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Problematic Pornography Use: Can It Be Accurately Measured via the Problematic Pornography Use Scale?
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, Vol.23, pp.1193-1214
2025
Abstract
Pornography use has increased its popularity worldwide, raising concerns about potential disordered use. Considering the lack of recognition in diagnostic manuals, conceptual clarification and the validation of robust instruments assessing this problem are much needed. The current study is aimed at assessing the psychometric properties of the Problematic Pornography Use Scale (PPUS). Exploratory and confirmatory analyses (EFA and CFA) were used to assess a four-factor and a bifactor solution. Additionally, this study used latent profile (LPA) and sensitivity analyses to determine suggested cut-off values to identify at-risk users. A large sample of adult pornography users completed the PPUS online (N = 1149). A four-factor solution as proposed by Kor and colleagues (Addictive Behaviors, 39(5), 861-868, Kor et al., Addictive Behaviors 39:861–868, 2014) was identified as the optimal factorial structure. Participants were classified into five profiles, with 3.9% identified as at-risk users, 19.9% as moderate to high risk. A cut-off value of 33 was suggested to accurately identify at-risk users. The PPUS is a multidimensional instrument, showing good adept ability to detect users at risk of problematic pornography use.
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- Title
- Problematic Pornography Use: Can It Be Accurately Measured via the Problematic Pornography Use Scale?
- Authors
- Daniel Zarate (Corresponding Author) - RMIT UniversityAndrew Allen (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Health - PsychologyLee Kannis-Dymand (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Health - PsychologyLeila Karimi (Author) - RMIT UniversityVasileios Stavropoulos (Author) - Victoria University
- Publication details
- International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, Vol.23, pp.1193-1214
- Publisher
- Springer New York LLC
- Date published
- 2025
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11469-023-01164-1
- ISSN
- 1557-1882; 1557-1874
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- This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
- Grant note
- 68761601 / ECR 2020 / RMIT
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health - Psychology; Sexual Violence Research and Prevention Unit; Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99971198602621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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