Koós, Mónika, Nagy, Léna, Kraus, Shane W., Demetrovics, Zsolt, Potenza, Marc N., Gaudet, Émilie, Ballester-Arnal, Rafael, Batthyány, Dominik, Bergeron, Sophie, Billieux, Joël, Briken, Peer, Burkauskas, Julius, Cárdenas-López, Georgina, Carvalho, Joana, Castro-Calvo, Jesús, Chang, Yun-Hsuan, Chen, Lijun, Ciocca, Giacomo, Corazza, Ornella, Csako, Rita I., Fernandez, David P., Fujiwara, Hironobu, Fernandez, Elaine F., Fuss, Johannes, Gabrhelík, Roman, Gewirtz-Meydan, Ateret, Gjoneska, Biljana, Gola, Mateusz, Grubbs, Joshua B., Hashim, Hashim T., Hsieh, Yi-Ping, Islam, Md. Saiful, Ismail, Mustafa, Jiménez-Martínez, Martha C., Jurin, Tanja, Kalina, Ondrej, Klein, Verena, Költő, András, Lee, Sang-Kyu, Lewczuk, Karol, Lochner, Christine, López-Alvarado, Silvia, Lukavská, Kateřina, Mayta-Tristán, Percy, Miller, Dan J., Orosová, Oľga, Orosz, Gábor, Ponce, Fernando P., Quintana, Gonzalo R., Quintero Garzola, Gabriel C., Ramos-Diaz, Jano, Rigaud, Kévin, Rousseau, Ann, Scanavino, Marco De Tubino, Schulmeyer, Marion K., Sharan, Pratap, Shibata, Mami, Shoib, Sheikh, Sigre-Leirós, Vera, Sniewski, Luke, Spasovski, Ognen, Steibliene, Vesta, Stein, Dan J., Strizek, Julian, Štulhofer, Alexandar, Ünsal, Berk C., Vaillancourt-Morel, Marie-Pier, Van Hout, Marie Claire, and Bőthe, Beáta (2024) Why Do People Watch Pornography? Cross-Cultural Validation of the Pornography Use Motivations Scale (PUMS) and Its Short Form (PUMS-8). Journal of Sex Research. (In Press)

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Abstract

Motivations for pornography use may vary across gender identities, sexual orientations, and geographical regions, warranting examination to promote individual and public health. The aims of this study were to validate the Pornography Use Motivations Scale (PUMS) in a diverse, multicultural sample, and develop a short form (PUMS-8) that can assess a wide range of pornography use motivations. Using data from 42 countries (N = 75,117; Mage = 32.07; SDage = 12.37), enabled us to thoroughly evaluate the dimensionality, validity, and reliability of the Pornography Use Motivations Scale (PUMS), leading to the development of the more concise PUMS-8 short scale. Additionally, language-, nationality-, gender-, and sexual-orientation-based measurement invariance tests were conducted to test the comparability across groups. Both the PUMS and the PUMS-8 assess eight pornography use motivations, and both demonstrated excellent psychometric properties. Sexual Pleasure emerged as the most frequent motivation for pornography use across countries, genders, and sexual orientations, while differences were observed concerning other motivations (e.g. self-exploration was more prevalent among gender-diverse individuals than men or women). The motivational background of pornography use showed high similarity in the examined countries. Both the PUMS and the PUMS-8 are reliable and valid measurement tools to assess different types of motivations for pornography use across countries, genders, and sexual orientations. Both scales are recommended for use in research and clinical settings.

Item ID:	83041
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	1559-8519
Copyright Information:	© 2024 The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality
Date Deposited:	02 Jul 2024 01:22
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