Table 2.
SEM consumption, psychosocial and sexual behavior of the SEM study participants by Compulsive Pornography Consumption (CPC) scale score (N=1165 MSM)
| Variable | Total n (%) |
No n (%) |
Problemat ic n (%) |
Compulsive n (%) |
χ2/F- test(df) |
p- value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 917 (78.7) | 165 (14.2) | 83 (7.1) | ||||
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| SEM use: | ||||||
| Age at first SEM use |
1.79(2) | 0.41 | ||||
| 13 years or younger | 482 (41.7) | 372 (40.7) | 72 (45.0) | 38 (46.3) | ||
| Older than 13 years | 673 (58.3) | 541 (59.3) | 88 (55.0) | 44 (53.7) | ||
| Amount of SEM viewed, hr/wk |
31.02(2) | <0.001 | ||||
| 1 – 2.9 | 596 (51.5) | 508 (55.8) | 58 (35.4) | 30 (36.6) | ||
| 3.0+ | 561 (48.5) | 403 (44.2) | 106 (64.6) | 52 (63.4) | ||
| Watching SEM alone |
3.91(2) | 0.14 | ||||
| No, with company | 400 (34.6) | 326 (35.8) | 53 (32.3) | 21 (25.6) | ||
| Yes, alone | 756 (65.4) | 584 (64.2) | 111 (67.7) | 61 (74.4) | ||
| Masturbated at public place while watching SEM |
0.31(2) | 0.86 | ||||
| No, | 167 (37.6) | 130 (38.2) | 25 (34.7) | 12 (37.5) | ||
| Yes, at public place | 444 (62.4) | 210 (61.8) | 47 (65.3) | 20 (62.5) | ||
| Dollar spent on SEM |
1.47(2) | 0.48 | ||||
| None | 870 (74.7) | 685 (74.7) | 127 (76.9) | 58 (69.9) | ||
| $1 or more | 295 (25.3) | 232 (25.3) | 38 (23.1) | 25 (30.1) | ||
| Number of windows open while watching SEM |
16.74(2) | <0.001 | ||||
| 1-2 | 642 (57.4) | 537 (60.4) | 66 (44.0) | 39 (48.7) | ||
| More than 2 | 477 (42.6) | 352 (39.6) | 84 (56.0) | 41(51.3) | ||
| Behavioral: | ||||||
| Drug use in the last 90 days |
0.421 | |||||
| No | 1069 (91.9) | 842 (91.9) | 148 (90.2) | 79 (95.2) | ||
| Yes, once a week | 94 (8.1) | 74 (8.1) | 16 (9.8) | 4 (4.8) | ||
| Heavy alcohol use in the last 30 days |
0.031 | |||||
| No | 840 (92.0) | 676 (92.6) | 106 (86.2) | 58 (96.7) | ||
| Yes | 73 (8.0) | 54 (7.4) | 17 (13.8) | 2 (3.3) | ||
| Age at first sex with a male |
8.79(2) | 0.01 | ||||
| 13 years or younger | 235 (20.4) | 201 (22.1) | 19 (11.9) | 15 (18.1) | ||
| Older than 13 years | 919 (79.6) | 711 (77.9) | 140 (88.1) | 68 (81.9) | ||
| History of child sexual abuse |
4.22(2) | 0.12 | ||||
| No | 928 (81.5) | 733 (81.6) | 122 (77.2) | 73 (87.9) | ||
| Yes | 211 (18.5) | 165 (18.4) | 36 (22.8) | 10 (12.1) | ||
| Hours spent online partner seeking |
15.66(2) | <0.001 | ||||
| 3 hours or less | 847 (74.1) | 695 (76.6) | 98 (62.8) | 54 (66.7) | ||
| More than 3 hours | 297 (25.9) | 212 (23.4) | 58 (37.2) | 27 (33.3) | ||
| Number of sex partners in lifetime |
6.03(2) | 0.04 | ||||
| 20 or less | 591 (52.7) | 450 (50.8) | 92 (58.9) | 49 (61.3) | ||
| More than 20 | 530 (47.3) | 435 (49.2) | 64 (41.1) | 31 (38.7) | ||
| Number of partners in the last 90 days |
0.45(2) | 0.80 | ||||
| 3 or less | 701 (60.9) | 558 (61.3) | 92 (58.6) | 51 (62.2) | ||
| More than 3 | 449 (39.1) | 353 (38.7) | 65 (41.4) | 31 (37.8) | ||
| Engage in UAI with casual partners in the last 90 days |
3.56(2) | 0.17 | ||||
| No | 828 (72.2) | 662 (72.8) | 103 (66.5) | 63 (76.8) | ||
| Yes | 319 (27.8) | 248 (27.2) | 52 (33.5) | 19 (23.2) | ||
| Psycho-social: | ||||||
| Sexual identification |
5.36(2) | 0.06 | ||||
| Gay/Homosexual | 957 (82.6) | 765 (83.7) | 132 (80.5) | 60 (74.1) | ||
| Other2 | 202 (17.4) | 149 (16.3) | 32 (19.5) | 21 (25.9) | ||
| Outness | 36.08(8) | <0.001 | ||||
| Not out at all | 39 (3.4) | 24 (2.6) | 6 (3.7) | 9 (10.9) | ||
| Out to few | 182 (15.7) | 129 (14.1) | 33 (20.1) | 20 (24.4) | ||
| Out to half | 115 (9.9) | 87 (9.5) | 20 (12.2) | 8 (9.8) | ||
| Out to most | 265 (22.8) | 206 (22.5) | 36 (21.9) | 23 (28.1) | ||
| Out to all | 560 (48.2) | 469 (51.3) | 69 (42.1) | 22 (26.8) | ||
| Internalized Homonegativity |
46.31 (2,1161) |
<0.001 | ||||
| Mean ± SD | 2.51±1.28 | 2.33±1.20 | 3.10±1.25 | 3.33±1.53 | A≠B3 A≠C |
|
| CSBI | 150.05 (2,1161) |
<0.001 | ||||
| Mean ± SD | 2.05±0.76 | 1.87±0.65 | 2.60±0.75 | 2.91±0.86 | A≠B A≠C B≠C |
|
| PANAS, positive | 3.20 | 0.05 (2,1160) |
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| Mean ± SD | 3.40±0.82 | 3.42±0.82 | 3.35±0.75 | 3.20±0.92 | ||
| PANAS, negative | 20.75 (2,1160) |
<0.001 | ||||
| Mean ± SD | 2.19±0.88 | 2.11±0.83 | 2.54±0.99 | 2.45±0.95 | A≠B A≠C |
|
| PCES | 1.92 (2,1162) |
0.14 | ||||
| Mean ± SD | 0.97±0.63 | 0.99±0.61 | 0.96±0.63 | 0.84±0.86 | ||
| Condom use self- efficacy |
9.20 (2,1146) |
<0.001 | ||||
| Mean ± SD | 4.01±1.00 | 4.07±1.00 | 3.76±0.92 | 3.77±1.07 | A≠B A≠C |
|
| Sexual Confidence | 14.65 (2,1158) |
<0.001 | ||||
| Mean ± SD | 3.43±1.00 | 3.51±1.00 | 3.16±0.93 | 3.08±0.97 | A≠B A≠C |
|
| Sexual Satisfaction | 22.14 (2,1154) |
<0.001 | ||||
| Mean ± SD | 2.85±1.15 | 2.97±1.16 | 2.43±0.99 | 2.42±1.08 | A≠B A≠C |
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Note: SEM=Sexually Explicit Material; IH = Internalized Homonegativity; CSBI = Compulsive Sexual Behavior Inventory; PCES= Effects of Pornography Consumption Scale; PANAS = Positive and Negative Affect Schedule; SD= Standard deviation;
One-way analysis of variance with Scheffe correction used to compare the means;
1
p-value for Fisher’s Exact test
2
Other: Bisexual (11.7%)/Straight (0.5%)/Same-gender loving (1.2%)/ Queer (2.1%)/Other (1.8%)
3
A: No; B: Problematic and C: Compulsive