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How Much Online Pornography is Too Much? A Comparison of Two Theoretically Distinct Assessment Scales

Overview

Overview

Journal Arch Public Health

Publisher Biomed Central

Date 2024 May 30

PMID 38816773

Authors

Authors

Germano Vera Cruz

Elias Aboujaoude

Magdalena Liberacka-Dwojak

Monika Wilkosc-Debczynska

Lucien Rochat

Riaz Khan

Yasser Khazaal

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Abstract

Background: Online pornography use, an ever more common activity, has raised myriad psychosocial and clinical concerns. While there is a need to screen for and measure its problematic dimension, there is a debate about the adequacy of existing assessment tools.

Objective: The study compares two instruments for measuring pathological online pornography use (POPU) that are based on different theoretical frameworks-one in line with DSM-5 criteria and the six-component addiction model and one in line with ICD-11 criteria.

Methods: An international sample of 1,823 adults (Mean age = 31.66, SD = 6.74) answered an online questionnaire that included the Short Version of the Problematic Pornography Consumption Scale (PPCS-6) and the Assessment of Criteria for Specific Internet-Use Disorders (ACSID-11). Factorial, correlational, and network analyses were conducted on the data.

Results: Both tools adequately screened for online "addictive" behavior, but the ACSID-11 was superior in assessing the degree of clinical risk.

Conclusion: Depending on the specific aim of the assessment (screening vs. clinical diagnostics), both online pornography measurement tools may be useful.

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