Title

Pornography, Relationship Alternatives, And Intimate Extradyadic Behavior

Keywords

alternatives; dating; infidelity; pornography; relationships

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. © The Author(s) 2013.

Publication Date

11-1-2013

Publication Title

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volume

4

Issue

6

Number of Pages

699-704

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550613480821

Socpus ID

84885646067 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84885646067

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