Table 1.
Adapted items to assess compulsive SEIM use and occurrence of symptoms among 331 SEIM using adolescent boys
| Item | Never N (%) |
Rarely N (%) |
Sometimes N (%) |
Regularly N (%) |
Often N (%) |
Very often N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. How often do you find it difficult to stop searching for/viewing porn on the Internet? | 266 (80.4) | 38 (11.5) | 16 (4.8) | 6 (1.8) | 2 (0.6) | 3 (0.9) |
| 2. How often do you prefer to search for/view porn on the Internet instead of spending time with others (e.g., friends or parents)? | 276 (83.4) | 39 (11.8) | 10 (3.0) | 5 (1.5) | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) |
| 3. How often are you short of sleep because of searching for/viewing porn on the Internet? | 294 (88.8) | 23 (7.0) | 8 (2.4) | 5 (1.5) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.3) |
| 4. How often do you look forward to the next time you can search for/view porn on the Internet? | 223 (67.4) | 71 (21.4) | 25 (7.6) | 7 (2.1) | 2 (0.6) | 3 (0.9) |
| 5. How often do you feel down or irritated when you are not able to search for/view porn on the Internet? | 291 (87.9) | 26 (7.9) | 8 (2.4) | 3 (0.9) | 1 (0.3) | 2 (0.6) |
| 6. How often do you search for/view porn on the Internet because you are feeling down? | 294 (88.8) | 21 (6.4) | 10 (3.0) | 5 (1.5) | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) |
Items adapted from the Compulsive Internet Use Scale ([CIUS]; Meerkerk et al., 2009)
SEIM sexually explicit Internet material