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Why do people watch pornography? Cross-cultural validation of the Pornography Use Motivations Scale (PUMS) and Its Short Form (PUMS-8)

Why do people watch pornography? Cross-cultural validation of the Pornography Use Motivations Scale (PUMS) and Its Short Form (PUMS-8)
Why do people watch pornography? Cross-cultural validation of the Pornography Use Motivations Scale (PUMS) and Its Short Form (PUMS-8)
Motivations for pornography use may vary across gender identities, sexual orientations, and geographical regions, warranting examination to promote individual and public health. The aims of this study were to validate the Pornography Use Motivations Scale (PUMS) in a diverse, multicultural sample, and develop a short form (PUMS-8) that can assess a wide range of pornography use motivations. Using data from 42 countries (N = 75,117; Mage = 32.07; SDage = 12.37), enabled us to thoroughly evaluate the dimensionality, validity, and reliability of the Pornography Use Motivations Scale (PUMS), leading to the development of the more concise PUMS-8 short scale. Additionally, language-, nationality-, gender-, and sexual-orientation-based measurement invariance tests were conducted to test the comparability across groups. Both the PUMS and the PUMS-8 assess eight pornography use motivations, and both demonstrated excellent psychometric properties. Sexual Pleasure emerged as the most frequent motivation for pornography use across countries, genders, and sexual orientations, while differences were observed concerning other motivations (e.g. self-exploration was more prevalent among gender-diverse individuals than men or women). The motivational background of pornography use showed high similarity in the examined countries. Both the PUMS and the PUMS-8 are reliable and valid measurement tools to assess different types of motivations for pornography use across countries, genders, and sexual orientations. Both scales are recommended for use in research and clinical settings.
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Koós, Mónika, Nagy, Léna, Kraus, Shane W., Demetrovics, Zsolt, Potenza, Marc N., Gaudet, Émilie, Ballester-Arnal, Rafael, Batthyány, Dominik, Bergeron, Sophie, Billieux, Joël, Briken, Peer, Burkauskas, Julius, Cárdenas-López, Georgina, Carvalho, Joana, Castro-Calvo, Jesús, Chang, Yun-Hsuan, Chen, Lijun, Ciocca, Giacomo, Corazza, Ornella, Csako, Rita I., Fernandez, David P., Fujiwara, Hironobu, Fernandez, Elaine F., Fuss, Johannes, Gabrhelík, Roman, Gewirtz-Meydan, Ateret, Gjoneska, Biljana, Gola, Mateusz, Grubbs, Joshua B., Hashim, Hashim T., Hsieh, Yi-Ping, Islam, Md. Saiful, Ismail, Mustafa, Jiménez-Martínez, Martha c., Jurin, Tanja, Kalina, Ondrej, Klein, Verena, Költő, András, Lee, Sang-Kyu, Lewczuk, Karol, Lochner, Christine, López-Alvarado, Silvia, Lukavská, Kateřina, Mayta-Tristán, Percy, Miller, Dan J., Orosová, Oľga, Orosz, Gábor, Ponce, Fernando P., Quintana, Gonzalo R. and Quintero Garzola, Gabriel C. (2024) Why do people watch pornography? Cross-cultural validation of the Pornography Use Motivations Scale (PUMS) and Its Short Form (PUMS-8). The Journal of Sex Research. (doi:10.1080/00224499.2024.2359641).

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Motivations for pornography use may vary across gender identities, sexual orientations, and geographical regions, warranting examination to promote individual and public health. The aims of this study were to validate the Pornography Use Motivations Scale (PUMS) in a diverse, multicultural sample, and develop a short form (PUMS-8) that can assess a wide range of pornography use motivations. Using data from 42 countries (N = 75,117; Mage = 32.07; SDage = 12.37), enabled us to thoroughly evaluate the dimensionality, validity, and reliability of the Pornography Use Motivations Scale (PUMS), leading to the development of the more concise PUMS-8 short scale. Additionally, language-, nationality-, gender-, and sexual-orientation-based measurement invariance tests were conducted to test the comparability across groups. Both the PUMS and the PUMS-8 assess eight pornography use motivations, and both demonstrated excellent psychometric properties. Sexual Pleasure emerged as the most frequent motivation for pornography use across countries, genders, and sexual orientations, while differences were observed concerning other motivations (e.g. self-exploration was more prevalent among gender-diverse individuals than men or women). The motivational background of pornography use showed high similarity in the examined countries. Both the PUMS and the PUMS-8 are reliable and valid measurement tools to assess different types of motivations for pornography use across countries, genders, and sexual orientations. Both scales are recommended for use in research and clinical settings.

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Local EPrints ID: 492695
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/492695
DOI: doi:10.1080/00224499.2024.2359641
ISSN: 0022-4499
PURE UUID: 5bbd6d7e-0f8a-4764-ba71-0b31541de1e2
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Last modified: 17 Aug 2024 02:13

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Author: Mónika Koós
Author: Léna Nagy
Author: Shane W. Kraus
Author: Zsolt Demetrovics
Author: Marc N. Potenza
Author: Émilie Gaudet
Author: Rafael Ballester-Arnal
Author: Dominik Batthyány
Author: Sophie Bergeron
Author: Joël Billieux
Author: Peer Briken
Author: Julius Burkauskas
Author: Georgina Cárdenas-López
Author: Joana Carvalho
Author: Jesús Castro-Calvo
Author: Yun-Hsuan Chang
Author: Lijun Chen
Author: Giacomo Ciocca
Author: Ornella Corazza
Author: Rita I. Csako
Author: David P. Fernandez
Author: Hironobu Fujiwara
Author: Elaine F. Fernandez
Author: Johannes Fuss
Author: Roman Gabrhelík
Author: Ateret Gewirtz-Meydan
Author: Biljana Gjoneska
Author: Mateusz Gola
Author: Joshua B. Grubbs
Author: Hashim T. Hashim
Author: Yi-Ping Hsieh
Author: Md. Saiful Islam
Author: Mustafa Ismail
Author: Martha c. Jiménez-Martínez
Author: Tanja Jurin
Author: Ondrej Kalina
Author: Verena Klein ORCID iD
Author: András Költő
Author: Sang-Kyu Lee
Author: Karol Lewczuk
Author: Christine Lochner
Author: Silvia López-Alvarado
Author: Kateřina Lukavská
Author: Percy Mayta-Tristán
Author: Dan J. Miller
Author: Oľga Orosová
Author: Gábor Orosz
Author: Fernando P. Ponce
Author: Gonzalo R. Quintana
Author: Gabriel C. Quintero Garzola

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