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Abstract
Research has found mixed results regarding pornography use in the context of mixed-gender romantic relationships. Gottman’s Sound Relationship House measures were given to 402 men married to women to further explore how pornography use relates to relationship functioning. Results showed overall relationship functioning being negatively correlated with pornography use, moderated by the level of religiosity—consistent with previous findings on pornography use and religiosity. Contrary to hypotheses, spousal acceptance of pornography and viewing pornography together did not moderate the negative correlation between relationship functioning and pornography use. Implications for couple and relationship therapy are discussed.
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Notes
1 Note that these rates are limited to those who “watched sexually explicit videos or DVDs (porn)” (Herbenick et al., Citation2017) and do not include other types of sexual imagery or media (such as photographs), which would ostensibly increase the percentages.