g) Pornography and relationships, sexual satisfaction, etc. (NEW)

Note: Newstrom et al.’s piece is a useful recent review.

 

Adamson, S. J., Martin, A., Deering, D. E. A., & Boden, J. M. (2021). New Zealand Women’s Experience of Intimacy Within Heterosexual Relationships: Influence of Partners’ Perceived Pornography Use. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 1-13. doi:10.1080/0092623X.2021.1937416

Bennett, M., LoPresti, B. J., McGloin, R., & Denes, A. (2019). The Desire for Porn and Partner?: Investigating the Role of Scripts in Affectionate Communication, Sexual Desire, and Pornography Consumption and Guilt in Young Adults’ Romantic Relationships. Western Journal of Communication, 1-21. 10.1080/10570314.2018.1564934

Bridges, A. J., & Morokoff, P. J. (2011). Sexual media use and relational satisfaction in heterosexual couples. Personal Relationships, 18, 562-585. 

Brown, C. C., Carroll, J. S., Yorgason, J. B., Busby, D. M., Willoughby, B. J., & Larson, J. H. (2017). A Common-Fate Analysis of Pornography Acceptance, Use, and Sexual Satisfaction Among Heterosexual Married Couples. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 46(2), 575-584, doi:10.1007/s10508-016-0732-4.

Campbell, L., & Kohut, T. (2017). The use and effects of pornography in romantic relationships. Current Opinion in Psychology, 13, 6-10. 

Carroll, J. S., Busby, D. M., Willoughby, B. J., & Brown, C. C. (2017). The Porn Gap: Differences in Men’s and Women’s Pornography Patterns in Couple Relationships. Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy, 16(2), 146-163. 

Carvalheira, A., Træen, B., & Stulhofer, A. (2014). Masturbation and Pornography Use Among Coupled Heterosexual Men With Decreased Sexual Desire: How Many Roles of Masturbation? Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 1-10. doi:10.1080/0092623X.2014.958790

De Jong, D. C., & Cook, C. (2021). Roles of Religiosity, Obsessive–Compulsive Symptoms, Scrupulosity, and Shame in Self-Perceived Pornography Addiction: A Preregistered Study. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50(2), 695-709. doi:10.1007/s10508-020-01878-6

DeKeseredy, W. S., & Hall-Sanchez, A. (2017). Adult pornography and violence against women in the heartland: Results from a rural Southeast Ohio study. Violence Against Women, 23(7), 830-849.

Dwulit, A. D., & Rzymski, P. (2019a). The Potential Associations of Pornography Use with Sexual Dysfunctions: An Integrative Literature Review of Observational Studies. Journal of clinical medicine, 8(7), 914. 

Grov, C., Gillespie, B. J., Royce, T., & Lever, J. (2011). Perceived consequences of casual online sexual activities on heterosexual relationships: A U.S. online survey. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 40, 429-439. 

Grubbs, J. B., & Gola, M. (2019). Is Pornography Use Related to Erectile Functioning? Results From Cross-Sectional and Latent Growth Curve Analyses. The journal of sexual medicine, 16(1), 111-125. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsxm.2018.11.004

Hertlein, K., Piercy, F. (2006). Internet Infidelity - A Critical Review of the Literature. The Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families, 14(4): 366-371.

Huntington, C., Willoughby, B., & Rhoades, G. (2022). Associations of Adolescents’ Pornography Viewing with their Romantic Relationship Skills and Behaviors. The Journal of Sex Research, 1-12. doi:10.1080/00224499.2022.2096844

Johnson, J. A., Ezzell, M. B., Bridges, A. J., & Sun, C. F. (2019). Pornography and heterosexual women’s intimate experiences with a partner. Journal of Women’s Health, 28(9), 1254-1265.

Kohut, T., Balzarini, R. N., Fisher, W. A., & Campbell, L. (2018). Pornography’s Associations with Open Sexual Communication and Relationship Closeness Vary as a Function of Dyadic Patterns of Pornography Use within Heterosexual Relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 35(4), 655-676.

Kohut, T., Fisher, W. A., & Campbell, L. (2017). Erratum to: Perceived Effects of Pornography on the Couple Relationship: Initial Findings of Open-Ended, Participant-Informed, “Bottom-Up” Research. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 46(2), 603-603. doi:10.1007/s10508-016-0838-8

Kohut, T., Fisher, W. A., & Campbell, L. (2017). Perceived Effects of Pornography on the Couple Relationship: Initial Findings of Open-Ended, Participant-Informed, “Bottom-Up” Research. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 46(2), 585-602. doi:10.1007/s10508-016-0783-6

Lambert, N. M., Negash, S., Stillman, T. F., Olmstead, S. B., & Fincham, F. D. (2012). A love that doesn’t last: Pornography consumption and weakened commitment to one’s romantic partner. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 31(4), 410-438. doi:10.1521/jscp.2012.31.4.410 

Landripet, I., & Štulhofer, A. (2015). Is pornography use associated with sexual difficulties and dysfunctions among younger heterosexual men? The journal of sexual medicine, 12(5), 1136-1139.

Maas, M. K., Vasilenko, S. A., & Willoughby, B. J. (2018). A Dyadic Approach to Pornography Use and Relationship Satisfaction among Heterosexual Couples: The Role of Pornography Acceptance and Anxious Attachment. The Journal of Sex Research, 1-11.

Maddox, A. M., Rhoades, G. K., & Markman, H. J. (2011). Viewing sexually-explicit materials alone or together: associations with relationship quality. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 40(2), 441-448. doi:10.1007/s10508-009-9585-4

Manning, J. (2006). The Impact of Internet Pornography on Marriage and the Family: A Review of the Research. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity: Journal of Treatment and Prevention, 13(2 - 3): 131-165.

Marley, N. Resch, and Kevin G. Alderson. (2014). Female Partners of Men Who Use Pornography: Are Honesty and Mutual Use Associated With Relationship Satisfaction?, Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 40(5), 410-424

Martin, A. (2016). Men’s pornography habits and women’s experience of intimacy within heterosexual relationships. (Unpublished Master’s Thesis), University of Otago, Christchurch. 

McNabney, S. M., Hevesi, K., & Rowland, D. L. (2020). Effects of Pornography Use and Demographic Parameters on Sexual Response during Masturbation and Partnered Sex in Women. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(9), 3130.

Milas, G., Wright, P., & Štulhofer, A. (2019). Longitudinal Assessment of the Association between Pornography Use and Sexual Satisfaction in Adolescence. The Journal of Sex Research, 1-13. 10.1080/00224499.2019.1607817

Miller, D. J., McBain, K. A., Li, W. W., & Raggatt, P. T. F. (2019). Pornography, preference for porn-like sex, masturbation, and men’s sexual and relationship satisfaction. Personal Relationships, 26(1), 93-113. doi:10.1111/pere.12267

Montgomery-Graham, S., Kohut, T., Fisher, W., & Campbell, L. (2015). How the popular media rushes to judgment about pornography and relationships while research lags behind. The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 24(3), 243-256. doi:10.3138/cjhs.243-A4 

Newstrom, N. P., & Harris, S. M. (2016). Pornography and Couples: What Does the Research Tell Us?. Contemporary Family Therapy, 38(4), 412-423, doi:10.1007/s10591-016-9396-4.

Olmstead, S. B., Negash, S., Pasley, K., & Fincham, F. D. (2013). Emerging adults’ expectations for pornography use in the context of future committed romantic relationships: A qualitative study. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 42(625-635).

Park, B. Y., Wilson, G., Berger, J., Christman, M., Reina, B., Bishop, F., . . Doan, A. P. (2016). Is Internet pornography causing sexual dysfunctions? A review with clinical reports. Behavioral Sciences, 6(3), 17.

Parvez, Z. F. (2006). The labor of pleasure: How perceptions of emotional labor impact women’s enjoyment of pornography. Gender & Society, 20(5), 605-631. doi:10.1177/0891243206291109

Perry, S. L., & Schleifer, C. (2017). Till porn do us part? A longitudinal examination of pornography use and divorce. The Journal of Sex Research, 1-13. 

Poulsen, F. O., Busby, D. M., & Galovan, A. M. (2013). Pornography use: Who uses it and how it is associated with couple outcomes. Journal of Sex Research, 50(1), 72-83.

Prause, N., & Pfaus, J. (2015). Viewing Sexual Stimuli Associated with Greater Sexual Responsiveness, Not Erectile Dysfunction. Sexual Medicine, 3(2), 90-98. doi:10.1002/sm2.58

Rasmussen, K. R., Millar, D., & Trenchuk, J. (2018). Relationships and infidelity in pornography: an analysis of pornography streaming websites. Sexuality & Culture, 1-14.

Resch, M. N., & Alderson, K. G. (2014). Female partners of men who use pornography: Are honesty and mutual use associated with relationship satisfaction? Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 40(5), 410-424. doi:10.1080/0092623X.2012.751077

Stewart, D. N., & Szymanski, D. M. (2012). Young Adult Women’s Reports of Their Male Romantic Partner’s Pornography Use as a Correlate of Their Self-Esteem, Relationship Quality, and Sexual Satisfaction. Sex Roles, 67(5-6), 257-271. doi:10.1007/s11199-012-0164-0

Szymanski, D. M., & Stewart-Richardson, D. N. (2014). Psychological, relational, and sexual correlates of pornography use on young adult heterosexual men in romantic relationships. The Journal of Men’s Studies, 22(1), 64-82. doi:10.3149/jms.2201.64

Taylor, K., & Gavey, N. (2019). Pornography addiction and the perimeters of acceptable pornography viewing. Sexualities, 23(5-6), 876-897. doi:10.1177/1363460719861826

Tylka, T., & Kroon Van Diest, A. M. (2015). You looking at her “hot” body may not be “cool” for me: Integrating male partners’ pornography use into objectification theory for women. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 39(1), 67-84. doi:10.1177/0361684314521784 

Vaillancourt-Morel, M.-P., Daspe, M.-È., Charbonneau-Lefebvre, V., Bosisio, M., & Bergeron, S. (2019). Pornography Use in Adult Mixed-Sex Romantic Relationships: Context and Correlates. Current Sexual Health Reports, 11(1), 35-43. doi:10.1007/s11930-019-00190-2

Vaillancourt-Morel, M.-P., Rosen, N. O., Štulhofer, A., Bosisio, M., & Bergeron, S. (2021). Pornography Use and Sexual Health among Same-Sex and Mixed-Sex Couples: An Event-Level Dyadic Analysis. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50(2), 667-681. doi:10.1007/s10508-020-01839-z

Vaillancourt-Morel, M.-P., Rosen, N. O., Willoughby, B. J., Leonhardt, N. D., & Bergeron, S. (2020). Pornography use and romantic relationships: A dyadic daily diary study. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 0265407520940048. doi:10.1177/0265407520940048

Vaillancourt-Morel, M.-P., Rosen, N. O., Bőthe, B., & Bergeron, S. (2023). Partner Knowledge of Solitary Pornography Use: Daily and Longitudinal Associations with Relationship Quality. The Journal of Sex Research, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2023.2219254 

Willoughby, B. J., & Leonhardt, N. D. (2018). Behind Closed Doors: Individual and Joint Pornography Use among Romantic Couples. The Journal of Sex Research, 1-15. 10.1080/00224499.2018.1541440

Willoughby, B. J., Carroll, J. S., Busby, D. M., & Brown, C. C. (2016). Differences in pornography use among couples: Associations with satisfaction, stability, and relationship processes. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 45(1), 145-158. doi:10.1007/s10508-015-0562-9 

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Wright, P. J., & Herbenick, D. (2022). Pornography and Relational Satisfaction: Exploring Potential Boundary Conditions. Archives of Sexual Behavior. doi:10.1007/s10508-022-02406-4

Wright, P. J., & Tokunaga, R. S. (2018). Women’s Perceptions of Their Male Partners’ Pornography Consumption and Relational, Sexual, Self, and Body Satisfaction: Toward a Theoretical Model. Annals of the International Communication Association, 42(1), 55-73.

Wright, P. J., Bridges, A. J., Sun, C., Ezzell, M. B., & Johnson, J. A. (2018). Personal Pornography Viewing and Sexual Satisfaction: A Quadratic Analysis. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 44(3), 308-315.

Wright, P. J., Steffen, N. J., & Sun, C. (2019). Is the relationship between pornography consumption frequency and lower sexual satisfaction curvilinear? Results from England and Germany. The Journal of Sex Research, 56(1), 9-15. 

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Wright, P. J., Tokunaga, R. S., Kraus, A., & Klann, E. (2017). Pornography Consumption and Satisfaction: A Meta‐Analysis. Human Communication Research

Young-Petersen, B., & Willoughby, B. J. (2016). The Influence of Pornography on Romantic Relationships of Emerging Adults. Identity, Sexuality, and Relationships among Emerging Adults in the Digital Age, 178.

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