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. 2020 Nov 11;9(11):3625. doi: 10.3390/jcm9113625

Table 3.

Predictive models of pornography use and cybersex behaviors: stepwise logistic regression (n = 1500).

Criterion: Downloading Sexually Explicit Material.
Fitting Indexes: H‒L (p-Value) = 0.193; N-R2 = 0.155; AUC = 0.748 (95% CI: 0.709 to 0.787).
Predictor Contrast B SE p OR 95%CI
Sex Male vs. Female 1.554 0.211 <0.001 4.730 3.126 7.157
Sexual orientation 0.011
Homosex.vs. Heterosex. −0.774 0.761 0.309 0.461 0.104 2.050
Ambisex. vs. Heterosex. 1.147 0.372 0.002 3.149 1.519 6.530
Non-defined vs. Heterosex. −0.293 0.560 0.601 0.746 0.249 2.235
Sexual interest/Internet beh. Yes vs. No 0.916 0.191 <0.001 2.498 1.718 3.632
1st sexual experience at age… 0.006
Linear trend 0.222 0.289 0.442 1.249 0.709 2.200
Quadratic trend −0.053 0.297 0.858 0.948 0.530 1.697
Cubic trend 1.086 0.360 0.003 2.961 1.462 5.997
Quartic trend −0.561 0.347 0.106 0.571 0.289 1.126
Criterion: using social media to send sexual content.
Fitting indexes: H‒L (p-value) = 0.755; N-R2 = 0.181; AUC = 0.776 (95% CI: 0.728 to 0.825).
Predictor B SE p OR 95%CI
Sex Male vs. Female 0.989 0.221 <0.001 2.690 1.744 4.149
Drugs use/abuse 0.022
Linear trend 0.415 0.260 0.111 1.514 0.909 2.523
Quadratic trend 0.025 0.320 0.936 1.026 0.548 1.920
Cubic trend 0.603 0.368 0.101 1.827 0.889 3.755
Sexual interest/Internet behavior Yes vs. No 1.705 0.210 <0.001 5.504 3.647 8.306
He/she has been abused Yes vs. No 1.372 0.308 <0.001 3.943 2.156 7.210
Criterion: using social media to send self-sexual material.
Fitting indexes: H‒L (p-value) = 0.554; N-R2 = 0.190; AUC = 0.790 (95% CI: 0.740 to 0.841).
Predictor B SE p OR 95%CI
Sexual orientation 0.001
Homosex. vs. Heterosex 0.842 0.560 0.133 2.320 0.774 6.960
Ambisex. vs. Heterosex 1.289 0.360 <0.001 3.630 1.791 7.356
Non-defined. vs. Heterosex. 0.750 0.464 0.106 2.116 0.853 5.252
Sexual interest/Internet behavior. Yes vs. No 1.295 0.225 <0.001 3.650 2.349 5.669
1st sexual experience at age… <0.001
Linear trend 0.670 0.325 0.039 1.955 1.034 3.697
Quadratic trend −0.120 0.328 0.716 0.887 0.466 1.689
Cubic trend 1.023 0.404 0.011 2.782 1.261 6.135
Quartic trend −0.714 0.374 0.056 0.490 0.235 1.019
He/she has been abused Yes vs. No 1.021 0.310 0.001 2.776 1.512 5.098
Forced to share sex content Yes vs. No 0.595 0.247 0.016 1.813 1.117 2.941
Criterion: participation in sexual chats.
Fitting indexes: H‒L (p-value) = 0.878; N-R2 = 0.045; AUC = 0.642 (95% CI: 0.582 to 0.702).
Predictor B SE p OR 95%CI
Sex Male vs. Female 0.684 0.227 0.003 1.983 1.270 3.095
Sexual interest/Internet behavior. Yes vs. No 0.588 0.224 0.009 1.801 1.161 2.795
Forced to share sex content Yes vs. No 0.907 0.251 <0.001 2.477 1.515 4.047
Criterion: use of erotic telephone lines.
Fitting indexes: H-L (p-value) = 0.744; N-R2 = 0.083; AUC = 0.703 (95% CI: 0.646 to 0.761).
Predictor B SE p OR 95%CI
Sex Male. vs. Female 0.730 0.231 0.002 2.074 1.319 3.263
Drugs use/abuse 0.019
Linear trend 0.566 0.280 0.043 1.762 1.018 3.050
Quadratic trend −0.356 0.302 0.238 0.701 0.388 1.265
Cubic trend 0.147 0.332 0.659 1.158 0.604 2.218
Age (years-old) −0.234 0.101 0.021 0.791 0.649 0.965
Frequency sexual experiences 0.001
Linear trend −0.215 0.342 0.530 0.807 0.413 1.576
Quadratic trend −0.713 0.315 0.024 0.490 0.264 0.909
Cubic trend 0.784 0.530 0.139 2.190 0.774 6.194
Quartic trend 0.708 0.445 0.112 2.031 0.849 4.860

H-L: Hosmer‒Lemeshow. N-R2: Nagelkerke’s pseudo-R2 coefficient. AUC: Area under the ROC curve. B: Logistic parameter. SE: Standard error. OR: odds ratio.