eating Disturbances: A Cross-Lagged Mediation Model.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
- Integrating Internalized Homophobia with Pornography Problems Due to Moral Incongruence Model among Chinese Sexual Minority Men: A Network Analysis.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
- Validation of the Problematic Pornography Consumption Scale: Short Form (PPCS-6) in a Spanish Clinical Population with Gambling Disorder.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
- Spanish Validation of the Brief Pornography Screen Within a Clinical Sample of Individuals with Gambling Disorder.Archives of sexual behavior · 2024Article
- The Associations of Pornography Use and Body Image Among Heterosexual and Sexual Minority Men.Archives of sexual behavior · 2024Article
- Pornographic Video Consumption and Partner Preference Among Chinese Male Sexual Minorities: The Moderating Role of Perceived Realism.Archives of sexual behavior · 2024Article
- Sexual development in ADHD and internet pornography consumption.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Effects of exposure to sexually explicit material on sexually violent behavior among first-year university men in Vietnam.PloS one · 2022Article
- Using Google Trends to Inform the Population Size Estimation and Spatial Distribution of Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men: Proof-of-concept Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2021Article
- Sexually Explicit Online Media Use and Sexual Behavior among Sexual Minority Men in Portugal.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
Gay and bisexual men (GBM) have reported viewing significantly more sexually explicit media (SEM) than heterosexual men. There is evidence that viewing greater amounts of SEM may result in more negative body attitude and negative affect. However, no studies have examined these variables within the same model. A national sample of 1071 HIV-negative GBM in the U.S. participating in a larger study completed an online survey, which included measures of SEM consumption, male body attitudes, anxiety, and depression. Participants reported viewing 3 h of SEM per week, on average, and 96% of participants reported recently viewing at least some SEM. Greater consumption of SEM was directly related to more negative body attitude and both depressive and anxious symptomology. There was also a significant indirect effect of SEM consumption on depressive and anxious symptomology through body attitude. These findings highlight the relevance of both SEM on body image and negative affect along with the role body image plays in anxiety and depression outcomes for GBM. They also indicate a potential role for body image in explaining the co-occurrence of SEM consumption and negative affect. For interventions looking to alleviate negative affect for GBM, it may be important to address SEM consumption and body image as they are shown to be associated with both anxious and depressive symptomology.
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