1. Objectifs

Intentions :
«The current study examines whether the relational context, namely the quality of a couple’s relationship and sex life, provides a certain level of immunity against the association between frequency of use and feeling out of control over Internet pornography use.» (p. 343)

Questions/Hypothèses :
«First, we hypothesized a positive association between frequency of Internet pornography use and perceived lack of control over Internet pornography. […] More specifically, we hypothesized that individuals reporting lower relationship and sexual satisfaction would show a steeper increase in perceived lack of control associated with higher frequency of Internet pornography use. In contrast, we expected that the association between frequency and perceived lack of control over Internet pornography use would be weaker in individuals with high relationship and sexual satisfaction.» (p. 345)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
L’échantillon est composé de 1 036 participants (565 femmes) du Québec, recrutés par le biais d’annonces dans des quotidiens et sur Facebook.

Instruments :
Questionnaires

Type de traitement des données :
Analyse statistique

3. Résumé

«The findings suggested a significant, positive association between frequency of use and perceived lack of control over pornography use. Consistent with our hypotheses, we also found that this association was moderated by relationship and sexual satisfaction and that these moderation effects held regardless of gender, cohabitation status, length of the relationship, and parenthood. [Also], gender did not significantly influence the moderation effect of relationship and sexual satisfaction in the association between frequency of use and perceived lack of control over pornography use. This suggests that these aspects of the relational context have a similar impact on perceived control over pornography consumption across men and women. Results also indicated that the current findings can be generalized across cohabitation status, length of the relationship, and parenthood.» (p. 349) The authors concludes that «[t]he current study sheds some light on how relationship and sexual dissatisfaction can contribute to the development of problematic pornography use and suggests that in some cases out-of-control consumption may be a symptom of relationship difficulties.» (p. 351)