Naslov
Pornography, Sexual Socialization, and Satisfaction among Young People

Autori
Štulhofer, Aleksandar ; Buško, Vesna ; Landripet, Ivan

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
IASR Thirty-Fourth Annual Meeting Book of Abstracts / - Leuven, 2008

Skup
IASR Thirty-Fourth Annual Meeting

Mjesto i datum
Leuven, Belgija, 09.07.2008. - 12.07.2008

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
pornography; sexually explicit materials; youth; sexual socialization; sexual scripts; intimacy; sexual satisfaction

Sažetak
Little is known about potential effects porn consumbtion bears on young people's sexual socialization and sexual satisfaction. In this symposia, we present a theoretical model of the effects of sexually explicit materials (SEM) mediated by sexual scripting and moderated by the type of SEM used. An on-line survey dataset that included 2, 092 young Croatian men and women aged 18-25 years was used to explore empirically the model. Descriptive findings pointed to significant differences between mainstream and paraphilic SEM users in frequency of SEM use at the age of 14, current SEM use, frequency of masturbation, sexual boredom, acceptance of sex myths, and sexual compulsiveness. In testing the model, a novel instrument was used, the Sexual Scripts Overlap Scale, designed to measure the influence of SEM on sexual socialization. Structural equation analyses suggested that negative effects of early exposure to SEM on young men's sexual satisfaction, albeit small, could be stronger than positive effects. Both positive and negative effects—the latter being expressed through suppression of intimacy—were observed only among users of paraphilic SEM. No effect of early exposure to SEM was found among the mainstream SEM users. To counterbalance moral panic but also glamorization of pornography, sex education programs should incorporate contents that would increase media literacy and assist young people in critical interpretation of pornographic imagery.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita, Sociologija, Psihologija

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