Table 3.
Descriptive statistics for study measures.
| Variable | M 1 | SD 2 | Minimum | Maximum | α | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loneliness 3 | 2.50 | 0.86 | 1 | 5 | 0.87 | |
| Depression 4 | 0.70 | 0.71 | 0 | 3 | 0.91 | |
| Anxiety | 2.10 | 1.05 | 1 | 5 | 0.92 | |
| Sextech use 5 | 1.03 | 1.82 | 1 | 7 | 0.91 | |
| Sexual desire 6 | 4.51 | 1.54 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Sending sexually explicit images or videos 7 | 1.52 | 0.94 | 1 | 5 | 2368 (29.6%) 8 | |
| Visiting a camming site | 1.36 | 0.87 | 1 | 5 | 1481 (18.5%) | |
| Participating in a live camming stream | 1.23 | 0.71 | 1 | 5 | 930 (11.6%) | |
| Coordinated teledildonic accessory usage | 1.20 | 0.68 | 1 | 5 | 756 (9.4%) | |
| Accessing virtual reality (VR) pornography | 1.21 | 0.70 | 1 | 5 | 875 (10.9%) | |
| Playing sexually-explicit role-playing games (RPG) | 1.26 | 0.75 | 1 | 5 | 1108 (13.8%) | |
| Exchanging sexually explicit messages with a chatbot/AI | 1.18 | 0.64 | 1 | 5 | 704 (8.8%) |
1M = mean; 2 SD = standard deviation. 3 Loneliness was measured on a 5-point scale, with higher scores representing greater loneliness. 4 Depression and anxiety were measured on a 4-point scale, with higher scores representing greater depression and anxiety. 5 Sextech Use is the sum of all sextech used by the individual participant. 6 Desire was measured on a 7-point scale, with higher scores representing greater desire. 7 All sexual behavior variables were measured on a 5-point scale, with higher scores representing more frequent engagement in that behavior. 8 Frequency of respondents who report using each form of sextech in any capacity.