Table 1.
Pornographic approach/avoidance score | Neutral approach/avoidance score | Overall reaction time score | |
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Construct | Relative strength of approach/avoidance tendencies toward pornographic pictures | Relative strength of approach/avoidance tendencies toward neutral pictures | Attentional bias toward pornographic pictures |
Calculation | Median RT porn push – median RT porn pull | Median RT neutral push – median RT neutral pull | Median RT porn – median RT neutral |
Interpretation | High values indicate a tendency to approach pornographic stimuli (faster RTs for pulling compared to pushing pornographic pictures) Low values indicate a tendency to avoid pornographic stimuli (slower RTs for pulling compared to pushing pornographic pictures) |
High values indicate a tendency to approach neutral stimuli (faster RTs for pulling compared to pushing neutral pictures) Low values indicate a tendency to avoid neutral stimuli (slower RTs for pulling compared to pushing neutral pictures) |
High values indicate an attentional bias toward pornographic pictures (slower RTs for pornographic compared to neutral pictures) |
Reference | Rinck and Becker (2007) | Rinck and Becker (2007) | Field and Cox (2008) |