The Interplay Between Problematic Online Pornography Use, Psychological Stress, Emotion Dysregulation and Insomnia Symptoms During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mediation Analysis

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Table 1 Descriptive Statistics for the Used Scales (N = 776)

	Ranges	Overall Mean	Std. Deviation	Skewness	Kurtosis
CYPAT	1–53	13.61	5.88	2.81	9.01
DASS-21-S	0–21	8.83	5.06	0.31	−0.44
DERS	40–160	83.91	21.80	0.52	−0.40
ISI	0–27	5.54	4.60	1.10	1.27

Abbreviations: ISI, Insomnia Severity Index; CYPAT, Cyber Pornography Addiction Test; DERS, Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale; DASS-21-S, Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21-Stress.

Table 2 Intercorrelations Between Variables of Interest

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1. Age	1	0.04	0.00	0.08*	0.02	−0.04	−0.03	−0.21**	−0.22**
2. Gender		1	−0.03	−0.09*	−0.07*	−0.08*	0.20**	−0.03	−0.08*
3. COVID1			1	0.29**	0.16**	−0.06	0.07	−0.02	−0.05
4. COVID2				1	0.44**	−0.02	−0.05	−0.04	−0.01
5. COVID3					1	−0.02	−0.03	−0.04	−0.13
6. ISI						1	0.10**	0.34**	0.46**
7. CYPAT							1	0.30**	0.14**
8. DERS								1	0.54**
9. DASS-21-S									1

Notes: Bold values indicate significant p-values. *Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed). **Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).

Abbreviations: COVID1, someone close infected with SARS-CoV-2; COVID2, having been in quarantine; COVID3, being infected with SARS-CoV-2; ISI, Insomnia Severity Index; CYPAT, Cyber Pornography Addiction Test; DERS, Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale; DASS-21-S, Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21-Stress.