Revisiting the Role of Impulsivity and Compulsivity in Problematic Sexual Behaviors

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Table 1. Descriptive Statistics, Reliability Indices and Correlations Between the Aspects of Impulsivity, Compulsivity, Hypersexuality and Problematic Pornography Use

Scales	Skewness (SE)	Kurtosis (SE)	Range	M (SD)	α	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1. PPCS total	1.61 (0.02)	2.61 (0.04)	1–7	1.92 (1.00)	.94	—
2. HBI total	1.24 (0.02)	1.85 (0.04)	1–5	1.76 (0.57)	.89	.57*	—
3. UPPS-P total	0.06 (0.02)	−0.10 (0.04)	1–4	2.28 (0.41)	.85	.15*	.31*	—
4. UPPS-P negative urgency	0.17 (0.02)	−0.57 (0.04)	1–4	2.38 (0.73)	.83	.13*	.24*	.76*	—
5. UPPS-P positive urgency	−0.05 (0.02)	−0.25 (0.04)	1–4	2.61 (0.63)	.73	.13*	.29*	.80*	.64*	—
6. UPPS-P sensation seeking	−0.10 (0.02)	−0.24 (0.04)	1–4	2.58 (0.63)	.77	.04*	.15*	.47*	.17*	.39*	—
7. UPPS-P lack of premeditation	0.38 (0.02)	−0.03 (0.04)	1–4	1.90 (0.58)	.82	.04*	.14*	.67*	.36*	.35*	.04*	—
8. UPPS-P lack of perseverance	0.41 (0.02)	−0.05 (0.04)	1–4	1.91 (0.59)	.83	.14*	.18*	.52*	.18*	.16*	−.09*	.49*	—
9. SCID-II compulsivity	−0.15 (0.02)	−0.41 (0.04)	0–1	0.54 (0.21)	.49^a	.13*	.14*	.02*	.17*	.11*	.04*	−.19*	−.11*

Note. PPCS = Problematic Pornography Consumption Scale; HBI = Hypersexual Behavior Inventory; UPPS-P = UPPS-P Impulsive Behavior Scale; SCID-II = Structured Clinical Interview for DSM Disorders; α = Cronbach’s alpha; M = mean; SD = standard deviation; SE = standard error.

^aInternal consistency was examined by assessment of Kuder–Richardson formula 20 (KR-20) for this dichotomous scale.

*p < .001.

Figure 1. The impulsivity and compulsivity background of hypersexuality and problematic pornography use (N_total = 13,778; N_males = 9,555; N_females = 4,151). All variables presented in ellipses are latent variables. For the sake of clarity, indicator variables related to them are not depicted in this figure. One-headed arrows represent standardized regression weights and two-headed arrows represent correlations. The first numbers on the arrows indicate the path coefficients of the total sample, the second numbers indicate the path coefficients of the male sample, and the third numbers indicate the path coefficients of the female sample. All pathways were significant at level p < .01.