Motives for pornography use and women's sexual wellbeing: Insights from a 42-country study
These findings highlight the need to consider the multifaceted nature of pornography use among women, including the usage motives, to fully understand associations with sexual wellbeing. Additionally, the study emphasizes the importance of conducting further research utilizing longitudinal designs, to establish the directionality between pornography use motivations and sexual wellbeing among women.
Authors
- Shane Winfield Kraus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0404-9480)
- Elaine F. Fernandez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6481-5001)
- D.J. Miller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3230-2631)
- Silvia López‐Alvarado (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9402-645X)
- Beáta Bőthe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2718-4703)
- Jesús Castro‐Calvo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6611-9643)
- Marco de Tubino Scanavino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3485-3805)
- Ornella Corazza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7371-319X)
- Ann Rousseau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7086-9938)
- Hironobu Fujiwara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7422-7190)
- Rita I. Csákó (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7612-6804)
- Percy Mayta‐Tristán (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0861-6606)
- András Költő (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5509-2809)
- Sheikh Shoib (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3739-706X)
- Gabriel C. Quintero Garzola (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4390-0661)
- Joshua B. Grubbs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2642-1351)
- Hashim Talib Hashim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6155-7302)
- Mónika Koós (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9961-9174)
- Zsolt Demetrovics (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5604-7551)
- Berk C. Ünsal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0138-5320)
- Marion K. Schulmeyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0707-0656)
- Ateret Gewirtz‐Meydan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8221-9425)
- Luke Sniewski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0896-5160)
- Julian Strizek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1186-9911)
- Peer Briken (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1360-014X)
- Dominik Batthyány (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4516-774X)
- Giacomo Ciocca (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4256-1776)
- Pratap Sharan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2437-6099)
- Johannes Fuß (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0445-5021)
- Jano Ramos‐Diaz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7993-2390)
- Kateřina Lukavská (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0321-0383)
- Sophie Bergeron (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8601-761X)
- Mami Shibata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0834-1101)
- Marie‐Pier Vaillancourt‐Morel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8634-3463)
- Marie Claire Van Hout (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0018-4060)
- David P. Fernandez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7645-9959)
- Ondrej Kalina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9875-1395)
- Roman Gabrhelík (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7672-3753)
- Rafael Ballester‐Arnal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4421-1144)
- Ognen Spasovski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6039-6946)
- Karol Lewczuk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2437-2450)
- Gábor Orosz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5883-6861)
- Marc Nicholas Potenza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6323-1354)
- Georgina Cárdenas‐López (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4569-1944)
- Joël Billieux (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7388-6194)
- Léna Nagy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7947-2988)
- Biljana Gjoneska (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1200-6672)
- Dan Joseph Stein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7218-7810)
- Mustafa Ismail (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5636-0599)
- Vera Sigre‐Leirós (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1788-3909)
- Julius Burkauskas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3928-2151)
- Md. Saiful Islam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3979-2423)
- Vesta Steiblienė (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8374-2768)
- Gonzalo R. Quintana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3298-6877)
- Verena Klein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5830-7991)
- Fernando P. Ponce (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6283-4583)
- Aleksandar Štulhofer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5138-3644)
- Martha C. Jiménez‐Martínez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0290-9440)
- Oľga Orosová (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3758-3273)
- Chung‐Ying Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2129-4242)
- Christine Löchner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4766-3704)
- Joana Carvalho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2362-0010)
- Mateusz Gola (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9691-1102)
- Tanja Jurin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6913-562X)
- Chih‐Ting Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4821-2320)
- Kévin Rigaud (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9813-1575)
- Lijun Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9055-8822)
- Sang‐Kyu Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6714-850X)
- Harvey H. Feder
- Karl J. Friston
Institutions
- Eötvös Loránd University (HU)
- Universitat Jaume I (ES)
- South African Medical Research Council (ZA)
- Sigmund Freud Privatuniversität Wien (AT)
- Florida State University-Panama (PA)
- Western University (CA)
- HELP University (MY)
- Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LT)
- Lawson Health Research Institute (CA)
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas (US)
- University of Baghdad (IQ)
- University of Hertfordshire (GB)
- Hallym University (KR)
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- Universitat de València (ES)
- University of New Mexico (US)
- Flinders University (AU)
- Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts (MK)
- University of Zagreb (HR)
- University of Tarapacá (CL)
- University of Cuenca (EC)
- University of Trento (IT)
- Queen's University (CA)
- University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik (SK)
- Charles University (CZ)
- Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia (CO)
- Kyoto University (JP)
- Stellenbosch University (ZA)
- Universidad Científica del Sur (PE)
- Catholic University of the Maule (CL)
- Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BD)
- London Health Sciences Centre (CA)
- Yale University (US)
- University of California San Diego (US)
- Auckland University of Technology (NZ)
- Universidad Privada de Santa Cruz de la Sierra (BO)
- Addiction Switzerland (CH)
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
- Neuroscience Institute (IT)
- Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté (FR)
- Institute of Psychology (PL)
- RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project (JP)
- Secretaría Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (PA)
- University of Kerbala (IQ)
- Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
- St Joseph's Health Care (CA)
- Eppendorf (Belgium) (BE)
- Connecticut Mental Health Center (US)
- National Cheng Kung University Hospital (TW)
- General University Hospital in Prague (CZ)
- Hallym University Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital (KR)
- Private University of the North (PE)
- University of Southampton (GB)
- South East Technological University (IE)
- University of Warith Al-Anbiyaa
- University of Gibraltar
- Université d'Artois (FR)
- Jahangirnagar University (BD)
- Nottingham Trent University (GB)
- University of Aveiro (PT)
- University of Duisburg-Essen (DE)
- Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (CA)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
- Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw (PL)
- Université de Montréal (CA)
- Waterford Institute of Technology (IE)
- Sharda University (IN)
- Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje (MK)
- Fuzhou University (CN)
- Sungkyunkwan University (KR)
- Sapienza University of Rome (IT)
- James Cook University (AU)
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (MX)
- University of Haifa (IL)
- National Cheng Kung University (TW)
- University of Lausanne (CH)
- KU Leuven (BE)
- Polish Academy of Sciences (PL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Behavioral Addictions
- Published
- 2025-02-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2024.00040
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 9.23
Funders
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
- Nemzeti Kutatási, Fejlesztési és Innovaciós Alap