RT Article
T1 Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Associations Between Pornography Use and Dating Violence Victimization: Are There Risks for Teenagers?
JF Journal of interpersonal violence
VO 40
IS 23/24
SP 5707
OP 5728
A1 Martel, Sara
A1 Bergeron, Sophie
A1 Bőthe, Beáta
A1 Vaillancourt-Morel, Marie-Pier
A1 Hébert, Martine
A1 Dion, Jacinthe
A2 Bergeron, Sophie
A2 Bőthe, Beáta
A2 Vaillancourt-Morel, Marie-Pier
A2 Hébert, Martine
A2 Dion, Jacinthe
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1942054785
AB Dating violence victimization (DVV) is a prevalent public health problem with harmful consequences among adolescents. Pornography use has been identified among the factors associated with DVV. However, most studies have relied on cross-sectional designs, limiting the ability to determine temporal relationships between these variables. The present study assessed bidirectional longitudinal associations between pornography use and DVV (psychological, physical, and sexual), also examining cross-sectional associations and gender differences. Participants’ self-report data from two assessments of a longitudinal study were used. The sample consisted of 1,556 teenagers (Mage = 14.55 years, SDage = .630; 51.5% were girls) having reported an intimate relationship in the past year at the first and/or second time point (T1/T2). Whereas some cross-sectional associations between pornography use and DVV were observed at T1, results from the autoregressive cross-lagged model revealed no significant longitudinal association between pornography use and the three forms of DVV, regardless of gender. Thus, pornography use may not represent a significant risk factor over time for DVV in adolescents. These findings provide additional insights concerning the associations between pornography use and DVV and suggest that emphasis should perhaps be placed on other variables in the study of risk factors for DVV. Still, although modest, transversal links support the importance of interventions that promote healthy intimate relationships in adolescence and education about pornography use.
K1 adolescent health
K1 sexually explicit material
K1 Pornography
K1 Intimate violence
DO 10.1177/08862605241307228