Pornography’s associations with open sexual communication and relationship closeness vary as a function of dyadic patterns of pornography use within heterosexual relationships

Kohut, Taylor;Balzarini, Rhonda N.;Fisher, William A.;Campbell, Lorne
(2018) Journal of Social and Personal Relationships — Vol. 35, n° 4, p. 655-676 (2018)

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  • Kohut, TaylorUCLouvain
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  • Balzarini, Rhonda N.
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  • Fisher, William A.
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  • Campbell, Lorne
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Couples who use pornography together (shared pornography use) and couples in which both members use pornography alone (concordant solitary pornography use) may have more sexual interests, preferences, and values in common than couples in which one couple member uses pornography and the other does not (discordant pornography use). From this perspective, the associations between pornography use, comfort in sexual communication, and relationship closeness should vary depending on patterns of pornography use within relationships. Several related pre-registered hypotheses were tested using an online cross-sectional survey of heterosexual dyads (N ¼ 200) that were quota sampled to reflect the distribution of age and political affiliation of married American couples. Dyadic analysis indicated that participants who shared pornography use with their partner reported more open sexual communication and greater closeness.
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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. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407517743096 (Original work published 2018)