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. 2022 Jan 20;51(1):139–156. doi: 10.1007/s10508-021-02282-4

Table 5.

Latent change score statistics for girls

Without controls
Initial level Change
Mean Variance Mean Variance
Estimate S.E p value Estimate S.E p value Estimate S.E p value Estimate S.E p-value
Pornography use frequency 1.118 .070  < .001 2.723 .176  < .001 .205 .070 .003 2.234 .234  < .001
Pornography use motivations
Sexual pleasure 2.441 .085  < .001 3.963 .187  < .001 .235 .084 .005 3.214 .286  < .001
Sexual curiosity 1.877 .061  < .001 2.039 .156  < .001 .182 .071 .011 2.422 .242  < .001
Fantasy 1.672 .056  < .001 1.709 .162  < .001 .048 .066 .461 2.054 .218  < .001
Lack of sexual satisfaction 1.607 .053  < .001 1.543 .164  < .001 .033 .057 .567 1.533 .203  < .001
Boredom avoidance 1.421 .045  < .001 1.105 .142  < .001 .113 .054 .039 1.310 .178  < .001
Emotional dist. and supp 1.283 .038  < .001 0.802 .139  < .001 .007 .048 .877 1.050 .188  < .001
Stress reduction 1.349 .043  < .001 1.004 .154  < .001 .001 .052 .988 1.260 .178  < .001
Self-exploration 2.328 .079  < .001 3.441 .183  < .001 .147 .082 .072 3.093 .270  < .001
Problematic pornography use − 1.956 .061  < .001 2.060 .160  < .001 .442 .041  < .001 0.945 .104  < .001
With controls
Initial level Change
Intercept Residual variance Intercept Residual variance
Estimate S.E p value Estimate S.E p value Estimate S.E p value Estimate S.E p-value
Pornography use frequency 1.116 .070  < .001 1.403 .106  < .001 .153 .082 .063 2.139 .212  < .001
Pornography use motivations
Sexual pleasure 2.874 .117  < .001 1.751 .137  < .001 .118 .144 .412 3.217 .316  < .001
Sexual curiosity 2.171 .105  < .001 1.422 .120  < .001 − .090 .129 .486 2.435 .260  < .001
Fantasy 1.945 .094  < .001 1.277 .125  < .001 − .175 .112 .116 2.180 .246  < .001
Lack of sexual satisfaction 1.934 .104  < .001 1.220 .126  < .001 − .088 .114 .438 1.465 .193  < .001
Boredom avoidance 1.608 .084  < .001 0.962 .118  < .001 .091 .085 .286 1.312 .180  < .001
Emotional dist. and supp 1.420 .077  < .001 0.717 .116  < .001 − .068 .093 .461 1.197 .258  < .001
Stress reduction 1.598 .081  < .001 0.830 .116  < .001 − .104 .102 .308 1.326 .195  < .001
Self-exploration 2.788 .121  < .001 1.816 .136  < .001 − .091 .132 .489 3.016 .295  < .001
Problematic pornography use − 1.902 .070  < .001 1.421 .115  < .001 .416 .055  < .001 0.081 .092  < .001

S.E. = standard error associated with the estimate