RT Article
T1 The Role of Sexual Scripts in the Relationship Between Pornography Use and Sexual Coercion
JF Journal of interpersonal violence
VO 38
IS 7/8
SP 5519
OP 5541
A1 Marshall, Ethan A.
A2 Miller, Holly A.
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1837990824
AB Decades of research have examined the association between pornography use and sexual coercion, with the most significant relationships found between more deviant genres of pornography use and sexual violence. However, researchers have yet to provide a comparable body of research examining the theoretical mechanism of this association. One theory that has shown promise in explaining the association between certain variables of pornography use and sexual coercion is the sexual script theory. In this theory, scripts can best be understood as a mechanism through which society defines and disseminates what is acceptable, desirable, and pleasurable sexual conduct. Studies examining the application of the sexual script theory to the association between pornography use and sexual coercion have found that pornography use has a significant indirect effect on sexual coercion and correlates of sexual coercion through sexual scripts. The current study sought to extend this line of inquiry by examining the relationship between pornography use, sexual scripts, and sexual coercion. A structural equation model examining direct and indirect effects of sexual scripts and pornography use on sexually coercive behaviors was run using a sample of 390 college-aged males. Results of the study indicated there were significant direct and indirect effects in the model. Specifically, pornography use, while not directly related to sexually coercive behaviors, had a significant indirect effect on sexual coercion through sexual scripts. These results further support the use of the sexual scripts theory to help explain the relationship between pornography use and sexual coercion.
K1 sexual scripts
K1 Sexual Aggression
K1 Sexual Coercion
K1 Pornography
DO 10.1177/08862605221123291