Reliability, Validity, and Psychometric Development of the Pornography Consumption Inventory in a Sample of Hypersexual Men

Abstract

This article reports the psychometric evaluation of the Pornography Consumption Inventory (PCI), which was developed to assess motivations for pornography use among hypersexual men. Initial factor structure and item analysis were conducted in a sample of men (N = 105) seeking to reduce their pornography consumption (Study 1), yielding a 4-factor solution. In a second sample of treatment-seeking hypersexual men (N = 107), the authors further investigated the properties of the PCI using confirmatory factor analytic procedures, reliability indices, and explored PCI associations with several other constructs to establish convergent and discriminant validity. These studies demonstrate psychometric evidence for the PCI items that measure tendencies of hypersexual men to use pornography (a) for sexual pleasure; (b) to escape, cope, or avoid uncomfortable emotional experiences or stress; (c) to satisfy sexual curiosity; and (d) to satisfy desires for excitement, novelty, and variety.

The Development of the Problematic Pornography Consumption Scale (PPCS)

“…As it is seen from our results, based on theory (Griffiths, 2001;2005), the PCCS had good factor structure and reliability. This six-factor second-order model provides the opportunity for future research to compare the role of each component in various theoretical frameworks as obsessive vs. harmonious passion towards pornography use (Vallerand, 2015), reward deficiency syndrome (Blum, Cull, Braverman, & Comings, 1996), or motivations regarding pornography use (Reid, Gilliland, Stein, & Fong, 2011).…”

The Role of Difficulties in Emotion Regulation and Thought Control Strategies on Pornography Use

“…One of these themes and contents relates to sexual issues or the so-called pornography. Pornography refers to images and/or explicit descriptions of sexual acts, which create sexual thoughts, feelings, and behaviors (Hald & Mala-muth, 2007;Kor, Fogel, Reid, & Potenza, 2013;Reid, Li, Gilliland, Stein, & Fong, 2011).…”

A Brief Scale to Measure Problematic Sexually Explicit Media Consumption: Psychometric Properties of the Compulsive Pornography Consumption (CPC) Scale Among Men Who Have Sex With Men

“…However, it was designed to assess young male students at Christian Colleges for pornography addiction, “even though most of them do not fall anywhere within the diagnostic range required to diagnose one as a sexual compulsive.” Normed on 94 male and 51 female undergraduate students (mean age=19years), the items are tailored to the college population (e.g., “I have gotten up earlier or gone to bed later than my roommates to view pornography”), making it unsuitable for use in the broader population. Reid, Li, Gilliand, Stein and Fong (2011) published their Pornography Consumption Inventory (PCI) which assessed motivations for pornography use among hypersexual men seeking treatment, 90 percent of whom reported being heterosexual. This 15-item scale yields four factors – emotional avoidance, sexual curiosity, excitement seeking and sexual pleasure – but does not assess the compulsive/addictive nature of the behavior, or provides any information on pornography consumption behavior.…”