Title
Pornography, Relationship Alternatives, and Intimate Extradyadic Behavior
Abbreviated Journal Title
Soc. Psychol. Personal Sci.
Keywords
pornography; dating; relationships; alternatives; infidelity; INVESTMENT MODEL; RELATIONSHIP MAINTENANCE; ATTRACTIVE ALTERNATIVES; INTERNET PORNOGRAPHY; COMMITMENT; SATISFACTION; INATTENTION; INFIDELITY; COGNITION; SCALE; Psychology, Social
Abstract
Two studies tested the hypothesis that exposure to pornography among romantically committed individuals would increase the likelihood of intimate extradyadic behavior and that this effect would be mediated by heightened perceptions of romantic alternatives. Study 1 (n = 74) found that participants primed with sexually explicit material reported having higher quality romantic alternatives. Study 2 (n = 291) showed that initial pornography consumption predicted intimate extradyadic behavior 12 weeks later even after controlling for initial extradyadic behavior, sociosexuality, relationship length, baseline relationship satisfaction, social desirability, and participant gender and race. The relationship between pornography and intimate extradyadic behavior was mediated by perceptions of the quality of romantic alternatives. These results suggest that sexually explicit material can provoke intimate extradyadic behavior via its effect on perceptions of alternative partners.
Journal Title
Social Psychological and Personality Science
Volume
4
Issue/Number
6
Publication Date
1-1-2013
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
699
Last Page
704
WOS Identifier
ISSN
1948-5506
Recommended Citation
"Pornography, Relationship Alternatives, and Intimate Extradyadic Behavior" (2013). Faculty Bibliography 2010s. 4071.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2010/4071
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