Pornography and Relationship Quality: Establishing the Dominant Pattern by Examining Pornography Use and 31 Measures of Relationship Quality in 30 National Surveys
Pornography and Relationship Quality: Establishing the Dominant Pattern by Examining Pornography Use and 31 Measures of Relationship Quality in 30 National Surveys
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色情与关系质量：通过检查色情内容的使用和 30 项全国调查中的 31 项关系质量衡量标准来确定主导模式
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10.1007/s10508-019-01616-7
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发表时间：
2020
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Samuel L. Perry
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作者：
Samuel L. Perry
许多研究探讨了色情内容的使用与各种关系质量衡量标准之间的关联。然而学者们也指出了许多此类研究的局限性，包括男性和女性的研究结果不一致、样本不具有代表性，以及可能导致误导性研究结果的负面偏见措施。这项研究的目的是建立色情内容使用与关系质量之间关联的主导模式，以缓解这些问题。数据取自 30 项全国代表性调查，其中包括 31 项关系质量衡量标准：1973 年至 2018 年一般社会调查（1 项重复衡量）； 2006年美国生活肖像研究（13项）； 2012年新家庭结构研究（12项措施）；以及 2014 年美国关系调查（5 项措施）。这允许对已婚美国人进行 57 项独立测试，检查色情内容使用与关系结果之间的关联，并对未婚美国人进行 29 项独立测试。除了双变量关联之外，还利用社会人口统计学控制和性别交互项来估计完全回归模型。对于已婚和未婚的美国人来说，色情内容的使用与几乎所有的关系结果要么无关，要么呈负相关。显着关联大多幅度较小。相反，除了一个不清楚的例外之外，色情内容的使用从来都与关系质量没有正相关关系。关联只是偶尔受到性别的调节，但方向不一致。虽然这项研究没有提出因果关系，但研究结果清楚地证实，在观看色情内容与关系质量完全相关的情况下，对于男性和女性来说，这几乎总是关系质量较差的信号。
Numerous studies have examined the association between pornography use and various measures of relationship quality. Yet scholars have also pointed out the limitations of many such studies, including inconsistent findings for men and women, non-representative samples, and negatively biased measures that could result in misleading findings. The purpose of this study was to establish a dominant pattern in the association between pornography use and relationship quality in a way that mitigated these issues. Data were taken from 30 nationally representative surveys, which together included 31 measures of relationship quality: 1973–2018 General Social Surveys (1 repeated measure); 2006 Portraits of American Life Study (13 measures); 2012 New Family Structures Study (12 measures); and 2014 Relationships in America Survey (5 measures). This allowed for 57 independent tests examining the association between pornography use and relationship outcomes for married Americans and 29 independent tests for unmarried Americans. Along with bivariate associations, full regression models were estimated with sociodemographic controls and interaction terms for gender. For married and unmarried Americans alike, pornography use was either unassociated or negatively associated with nearly all relationship outcomes. Significant associations were mostly small in magnitude. Conversely, except for one unclear exception, pornography use was never positively associated with relationship quality. Associations were only occasionally moderated by gender, but in inconsistent directions. While this study makes no claims about causality, findings clearly affirmed that, in instances where viewing pornography is associated with relationship quality at all, it is nearly always a signal of poorer relationship quality, for men and women.