TABLE 7.
Correlations between primary variables and potential “third variables” for Study 3 (N = 207 couples).
Relationship Satisfaction | Sexual Satisfaction | Actors’ Porn. Use | Partners’ Porn. Use | Shared Porn. Use | |
Sexual Ideals | |||||
Aggressive Sex | 0.09 | 0.12* | 0.26* | 0.13* | 0.21* |
Loving Partner | 0.22* | 0.22* | −0.28* | −0.10* | −0.07 |
Pornographic Sex | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.30* | −0.03 | 0.21* |
Partner Characteristics | 0.07 | 0.09 | −0.13* | −0.15* | −0.09 |
Holistic Stimulation | 0.15* | 0.18* | 0.18* | 0.04 | 0.28* |
Erotophobia-Erotophilia | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.45* | 0.13* | 0.33* |
*r > 0.09 is p < 0.05; r > 0.12 is p < 0.01; r > 0.16 is p < 0.001.