“Whosoever Looketh on a Person to Lust After Them”: Religiosity, the Use of Mainstream and Nonmainstream Sexually Explicit Material, and Sexual Satisfaction in Heterosexual Men and Women

References

• Ahrold, T. K., Farmer, M., Trapnell, P. D., & Meston, C. M. (2011). The relationship among sexual attitudes, sexual fantasy, and religiosity. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 40, 619–630. doi:10.1007/s10508-010-9621-4
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Baumeister, R. (2000). Gender differences in erotic plasticity: The female sex drive as socially flexible and responsive. Psychological Bulletin, 126, 347–374. doi:10.1037/0033-2909.126.3.347
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Baumeister, R. (2004). Gender and erotic plasticity: Sociocultural influences on the sex drive. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 19, 133–139. doi:10.1080/14681990410001691343
   Google Scholar
• Bezinović, P., Marinović Bobinac, A., & Marinović Jerolimov, D. (2004). Kratka ljestvica religioznosti: Validacija na uzorku adolescenata [A brief religiosity scale: Validation in a sample of adolescents]. Društvena Istraživanja, 14(1–2/75–76), 135–153.
   Google Scholar
• Böhm, M., Franz, P., Dekker, A., & Matthiesen, S. (2015). Desire and dilemma: Gender differences in German students’ consumption of pornography. Porn Studies, 2, 76–92. doi:10.1080/23268743.2014.984923
   Google Scholar
• Bridges, A. J., & Morokoff, P. J. (2010). Sexual media use and relational satisfaction in heterosexual couples. Personal Relationships, 18, 562–585. doi:10.1111/j.1475-6811.2010.01328.x
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bryant, P. (2009). Predicting Internet pornography use and arousal: The role of individual difference variables. Journal of Sex Research, 46, 344–357. doi:10.1080/00224490902754152
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Carroll, J. S., Padilla-Walker, L. M., Nelson, L. J., Olson, C. D., McNamara Barry, C., & Madsen, S. D. (2008). Generation XXX: Pornography acceptance and use among emerging adults. Journal of Adolescent Research, 23, 6–30. doi:10.1177/0743558407306348
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Carvalho, J., Štulhofer, A., Vieira, A. L., & Jurin, T. (2015). Hypersexuality and high sexual desire: Exploring the structure of problematic sexuality. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 12, 1356–1367. doi:10.1111/jsm.12865
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Crabtree, S. (2010, August 31). Religiosity highest in world’s poorest nations. Retrieved from http://www.gallup.com/poll/142727/religiosity-highest-world-poorest-nations.aspx
   Google Scholar
• Črpić, G., & Zrinščak, S. (2014). Religion, society, and politics: A comparative perspective. In J. Baloban, K. Nikodem, & S. Zrinščak (Eds.), Vrednote u Hrvatskoj i Europi [Values in Croatia and Europe] (pp. 13–41). Zagreb, Croatia: Kršćanska sadašnjost. In Croatian.
   Google Scholar
• Davidson, J. K., Darling, C. A., & Norton, L. (1995). Religiosity and the sexuality of women: Sexual behavior and sexual satisfaction revisited. Journal of Sex Research, 32, 235–243. doi:10.1080/00224499509551794
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• de Visser, R. O., Smith, A. M., Richters, J., & Rissel, C. E. (2007). Associations between religiosity and sexuality in a representative sample of Australian adults. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 36, 33–46. doi:10.1007/s10508-006-9056-0
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Festinger, L., Riecken, H., & Schachter, S. (1956). When prophecy fails: A social and psychological study of a modern group that predicted the destruction of the world. New York, NY: Harper-Torchbooks.
   Google Scholar
• Frances, L., & Penny, G. (2014). Gender differences in religion. In V. Saroglou (Ed.), Religion, personality, and social behavior (pp. 313–338). New York, NY: Psychology Press.
   Google Scholar
• Garlick, S. (2010). Taking control of sex? Hegemonic masculinity, technology, and Internet pornography. Men and Masculinities, 12, 597–614. doi:10.1177/1097184X09341360
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Goodson, P., McCormick, D., & Evans, A. (2000). Sex on the Internet: College students’ emotional arousal when viewing sexually explicit materials on-line. Journal of Sex Education and Therapy, 25, 252–260. doi:10.1080/01614576.2000.11074358
   Google Scholar
• Grubbs, J. B., Exline, J. J., Pargament, K. I., Hook, J. N., & Carlisle, R. D. (2015). Transgression as addiction: Religiosity and moral disapproval as predictors of perceived addiction to pornography. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 44, 125–136. doi:10.1007/s10508-013-0257-z
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hald, G. M. (2006). Gender differences in pornography consumption among young heterosexual Danish adults. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 35, 577–585. doi:10.1007/s10508-006-9064-0
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hald, G. M., Seaman, C., & Linz, D. (2014). Sexuality and pornography. In D. Tolman & L. Diamond (Eds.), APA handbook of sexuality and psychology (Vol. 2, pp. 3–35). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
   Google Scholar
• Hald, G. M., & Štulhofer, A. (2015). What types of pornography do people use and do they cluster? Assessing types and categories of pornography consumption in a large-scale online sample. Journal of Sex Research, 53(7), 849–859. doi:10.1080/00224499.2015.1065953
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hardy, S. A., Steelman, M. A., Coyne, S. M., & Ridge, R. D. (2013). Adolescent religiousness as a protective factor against pornography use. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 34, 131–139. doi:10.1016/j.appdev.2012.12.002
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hayes, B. C. (1995). Religious identification and moral attitudes: The British case. British Journal of Sociology, 46, 457–474. doi:10.2307/591851
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hill, P. C., & Edwards, E. (2013). Measurement in the psychology of religiousness and spirituality: Existing measures and new frontiers. In K. I. Pargament, J. J. Exline, & J. W. Jones (Eds.), APA handbook of psychology, religion, and spirituality (Vol. 1, pp. 51–77). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
   Google Scholar
• Hook, J. N., Farrell, J. E., Ramos, M. J., Davis, D. E., Karaga, S., Van Tongeren, D. R., & Grubbs, J. (2015). Religiousness and congruence between sexual values and behavior. Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 34, 179–189.
   Google Scholar
• Ilišin, V. (1999). Mladi na marginama društva i politike [Youth on the margins of society and politics]. Zagreb, Croatia: Alinea.
   Google Scholar
• Johansson, T., & Hammaren, N. (2007). Hegemonic masculinity and pornography: Young people’s attitudes toward and relations to pornography. Journal of Men’s Studies, 15, 57–70. doi:10.3149/jms.1501.57
   Google Scholar
• Kuštreba, I., Elezović, I., & Štulhofer, A. (2015). Parents’ attitudes toward school-based sexuality education in Croatia. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 12, 323–334. doi:10.1007/s13178-015-0203-z
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kvalem, I. L., Træen, B., Lewin, B., & Štulhofer, A. (2014). Self-perceived effects of Internet pornography use, genital appearance satisfaction, and sexual self-esteem among young Scandinavian adults. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 8, article 4. doi:10.5817/CP2014-4-4
   Google Scholar
• Landripet, I., Baćak, V., & Štulhofer, A. (2011). Changes in HIV and STI related sexual risk taking among young Croatian adults: Findings from the 2005 and 2010 population-based surveys. Croatian Medical Journal, 52, 458–468. doi:10.3325/cmj.2011.52.458
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mesch, G. S. (2009). Social bonds and Internet pornographic exposure among adolescents. Journal of Adolescence, 32, 601–618. doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2008.06.004
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Miller, A. S., & Hoffmann, J. P. (1995). Risk and religion: An explanation of gender differences in religiosity. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 34, 63–75. doi:10.2307/1386523
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Morgan, E. M. (2011). Associations between young adults’ use of sexually explicit materials and their sexual preferences, behaviors, and satisfaction. Journal of Sex Research, 48, 520–530. doi:10.1080/00224499.2010.543960
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Nikodem, K. (2012). Religiosity and marriage: Family attitudes in Croatia. In G. Pickel & K. Sammet (Eds.), Transformations of religiosity: Religion and religiosity in Eastern Europe 1989–2010 (pp. 175–197). New York, NY: Sage.
   Google Scholar
• Oishi, S., Diener, E., Suh, E., & Lucas, R. E. (1999). Value as a moderator in subjective well-being. Journal of Personality, 67, 157–184. doi:10.1111/1467-6494.00051
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Patterson, R., & Price, J. (2012). Pornography, religion, and the happiness gap: Does pornography impact the actively religious differently? Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 51, 79–89. doi:10.1111/j.1468-5906.2011.01630.x
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Peter, J., & Valkenburg, P. (2011). The use of sexually explicit Internet material and its antecedents: A longitudinal comparison of adolescents and adults. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 40, 1015–1025. doi:10.1007/s10508-010-9644-x
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Preacher, K. J., & Hayes, A. F. (2008). Asymptotic and resampling strategies for assessing and comparing indirect effects in multiple mediator models. Behavior Research Methods, 40, 879–891. doi:10.3758/BRM.40.3.879
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Puzek, I., Štulhofer, A., & Božičević, I. (2012). Is religiosity a barrier to sexual and reproductive health? Results from a population-based study of young Croatian adults. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 41, 1497–1505. doi:10.1007/s10508-012-9924-8
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Regnerus, M., Gordon, D., & Price, J. (2016). Documenting pornography use in America: A comparative analysis of methodological approaches. Journal of Sex Research, 53(7), 873–881. doi:10.1080/00224499.2015.1096886
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rimac, I. (2014). Komparativni pregled odgovora u anketi Europska studija vrednota 1999. i 2008 [The comparative overview of responses to the European Values Survey 1999 and 2008]. In J. Baloban, K. Nikodem, & S. Zrinščak (Eds.), Vrednote u Hrvatskoj i u Europi [Values in Croatia and Europe] (pp. 309–473). Zagreb, Croatia: Kršćanska sadašnjost.
   Google Scholar
• Scarcelli, C. M. (2015). “It is disgusting, but … ”: Adolescent girls’ relationship to Internet pornography as gender performance. Porn Studies, 2, 237–249. doi:10.1080/23268743.2015.1051914
   Google Scholar
• Schwadel, P. (2011). The effects of education on Americans’ religious practices, beliefs, and affiliations. Review of Religious Research, 53, 161–182. doi:10.1007/S13644-011-0007-4
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sekulić, D. (2011). Vrijednosno-ideološke orijentacije kao predznak i posljedica društvenih promjena [Value-based and ideological perspectives as precursors to and outcomes of social changes]. Politička Misao, 48, 35–64.
   Google Scholar
• Shaughnessy, K., Byers, E. S., & Walsh, L. (2011). Online sexual activity experience of heterosexual students: Gender similarities and differences. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 40, 419–427. doi:10.1007/s10508-010-9629-9
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sherkat, D. E., & Ellison, C. G. (1997). The cognitive structure of a moral crusade: Conservative Protestantism and opposition to pornography. Social Forces, 75, 957–980. doi:10.1093/sf/75.3.957
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sinković, M., Štulhofer, A., & Božić, J. (2013). Revisiting the association between pornography use and risky sexual behaviors: The role of early exposure to pornography and sexual sensation seeking. Journal of Sex Research, 50, 633–641. doi:10.1080/00224499.2012.681403
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Stack, S., Wasserman, I., & Kern, R. (2004). Adult social bonds and use of Internet pornography. Social Science Quarterly, 85, 75–88. doi:10.1111/j.0038-4941.2004.08501006.x
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Štulhofer, A., Buško, V., & Brouillard, P. (2010). Development and bicultural validation of the New Sexual Satisfaction Scale. Journal of Sex Research, 47, 257–268. doi:10.1080/00224490903100561
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Štulhofer, A., Buško, V., & Brouillard, P. (2011). The New Sexual Satisfaction Scale and its short form. In T. D. Fisher, C. M. Davis, W. L. Yarber, & S. L. Davis (Eds.), Handbook of sexuality-related measures (3rd ed., pp. 530–532). New York, NY: Routledge.
   Google Scholar
• Štulhofer, A., Buško, V., & Landripet, I. (2010). Pornography, sexual socialization, and sexual satisfaction among young men. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 39, 168–178. doi:10.1007/s10508-008-9387-0
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sullins, D. P. (2006). Gender and religion: Deconstructing universality, constructing complexity. American Journal of Sociology, 112(3), 838–880. doi:10.1086/507852
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Svedin, C. G., Åkerman, I., & Priebe, G. (2011). Frequent users of pornography. A population-based epidemiological study of Swedish male adolescents. Journal of Adolescence, 34, 779–788. doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2010.04.010
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tomka, M. (2001). Religious change in East-Central Europe. In I. Borowik & M. Tomka (Eds.), Religion and social change in post-Communist Europe (pp. 11–27). Krakow, Poland: Nomos.
   Google Scholar
• Træen, B., & Daneback, K. (2012). The use of pornography and sexual behavior among Norwegian men and women of differing sexual orientation. Sexologies, 22, e41–e48. doi:10.1016/j.sexol.2012.03.001
   Google Scholar
• Twenge, J. M., Sherman, R. A., & Wells, B. E. (2015). Changes in American adults’ sexual behavior and attitudes, 1972–2012. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 44, 2273–2285. doi:10.1007/s10508-015-0540-2
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Williams, T. T., Pichon, L. C., Davey-Rothwell, M., & Latkin, C. A. (2016). Church attendance as a predictor of number of sexual health topics discussed among high-risk HIV-negative Black women. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 45, 451–458. doi:10.1007/s10508-015-0506-4
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wohl, M. J., DeShea, L., & Wahkinney, R. L. (2008). Looking within: Measuring state self-forgiveness and its relationship to psychological well-being. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 40, 1–10. doi:10.1037/0008-400x.40.1.1.1
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wright, P. J. (2013a). Internet pornography exposure and women’s attitude towards extramarital sex: An exploratory study. Communication Studies, 64, 315–336. doi:10.1080/10510974.2012.755643
   Google Scholar
• Wright, P. J. (2013b). A three-wave longitudinal analysis of preexisting beliefs, exposure to pornography, and attitude change. Communication Reports, 26, 13–25. doi:10.1080/08934215.2013.773053
   Google Scholar
• Zellner, A. (1962). An efficient method of estimating seemingly unrelated regressions and tests for aggregation bias. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 57, 348–368. doi:10.1080/01621459.1962.10480664
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar