Gender, Sexual Affect, and Motivations for Internet Pornography Use
- Authors
- Paul, B.; 심재웅
- Issue Date
- Aug-2008
- Publisher
- Haworth Press Inc.
- Citation
- International Journal of Sexual Health, v.20, no.3, pp 187 - 199
- Journal Title
- International Journal of Sexual Health
- Volume
- 20
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 187
- End Page
- 199
- URI
- https://scholarworks.sookmyung.ac.kr/handle/2020.sw.sookmyung/14211
- DOI
- 10.1080/19317610802240154
- ISSN
- 1931-7611
1931-762X
- Abstract
- The Internet has substantially changed the way society consumes pornographic material and as become the most popular venue for this sexual purpose. However, researchers have paid little attention to why people use pornographic material online. Arguing that the use of Internet pornography is a motivated behavior meant to obtain what one wants to see, this study attempts to identify specific motivations for Internet pornography use. In addition, this study analyzes how gender and sexual affect—positive or negative—are associated with motivations for Internet pornography use. Overall, 321 undergraduate students including males and females responded to an online questionnaire. Findings show that motivations behind Internet pornography use can be broken down into four factors—relationship, mood management, habitual use, and fantasy. Males revealed far stronger motivations than females; and those with more erotophilic tendencies were more likely than those with more erotophobic tendencies to be motivated to use Internet pornography for all four motivational factors. The implications of the findings are discussed.
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