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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Addiction Research
  • Psychometrics

Background:

  • Lack of a brief, theoretically grounded scale for problematic pornography use.
  • Need for a tool to differentiate problematic from non-problematic consumption patterns.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Develop and validate the Problematic Pornography Consumption Scale (PPCS).
  • Utilize Griffiths's six-component addiction model as a theoretical framework.
  • Create a reliable instrument to identify at-risk pornography users.

Main Methods:

  • Online survey of 772 respondents.
  • Item generation based on existing instruments and addiction model components.
  • Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to establish scale structure.

Main Results:

  • Developed an 18-item, second-order factor structure for the PPCS.
  • Achieved excellent reliability and established measurement invariance.
  • Identified an optimal cutoff score, with 3.6% of the sample classified as at-risk.

Conclusions:

  • The PPCS is a psychometrically sound, multidimensional scale for problematic pornography use.
  • The scale is based on a robust theoretical foundation.
  • PPCS provides a reliable method for distinguishing problematic from non-problematic pornography consumption.