Adolescent Porn Viewing and Religious Context: Is the Eye Still the Light of the Body?

The grey areas of Internet use: secret affairs in cyberspace and religiosity

“…Catholics have stricter requirements relating to marriage, such as the prohibition of remarried Catholics receiving Holy Communion [4]; for these reasons, it is difficult for residents in these areas to find a partner for an extramarital relationship in the physical world, so they must turn to virtual space. This finding is consistent with studies of Internet pornography consumption, which find that residents of areas with stricter teaching about sexuality consume more Internet pornography to gratify their sexual interests because it is difficult for them to find casual sex partners in the off-line world (Nie, 2020). The results partially answer RQ2 by showing that Catholicism and Protestantism demonstrate heterogeneous effects on deterring secret affairs in cyberspace.…”

Predictors of Deviant Behavior Justification among Muslims: Sociodemographic Factors, Subjective Well-Being, and Perceived Religiousness

“…They also exhibited more conservative attitude on sexual behavior (Simons et al, 2009). Similar effect has been found on adolescent porn viewing (Nie, 2020) and moral disengagement that can lead to other dishonest acts (Rifani et al, 2021). However, these consequences might only exists within the context of organized religions, and not folk religions (Wang & Jang, 2017).…”

“…Researchers have also examined deviant behaviors based on specific population such as based on age group (Simons et al, 2009), religious denomination (Nie, 2020), and race (Baker et al, 2020).…”

Pornography Consumption and Cognitive-Affective Distress

“…Some studies also reported that pornography use might be associated with lower levels of sexual wellbeing ( Angst, 1998 ; Campbell and Kohut, 2017 ; Vaillancourt-Morel and Bergeron, 2019 ) and various feelings of personal anxiety, insecurity, and moral conflicts ( Bancroft and Vukadinovic, 2004 ; Davis, 2001 ; Duffy et al, 2016 ; Frangos et al, 2010 ; Grubbs et al, 2019a , 2019b ; Hooshmand et al, 2012 ; Young, 1998 ). Especially, the moral conflict as related to pornography exposure has been found in individuals who declare their religious belief ( Collins et al, 2004 ; Grubbs et al, 2010 , 2015 , 2019a , 2019b ; Nie, 2021 ; Patterson and Price, 2012 ; Perry, 2018 ; Štulhofer et al, 2016 ).…”