The role of insecure attachment, sexual motivation and sexual functioning in pornography consumption.
Mon-Main hall - Z2b-Poster 1-2508
Presented by: Edit Csányi
Because of the accessibility of visual sexual stimuli, millions of users are attracted to consume pornographic contents. Attachment, motivation, and sexual functioning are all integrative parts of adult sexual activities such as pornography consumption. The research aimed to determine how sexual motivations, sexual functioning, and attachment styles can influence the frequency of pornography use and how the consumers differ. To investigate these relationships a total of 785 Hungarian adult participants (547 women and 238 men, mean age=33.7) completed our online survey comprising self-report measures. The test battery included demographical questions and the Hungarian versions of Reasons for Having Sex Questionnaire short form (YSEX?-15H) to measure the sexual motivations, the Sexual System Function Scale (SSFS) to measure the hyper- or deactivation of sexual system, the Experience in Close Relationships-Relationship Structures (ECR-RS) to measure insecure attachment, and the short version of the Problematic Pornography Consumption Scale (PPCS-6). Subsequent analysis revealed that sexual deactivation mediates the predictive power of attachment avoidance on the frequency of pornography use. Furthermore, attachment anxiety effects pornography consumption indirectly by the mediator role of participating in sexual activities for attaining personal goals. Those who are characteristic of having problem with pornography use are more likely to be males, to participate in sexual activities for personal goals and for coping, to attach insecurely, and to be sexually hyperactivated. Our research contributes to a better and deeper understanding of the phenomenon of pornography consumption and the results may have implications for professionals helping people with pornography addiction.
Keywords: pornography consumption, frequency, problematic, sexual motivation, sexual functioning, attachment style