Consumption of Pornographic Materials among Hong Kong Early Adolescents: A Replication

Abstract

Consumption of pornographic materials was examined in 3,638 secondary 2 students in Hong Kong. Results showed that over 80% of the respondents had never consumed pornographic materials in the past year. Internet pornography was the most common medium that adolescents used when viewing pornographic materials. Males reported a higher level of pornography consumption than did females. Participants who were born in mainland China were more likely to consume pornographic materials than their Hong Kong counterparts. Regardless of the types of pornographic materials, the levels of pornography consumption significantly increased over time. Results also showed that higher levels of positive youth development and better family functioning were concurrently related to a lower level of pornography consumption at secondary 2. The relative contribution of positive youth development and family factors to pornographic material consumption was also explored.

Adolescents and web porn: a new era of sexuality

“…On the one hand, access to pornographic material is made very easy by the Internet to the extent that it can be done at home, at work, anywhere, and at any time; is economic, and anonymous (2,3). On the other hand, pornography provides a variety of media, such as pictures, movies, lyrics, e-mails, chats, web cams and teledildonics, and may rely on an inexhaustible market replete with a stream of new materials (4)(5)(6). Consumption of pornography is not in itself a disease, but it can be when sexuality achieved trough multimedia becomes dominant with respect to real sexuality, and takes on characteristics of addiction and obsession (7,8).…”

Adolescent Consumption of Pornographic Materials: Prevalence and Psychosocial Correlates Based on a Longitudinal Study

“…In Dong et al's ( 2013 ) study conducted in Shandong Province of mainland China, 6.4 % of the 12-18-year-old respondents consumed pornography. In Hong Kong, proportion of early adolescents (Secondary One) who accessed to online pornography in the past 12 months was lower than 10 % in Shek and Ma's ( 2012a ) study and rose to around 12 % one year later (Shek and Ma 2012b ) and a little more than 15 % in the third year (Ma and Shek 2013 ). These fi ndings showed that the rate of pornography consumption among Hong Kong adolescents was lower than those in Western countries (Ma and Shek 2013 ).…”

“…Longitudinal investigations further showed age effect on the access to sexual materials. Shek and Ma's ( 2012b ) study showed an increasing trend over 1 year of early adolescent consumption of pornography. Hennessy et al ( 2009 ) conducted a 3-year longitudinal study regarding adolescent exposure to sexual content through television, music, magazines, and video games.…”

“…Weber et al ( 2012 ) found that adolescents who were less independent of their surroundings, in particular their parents, consumed pornography more often. Furthermore, adolescent consumption of pornographic materials was negatively related to positive youth development (Ma and Shek 2013 ;Shek and Ma 2012b ).…”

Intention to engage in sexual behavior: influence of family functioning and positive youth development over time

“…In particular, little is known about the causal relationships between family functioning and positive youth development qualities on adolescents' sexual behavior. Prior research has noted the role of family functioning and positive youth development on adolescents' development [9][10][11][12][13]. This article attempts to demonstrate the longitudinal relationships between family functioning, positive youth development qualities and sexual behavior at two time points.…”