TABLE 2.
Comparison between pornography non-users, pornography users without impaired control, and pornography users with impaired control.
| Overall | (a) Pornography non-users | (b) Pornography users without impaired control | (c) Pornography users with impaired control | |||
| (N = 150) | (n = 44) | (n = 81) | (n = 25) | |||
| n (%)/Mean (SD) | n (%)/Mean (SD) | n (%)/Mean (SD) | n (%)/Mean (SD) | χ2/F | Post hoc analyses | |
| Sex | 64.99*** | |||||
| Male | 86 (57.3%) | 3 (6.8%) | 63 (77.8%) | 20 (80.0%) | ||
| Female | 64 (42.7%) | 41 (93.2%) | 18 (22.2%) | 5 (20.0%) | ||
| SCS | 15.19 (5.65) | 11.75 (2.77) | 15.22 (4.69) | 21.16 (7.22) | 44.13*** | (a) < (b), (a) < (c), (b) < (c) |
| PHQ-9 | 5.63 (4.22) | 5.73 (3.55) | 4.85 (4.02) | 7.96 (5.17) | 8.56* | (b) < (c) |
| GAD-7 | 4.13 (3.93) | 4.05 (4.21) | 3.26 (3.29) | 7.08 (4.05) | 17.36*** | (b) < (c), (a) < (c) |
| EC | 89.73 (14.56) | 92.82 (16.32) | 90.32 (13.23) | 82.36 (13.44) | 4.46* | (c) < (a), (c) < (b) |
| Inhibitory control | 31.07 (5.07) | 30.98 (4.98) | 31.70 (4.64) | 29.20 (6.2) | 2.38 | |
| Activation control | 29.59 (6.82) | 31.05 (7.72) | 29.48 (6.42) | 27.40 (6.01) | 2.33 | |
| Attentional control | 29.06 (6.57) | 30.80 (7.41) | 29.14 (6.19) | 25.76 (5.02) | 4.94** | (c) < (a) |
EC, Effortful Control scale; GAD-7, The 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale; PHQ-9, Patient Health Questionnaire-9; SCS, Sexual Compulsivity Scale. ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05.