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  • Behavioral Science
  • Health Science

Background:

  • Self-Determination Theory (SDT) posits that unmet basic psychological needs can lead to maladaptive behaviors.
  • Pornography use, particularly for coping with negative emotions, is a growing concern.
  • The potential moderating role of physical exercise in this context remains under-explored.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the mediating role of coping motivations in the relationship between basic psychological need frustration and problematic pornography use.
  • To examine whether regular physical exercise moderates these associations.
  • To clarify specific pathways using network analysis.

Main Methods:

  • Cross-sectional study involving 600 Chinese adult pornography users (mean age = 32.31, 39.83% women).
  • Statistical analyses including mediation and moderation models.
  • Network analysis to explore specific pathways.

Main Results:

  • Coping motivations significantly mediated the link between basic psychological need frustration and problematic pornography use.
  • Regular physical exercise moderated these pathways, weakening the path from need frustration to coping motivations.
  • Exercise strengthened the path from coping motivations to problematic pornography use, suggesting a complex protective effect.

Conclusions:

  • Basic psychological need frustration, via coping motivations, is linked to problematic pornography use.
  • Regular exercise may offer a protective effect by mitigating the influence of need frustration on using pornography for coping.
  • Further research is needed to establish causality due to the cross-sectional design.