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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 9.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Addict Compulsivity. 2014 Nov 17;21(4):276–304. doi: 10.1080/10720162.2014.959145

Table 3.

Adjusted Models of Compulsive Pornography Consumption by Personal, Behavioral and Psychosocial Measures

No vs. Problematic No vs. Compulsive Problematic vs.
Compulsive

OR 95% CI p OR 95% CI p OR 95% CI p

Model 1: Personal
Age
18 – 24 Ref
25 – 34  1.11 0.71-1.72 0.65 0.98 0.55-1.75 0.94 0.88 0.45-1.74 0.72
35 – 44  0.67 0.36-1.26 0.21 0.53 0.22-1.27 0.15 0.79 0.29-2.19 0.66
≥45 0.45 0.22-0.93 0.03 0.59 0.25-1.38 0.22 1.32 0.46-3.82 0.61
Race/ethnicity
NH white Ref
NH black  0.91 0.45-1.81 0.78 1.58 0.76-3.30 0.21 1.75 0.68-4.47 0.23
Latino  1.24 0.79-1.95 0.34 0.88 0.47-1.63 0.69 0.71 0.34-1.45 0.35
Asian/PI  1.38 0.67-2.80 0.38 1.20 0.47-3.09 0.70 0.87 0.29-2.61 0.81
Other  0.71 0.33-1.53 0.38 0.57 0.19-1.70 0.32 0.81 0.22-2.89 0.74
Residence:
Rural/small town Ref
Medium size/suburb  1.52 0.87-2.66 0.14 1.86 0.84-4.09 0.12 1.22 0.48-3.05 0.67
Large city  0.76 0.40-1.44 0.40 1.02 0.42-2.47 0.95 1.35 0.48-3.83 0.57
In a long-term relationship
No Ref
Yes 0.59 0.39-0.90 0.02 0.70 0.41-1.21 0.20 1.18 0.62-2.26 0.61

Model 2: Behavioral
Amount of SEM viewed, hr/wk
1 – 2.9 Ref
> 2.9 2.07 1.34-3.20 0.001 2.22 1.23-4.00 0.008 1.07 0.53-2.15 0.84
Number of windows open while
watching SEM
1-2 Ref
More than 2 1.82 1.19-2.77 0.005 1.61 0.92-2.80 0.09 0.88 0.46-1.69 0.71
Heavy alcohol use in the last 30
days
No Ref
Yes 2.18 1.18-4.02 0.013 0.41 0.10-1.76 0.23 0.19 0.04-0.65 0.03
Age at first sex with a male
13 years or younger Ref
Older than 13 years 2.52 1.34-4.71 0.004 0.99 0.51-1.94 0.99 0.40 0.17-0.94 0.04
Hours spent on partner seeking
3 hours or less Ref
More than 3 hours  1.53 0.98-2.41 0.06 1.55 0.85-2.81 0.15 1.01 0.50-2.02 0.98
Number of sex partners in lifetime
20 or less Ref
More than 20  0.67 0.44-1.02 0.06 0.50 0.28-0.89 0.02 0.75 0.38-1.47 0.41

Model 3: Psycho-social
Sexual identification
Gay/Homosexual Ref
Other  1.13 0.69-1.88 0.62 1.00 0.51-1.95 0.99 0.88 0.42-1.83 0.73
Outness1  1.09 0.91-1.30 0.34 0.90 0.71-1.14 0.38 0.83 0.64-1.07 0.14
 Internalized Homonegativity 1.34 1.14-1.57 <0.001 1.27 1.02-1.59 0.03 0.95 0.75-1.20 0.66
CSBI 2.99 2.30-3.91 <0.001 4.86 3.40-6.95 <0.001 1.62 1.12-2.34 0.01
PANAS, positive  1.09 0.86-1.39 0.45 0.91 0.65-1.26 0.56 0.82 0.57-1.18 0.29
PANAS, negative  1.11 0.89-1.38 0.36 0.88 0.65-1.20 0.43 0.80 0.57-1.11 0.17
Condom use self-efficacy 0.77 0.65-0.92 0.005 0.82 0.63-1.06 0.13 1.06 0.81-1.39 0.67
Sexual Confidence  0.97 0.76-1.21 0.76 0.89 0.64-1.25 0.51 0.92 0.65-1.33 0.67
Sexual Satisfaction 0.77 0.62-0.96 0.02 0.83 0.60-1.14 0.25 1.07 0.76-1.51 0.69

Note: OR=Odds Ratio; CI= Confidence Interval; NH= Non-Hispanic; PI= Pacific Islander; SEM=Sexually Explicit Material; CSBI = Compulsive Sexual Behavior Inventory; PANAS = Positive and Negative Affect Schedule; Bold faces indicate p≤0.05

1

As continuous scale