TY - JOUR
T1 - Difficulties in Emotion Regulation and Problematic Pornography Use
T2 - The Mediating Role of Loneliness
AU - Cardoso, Jorge
AU - Ramos, Catarina
AU - Brito, José
AU - Almeida, Telma C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Objectives: To analyze the association between difficulties in emotion regulation and problematic pornography use (PPU) and test the mediating effect of loneliness. Methods: All 339 participants (M = 28.53 years, SD = 10.32) completed online self-report scales assessing difficulties in emotion regulation, PPU, and loneliness. Results: Difficulties in emotion regulation are positively correlated with PPU. Loneliness partially mediates the relationship between difficulties in emotion regulation and PPU. Gender and intimate relationship status had moderating effects on the tested mediation model. Conclusions: Greater difficulties in emotion regulation have a significant indirect effect on PPU through loneliness.
AB - Objectives: To analyze the association between difficulties in emotion regulation and problematic pornography use (PPU) and test the mediating effect of loneliness. Methods: All 339 participants (M = 28.53 years, SD = 10.32) completed online self-report scales assessing difficulties in emotion regulation, PPU, and loneliness. Results: Difficulties in emotion regulation are positively correlated with PPU. Loneliness partially mediates the relationship between difficulties in emotion regulation and PPU. Gender and intimate relationship status had moderating effects on the tested mediation model. Conclusions: Greater difficulties in emotion regulation have a significant indirect effect on PPU through loneliness.
KW - Difficulties in emotion regulation
KW - compulsive sexual behavior
KW - loneliness
KW - problematic pornography use
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U2 - 10.1080/19317611.2023.2224807
DO - 10.1080/19317611.2023.2224807
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85162246240
SN - 1931-7611
VL - 35
SP - 481
EP - 493
JO - International Journal of Sexual Health
JF - International Journal of Sexual Health
IS - 3
ER -