Spousal Religiosity, Religious Bonding, and Pornography Consumption

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• 作者：Samuel L. Perry
• 关键词：Pornography ; Marriage ; Religion ; Religiosity ; Sexual satisfaction
• 刊名：Archives of Sexual Behavior
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：46
• 期：2
• 页码：561-574
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• 刊物类别：Behavioral Science
• 刊物主题：Sexual Behavior; Public Health; Social Sciences, general;
• 出版者：Springer US
• ISSN：1573-2800
• 卷排序：46

文摘

Religiosity and pornography use are often closely connected. Relatively few studies, however, have examined how this religion–pornography connection plays out within the context of committed romantic relationships. Moreover, virtually all studies of religion and pornography use conceptualize religiosity as a quality intrinsic to the person that typically reduces pornography viewing. Focusing on married Americans, this study shifted the focus to consider whether the religiosity of one’s spouse relates to one’s own pornography viewing and under what circumstances. Analyses of the nationally representative Portraits of American Life Study (N = 1026) revealed that spousal religiosity was strongly and negatively related to participants viewing pornography, controlling for participants’ own religious or sociodemographic characteristics or sexual satisfaction. This relationship held whether spousal religiosity was measured with participants’ evaluations of their spouses’ religiosity or spouses’ self-reported religiosity. The association between spousal religiosity and pornography use was also moderated by participants’ religious service attendance, gender, and age. Considering mechanisms, the association between spousal religiosity and pornography use was mediated by frequent participation in religious bonding activities as a couple, suggesting that spousal religiosity may decrease pornography viewing among married Americans by promoting greater religious intimacy and unity between the couple, consequently decreasing one’s interest or opportunities to view pornography.