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Journal of Research in Personality / Pornography and Pride: Antagonism drives links between narcissism and perceived addiction to pornography
Journal of Research in Personality
Pornography and Pride: Antagonism drives links between narcissism and perceived addiction to pornography.
Joshua B. Grubbs, Regina Tahk, David P. Fernandez, Elaine F. Fernandez, David Ley
16 August 2023, 104419
Abstract
Prior studies have documented a link between narcissism and both pornography use and feelings of addiction to pornography, yet most have used unidimensional measures of narcissism, which provide inadequate coverage of narcissistic traits. This work examined relationships between the three-factor model of narcissism and both self-reported pornography use and self-reported addiction to pornography. Across two samples of undergradautes, two national samples in the U.S., and one pre-registered national sample in the U.S. (Aggregate N across sample>6,500), we found consistent positive associations only between narcissistic antagonism and pornography use and perceived addiction. These findings suggest that the more entitled, exploitative, and caustic aspects of narcissism are likely driving links between narcissism more broadly and pornography related variables.
A short excerpt from the Introduction
Research on the notion of compulsive, excessive, or addictive pornography use has expanded exponentially in the past 15 years (Grubbs, Hoagland, et al., 2020); 3-11% of the U.S. population expresses concerns of addiction to or compulsivity in pornography use (Grubbs, Kraus, et al., 2019); and clinicians regularly report seeing clientele with concerns about their use of internet pornography use (Short et al., 2016). In short, pornography use has become a clear behavior of interest for the mental health community (Grubbs et al., 2023, Grubbs and Kraus, 2021).
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0092656623000818