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. 2019 May 23;8(2):223–233. doi: 10.1556/2006.8.2019.22

Table 3.

Descriptives and test statistics for simple comparisons between individuals with recreational–occasional, recreational–frequent, and unregulated Internet pornography use

	(1) Recreational–occasional use (N = 333)	(2) Recreational–frequent use (N = 394)	(3) Unregulated use (N = 225)	F (2, 946)	Partial η²	1 vs. 2		1 vs. 3		2 vs. 3
	M (SD)	M (SD)	M (SD)	F (2, 946)	Partial η²	p	Cohen’s d	p	Cohen’s d	p	Cohen’s d
BIS-15
Non-planning	11.13 (3.32)	11.41 (3.34)	11.71 (3.65)	0.68^ab	0.001	>.999	0.08	.772	0.17	>.999	0.09
Motor	10.69 (3.01)	10.80 (3.06)	11.44 (3.46)	1.43^bc	0.003	>.999	0.04	.277	0.23	>.999	0.20
Attentional	9.51 (2.79)	9.51 (2.71)	11.31 (2.77)	26.54^bc**	0.053	>.999	0.00	<.001	0.65	<.001	0.66
Delay discounting	−4.88 (1.77)	−4.60 (1.67)	−4.38 (1.59)	3.49^bc*	0.007	.172	0.16	.037	0.29	>.999	0.13
REI
Faith in intuition	4.38 (0.85)	4.33 (0.93)	4.52 (0.96)	1.40^{b c}	0.003	>.999	−0.06	.843	0.16	.284	0.20
Need for cognition	5.11 (1.04)	5.14 (1.03)	4.74 (1.25)	7.66^ab*	0.016	>.999	0.03	.003	−0.33	.001	−0.36
Baseline craving	21.88 (6.86)	25.71 (6.26)	34.20 (5.32)	237.98^bc**	0.335	<.001	0.59	<.001	1.96	<.001	1.43
Attitude toward IP	3.63 (0.91)	4.23 (0.82)	3.92 (1.28)	34.09^abc**	0.067	<.001	0.70	.013	0.27	<.001	−0.31
Coping style
Functional	2.62 (0.53)	2.50 (0.58)	2.36 (0.55)	11.56^ab**	0.024	.042	−0.22	<.001	−0.48	.015	−0.25
Dysfunctional	1.65 (0.49)	1.68 (0.52)	1.95 (0.57)	15.75^ab**	0.032	>.999	0.06	<.001	0.57	<.001	0.50

Note. BIS-15: Barratt Impulsiveness Scale; IP: Internet pornography; REI: Rational–Experiential Inventory; M: mean; SD: standard deviation.

^aSignificant effect of covariate (age). ^bSignificant effect of covariate (relationship status). ^cSignificant effect of covariate (s-IAT anchor sum score).

*p < .05. **p < .001.