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ArticleJournal of behavioral addictions2025

Identification and comprehensive characterization of moral disapproval and behavioral dysregulation-based pornography-use profiles across 42 countries.

Beáta Bőthe, István Tóth-Király, Nevena Popova, Léna Nagy, Mónika Koós, Zsolt Demetrovics, Marc N Potenza, Shane W Kraus, Rafael Ballester-Arnal, Dominik Batthyány and 61 more

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Beáta Bőthe1Département de Psychologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2718-4703
István Tóth-Király3Substantive Methodological Synergy Research Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2810-3661
Nevena Popova1Département de Psychologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada.
Léna Nagy4Doctoral School of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0002-7947-2988
Mónika Koós6Institute of Forensic Psychiatry and Sex Research, Center for Translational Neuro-and Behavioral Science, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9961-9174
Zsolt Demetrovics8Institute for Mental Health and Wellbeing, College of Education, Psychology and Social Work, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5604-7551
Marc N Potenza9Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6323-1354
Shane W Kraus12Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0404-9480
Rafael Ballester-Arnal13Departmento de Psicología Básica, Clínica y Psicobiología, University Jaume I of Castellón, Spain.
Dominik Batthyány14Institute for Behavioural Addictions, Sigmund Freud University Vienna, Austria.
Sophie Bergeron1Département de Psychologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada.
Joël Billieux15Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Peer Briken17Institute for Sex Research, SexualMedicine, and Forensic Psychiatry, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Julius Burkauskas18Laboratory of Behavioral Medicine, Neuroscience Institute, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Palanga, Lithuania.
Georgina Cárdenas-López19Virtual Teaching and Cyberpsychology Laboratory, School of Psychology, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico.
Joana Carvalho20William James Center for Research, Departamento de Educação e Psicologia, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.
Jesús Castro-Calvo21Department of Personality, Assessment, and Psychological Treatments, University of Valencia, Spain.
Lijun Chen22Department of Psychology, College of Humanity and Social Science, Fuzhou University, China.
Giacomo Ciocca23Section of Sexual Psychopathology, Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, and Health Studies, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Ornella Corazza24Department of Clinical, Pharmaceutical and Biological Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.
Rita I Csako26Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand.
Andrea Czakó7Centre of Excellence in Responsible Gaming, University of Gibraltar, Gibraltar, Gibraltar.
David P Fernandez27Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom.
Elaine F Fernandez28HELP University, Malaysia.
Hironobu Fujiwara29Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Johannes Fuss31Institute of Forensic Psychiatry and Sex Research, Center for Translational Neuro- and Behavioral Sciences, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Roman Gabrhelík32Charles University, First Faculty of Medicine, Department of Addictology, Prague, Czech Republic.
Ateret Gewirtz-Meydan34School of Social Work, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Israel.
Biljana Gjoneska35Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Republic of North Macedonia.
Mateusz Gola36Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland.
Hashim T Hashim38University of Baghdad, College of Medicine, Iraq.
Md Saiful Islam40Department of Public Health and Informatics, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh.
Mustafa Ismail38University of Baghdad, College of Medicine, Iraq.
Martha C Jiménez-Martínez42Universidad Pedagógca y Tecnológica de Colombia, Colombia.
Tanja Jurin43Department of Psychology, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia.
Ondrej Kalina44Department of Educational Psychology and Psychology of Health, Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice, Slovakia.
Verena Klein45School of Psychology, University of Southampton, United Kingdom.
András Költő46Health Promotion Research Centre, University of Galway, Ireland.
Chih-Ting Lee47Department of Family Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Sang-Kyu Lee48Department of Psychiatry, Hallym University Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, South Korea.
Karol Lewczuk50Institute of Psychology, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University, Warsaw, Poland.
Chung-Ying Lin51Institute of Allied Health Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Christine Lochner53SAMRC Unit on Risk & Resilience in Mental Disorders, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
Silvia López-Alvarado54Faculty of Psychology, University of Cuenca, Ecuador.
Kateřina Lukavská32Charles University, First Faculty of Medicine, Department of Addictology, Prague, Czech Republic.
Percy Mayta-Tristán56Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Perú.
Dan J Miller57College of Healthcare Sciences, James Cook University, Australia.
Oľga Orosová44Department of Educational Psychology and Psychology of Health, Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice, Slovakia.
Gábor Orosz58Artois University, France.
Sungkyunkwan University's Research Team59Department of Psychology, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea.
Fernando P Ponce60Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Talca, Chile.
Gonzalo R Quintana61Departamento de Psicología y Filosofía, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica, Arica y Parinacota, Chile.
Gabriel C Quintero Garzola62Florida State University, Republic of Panama.
Jano Ramos-Diaz64Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Privada del Norte, Lima, Perú.
Kévin Rigaud58Artois University, France.
Ann Rousseau65Leuven School For Mass Communication, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Marco de Tubino Scanavino66Department of Psychiatry, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph's Health Care London. London, ON, Canada. Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada.
Marion K Schulmeyer69Universidad Privada de Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.
Pratap Sharan70Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029, India.
Mami Shibata71Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Sheikh Shoib72Department of Psychology, Shardha University, India.
Vera Sigre-Leirós15Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Luke Sniewski75Compassionate Inquiry, New Zealand.
Ognen Spasovski76Faculty of Philosophy, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia.
Vesta Steibliene77Laboratory of Behavioral Medicine, Neuroscience Institute, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Palanga, Lithuania.
Dan J Stein78SAMRC Unit on Risk & Resilience in Mental Disorders, Dept of Psychiatry & Neuroscience Institute, University of Cape Town.
Aleksandar Štulhofer79Department of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia.
Berk C Ünsal4Doctoral School of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
Marie-Pier Vaillancourt-Morel80Département de Psychologie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Canada.
Marie Claire Van Hout81Public Health Institute, Faculty of Health, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom.
Joshua B Grubbs82Center on Alcohol, Substance Use, And Addictions University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA.

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Abstract

Background and aims: The Moral Incongruence Model of Pornography Use proposes that pornography-use-related problems may be present due to problematic pornography use (PPU) and/or moral disapproval (MD) of pornography use. Despite some supporting empirical evidence, no study has tested the presence of different pornography-use profiles based on individuals' behavioral dysregulation (i.e., PPU) and moral values concerning pornography use. The generalizability of previous findings to diverse populations has also been limited given the scarcity of studies conducted outside of Western countries. Methods: Using data from the International Sex Survey (42 countries, N = 66,994; Mage = 32.16 years, SD = 12.27), we conducted latent profile analysis to identify pornography-use profiles based on individuals' frequency of use, MD, and PPU. The profiles were compared along a wide range of pornography-use-related, sexuality-related, and psychological correlates. Results: Six pornography-use profiles were identified, including two increased risk groups (i.e., Increased risk of PPU without MD and Increased risk of PPU with some MD). Several factors differentiated between the increased risk vs. no/low risk profiles (e.g., relatedness satisfaction) as well as between the two increased risk profiles (e.g., religiosity). Apart from behavioral dysregulation, moral values concerning pornography use played an important role in distinguishing pornography-use profiles and demonstrated the importance of inquiring about MD when working with individuals with pornography-use-related problems. Conclusion: Findings also support recent calls for better-integrated sex therapy and sexual medicine perspectives into pornography-use-related problems research and care.

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EroticaMoralsSexual BehaviorAdolescentAdultFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedYoung Adultaddictive behaviorcompulsive behaviordysregulationmoralitypornography

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