Table 1.

Study 1, Frequency count of agreement for the six items of the Brief Pornography Screen (BPS) among U.S. veterans ( N = 222)

Items	Never (%)	Occasionally (%)	Very Often (%)	M (SD)	Component matrix
You find yourself using pornography more than you want to.	60.5	29.6	9.9	1.49 (0.67)	0.80∗
You have attempted to “cut back” or stop using pornography, but were unsuccessful.	73.5	18.8	7.2	1.33 (0.61)	0.82∗
You find it difficult to resist strong urges to use pornography.	61.9	28.7	9.0	1.47 (0.66)	0.84∗
You find yourself using pornography to cope with strong emotions (e.g., sadness, anger, loneliness, etc.).	68.6	20.2	10.8	1.42 (0.68)	0.73∗
You continue to use pornography even though you feel guilty about it.	61.4	25.6	12.6	1.51 (0.71)	0.76∗
People have expressed concern about your use of pornography.	90.6	5.8	3.1	1.12 (0.41)	0.49

Note . Component loadings in boldface indicate higher loadings on that component. Missing data on two participants.

Component 1 = 3.75; Percent of variance = 62.5%.

^∗ Bolded items were retained in the final version.

M = mean; SD = standard deviation.