Frequency of use, moral incongruence and religiosity and their relationships with self‐perceived addiction to pornography, internet use, social networking and online gaming

Sep 21, 2020Addiction (Abingdon, England)

How use frequency, moral conflict, and religiosity relate to feeling addicted to pornography, internet, social media, and online gaming

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Abstract

Higher moral incongruence is associated with increased self-perceived addiction to pornography.

  • Moral incongruence and religiosity show independent associations with self-perceived addiction to pornography.
  • Frequency of pornography use is identified as the strongest predictor of self-perceived addiction.
  • A positive relationship exists between high moral incongruence and self-perceived addiction to internet use, social networking, and online gaming.
  • Religiosity is weakly connected to pornography addiction but not to other types of behavioral addictions.

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