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. 2021 Jan 12;11:613244. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.613244

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(A) Percentage of males and females responding “Often” or “Very Often” to items of the modified Compulsive Internet Use Scale related to pornography use. DiffStop, difficulty to stop accessing pornography websites; AccessStop, access despite intention to stop; TimeOthers, access pornography over spending time with others; ShortSleep, short of sleep due to pornography use; ThinkSites, think about websites when not online; LookFwd, look forward to next session of use; SpendLess, think it is necessary to spend less time; Unsuccess, unsuccessful at spending less time; RushWork, rush work to view pornography; NglctOb, neglect obligations due to pornography; FeelDown, use pornography when feeling down; EscpSor, use pornography to escape negative feelings; Restless, restless/frustrated/irritated when unable to view pornography. Data is expressed as percentage of respondents indicating “Often” or “Very Often” (N = 488; Male: n = 254; Female: n = 234). (B) Distribution of participants responding “Agree” or “Strongly Agree” to the items related to emotional and sexual states relative to pornography use across the sexes, indicating that they were more likely to view Internet pornography when by themselves (Alone), feeling lonely (Lonely), with a sexual partner (Sexpart), feeling bored (Bored), peer pressured (Peerpres), not having had sex in a while (Nosex), feeling sexually aroused (Aroused), drunk or under effects of drugs (Drunk), and unable to find someone to have sex with (Noonesex). Data is expressed as percentage of respondents indicating “Agree” or “Strongly Agree” (N = 476; Male: n = 250; Female: n = 226). **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.