Influence of impulsivity on adolescents' pornography use

YU Chunyan; LIAN Qiguo; ZHONG Xiangyang; ZHANG Jiashuai; TU Xiaowen; LOU Chaohua; ZUO Xiayun

doi:10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2021.03.025

Volume 42 Issue 3

Apr. 2021

Turn off MathJax

Article Contents

Article Navigation > CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH > 2021 > 42(3): 422-425

YU Chunyan, LIAN Qiguo, ZHONG Xiangyang, ZHANG Jiashuai, TU Xiaowen, LOU Chaohua, ZUO Xiayun. Influence of impulsivity on adolescents' pornography use[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2021, 42(3): 422-425. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2021.03.025

Citation:

YU Chunyan, LIAN Qiguo, ZHONG Xiangyang, ZHANG Jiashuai, TU Xiaowen, LOU Chaohua, ZUO Xiayun. Influence of impulsivity on adolescents' pornography use[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2021, 42(3): 422-425. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2021.03.025

Citation:

PDF( 367 KB)

Influence of impulsivity on adolescents' pornography use

doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2021.03.025

1.
NHC Key Lab of Reproduction Regulation, Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research, Fudan University, Shanghai(200237), China

Received Date: 2020-10-12
Rev Recd Date: 2020-11-20

Available Online: 2021-04-20

Publish Date: 2021-03-25

Abstract

Abstract

Objective To explore the influence of impulsive traits of adolescent on pornography use through the analysis of the Global Early Adolescent Study(GEAS) longitudinal survey data collected in Shanghai, and to provide evidence for adolescent sexual health promotion. Methods Totally 1 512 students from grades 6 to 8 in three middle schools in a district of Shanghai were selected for the present study by stratified cluster sampling method. Baseline and two-wave follow-up investigation were conducted between 2017 and 2020. Three waves of pornography use and social demographic information were collected using electronic questionnaire through tablets while impulsivity were tested only once during the follow-up in 2018 using the paper and pencil based Barratt Impulsivity Scale, version11 (BIS-11). General statistical description and panel data statistical description, as well as multilevel mixed effect linear model were used to do the analysis. Results About 32.7% (494) of the adolescents reported the experience of watching pornography in three-wave analysis. Boys were more impulsive than girls in the motor subscale (16.33±3.25, 15.66±2.93, t=4.13, P < 0.01) while girls were more impulsive than boys in the nonplanning subscale (23.65±5.11, 22.83±5.21, t=-3.03, P < 0.01). Mixed effect linear model result showed that impulsivity was correlated with pornography use(β=0.001, P < 0.01); higher impulsivity in motor and attention were correlated with more frequent pornography use(P < 0.01). Being female, perceived more parental awareness and perceived care from school adults would decrease the use of pornography while spent more than 3 hours on internet would increase the use of pornography (P < 0.01). Conclusion There are stable correlations between impulsivity and pornography use. It is urgent to equip young adolescents with the necessary ability to distinguish the good from the bad in the mass and internet media world.
- Impulsive behavior,
- Mental health,
- Sex,
- Erotica,
- Linear models,
- Adolescent

FullText(HTML)

References(16)

References

[1]	PETER J, VALKENBURG P M. Adolescents and pornography: a review of 20 years of research[J]. J Sex Res, 2016, 53(4/5): 509-531.
[2]	WRIGHT P J, HERBENICK D, PAUL B. Adolescent condom use, parent-adolescent sexual health communication, and pornography: findings from a U.S. probability sample[J]. Health Commun, 2020, 35(13): 1576-1582. doi: 10.1080/10410236.2019.1652392
[3]	VOGELS E A. Loving oneself: the associations among sexually explicit media, body image, and perceived realism[J]. J Sex Res, 2019, 56(6): 778-790. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2018.1475546
[4]	KYRIAKI A, VASILEIOS S, EMMA A, et al. Adolescent pornography use: a systematic literature review of research trends 2000-2017[J]. Current Psychiatry Rev, 2018, 14(1): 47-58. doi: 10.2174/2211556007666180606073617
[5]	MOELLER F G, BARRATT E S, DOUGHERTY D M, et al. Psychiatric aspects of impulsivity[J]. Am J Psychiat, 2001, 158(11): 1783-1793. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.158.11.1783
[6]	MAHON K, BURDICK K E, WU J, et al. Relationship between suicidality and impulsivity in bipolar I disorder: a diffusion tensor imaging study[J]. Bipolar Disord 2012, 14(1): 80-89. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2012.00984.x
[7]	KWOK S L, SHEK D T. Cognitive, emotive, and cognitive-behavioral correlates of suicidal ideation among Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong[J]. Scient World J, 2010, 10: 366-379. DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2010.42.
[8]	YOU J, LEUNG F, FU K, et al. The prevalence of nonsuicidal self-injury and different subgroups of self-injurers in Chinese adolescents[J]. Arch Suicid Res, 2011, 15(1): 75-86. doi: 10.1080/13811118.2011.540211
[9]	BARI A, KELLERMANN T S, STUDER B. Impulsiveness and inhibitory mechanisms[M]//ABSHER J R, CLOUTIER J. Neuroimaging personality, social cognition, and character. San Diego: Academic Press, 2016: 113-136.
[10]	PATTON J H, STANFORD M S, BARRATT E S. Factor structure of the barratt impulsiveness scale[J]. J Clin Psychol, 1995, 51(6): 768-774. doi: 10.1002/1097-4679(199511)51:6<768::AID-JCLP2270510607>3.0.CO;2-1
[11]	YAO S, YANG H, ZHU X, et al. An examination of the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale, 11th version in a sample of Chinese adolescents[J]. Percept Mot Skills, 2007, 104(3 Pt 2): 1169-1182. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17879649
[12]	LO V H, NEILAN E, SUN M P, et al. Exposure of Taiwanese adolescents to pornographic media and its impact on sexual attitudes and behavior[J]. Asian J Commun, 1999, 9(1): 50-71.
[13]	STRACK F, DEUTSCH R. Reflective and Impulsive determinants of social behavior[J]. Person Soc Psychol Rev, 2004, 8(3): 220-247. http://psr.sagepub.com/content/8/3/220.abstract
[14]	王长虹. 对立违抗性障碍、注意缺陷多动障碍儿童冲动行为的心理社会因素和TPH2、5-HTTLPR及MAOA基因多态性研究[D]. 长沙: 中南大学, 2007. WANG C H. Study on psychosocial factors and the gene polymorphisms of TPH2, 5-HTTLPR, MAOA of impulsive behavior in children suffered with ODD and ADHD[D]. Changsha: Central South University, 2007.
[15]	SHEK D T, MA C M. Consumption of pornographic materials among Hong Kong early adolescents: a replication[J]. Scient World J, 2012(2012): 406063. http://europepmc.org/abstract/MED/22778698
[16]	DOWNING M J, SCHRIMSHAW E W, ANTEBI N, et al. Sexually explicit media on the internet: a content analysis of sexual behaviors, risk, and media characteristics in gay male adult videos[J]. Arch Sex Behav, 2014, 43(4): 811-821.