Profiles of problematic pornography use and religiosity-based moral incongruence using latent profile analysis: A two-sample study / Campbell Ince [et al.]
Bibliogr.: p. 1037-1039. - Abstr. eng. - DOI: https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2025.00022
In: Journal of Behavioral Addictions. - ISSN 2062-5871, eISSN 2063-5303. - 2025. 14. évf. 2. sz., p. 1021-1039. : ill.
Background and Aims: Recent taxonomies propose that pornography-related problems may arise from problematic pornography use (PPU) and/or moral incongruence (MI). Although religiosity is often viewed as a key factor in MI, religious-based MI has not yet been explicitly examined within these taxonomies, which we address herein. Methods: Using latent profile analysis of self-report data obtained, we examined distinct and overlapping profiles of PPU and religiosity-based MI in two online samples of male pornography users from the United States (N 5 1,356, Mage 5 36.86, SD 5 11.26) and United Kingdom (N 5 944, Mage 5 38.69, SD 5 12.26). Results: Three classes (15-25% of each sample) showed elevated PPU and/or religiosity-based MI: ?At risk for religiosity-based MI? (4-8%), ?At risk for PPU? (6-10%), and ?At risk for co-occurring PPU and religiosity-based MI? (6-8%). Unlike the two groups with elevated PPU, the group with religious-based MI group did not report heightened psychological distress or treatment-seeking tendencies. Respondents were otherwise classified as ?not at risk" (40-47%) ?low risk" (27-28%), or moderate-severity PPU (14%, Sample 2 only). Discussion and Conclusions: Although the observed heterogeneity validates a taxonomy of PPU and religiosity-based MI, our findings challenge the assumption of elevated psychological distress and treatment-seeking tendencies among individuals with religiosity-based MI. Future research should further examine the clinical relevance of religiosity-based MI and extend these findings to broader (e.g., clinical, culturally diverse) samples. Kulcsszavak: problematic pornography use, moral incongruence, latent profile analysis, pornography addiction, heterogeneity, self-perceived pornography addiction, Compulsive Sexual Behaviour Disorder