Social Desirability Bias in Pornography-Related Self-Reports: The Role of Religion

References

• Aghababaei, N., Mohammadtabar, S., & Saffarinia, M. (2014). Dirty Dozen vs. the H factor: Comparison of the Dark Triad and Honesty-Humility in prosociality, religiosity, and happiness. Personality and Individual Differences, 67, 6–10. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2014.03.026
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Allen, M., D’Alessio, D., & Brezgel, K. (1995). A meta‐analysis summarizing the effects of pornography II: Aggression after exposure. Human Communication Research, 22, 258–283. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2958.1995.tb00368.x
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Allen, M., Emmers, T., Gebhardt, L., & Giery, M. A. (1995). Exposure to pornography and acceptance of rape myths. Journal of Communication, 45, 5–26. doi:10.1111/jcom.1995.45.issue-1
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Baltazar, A., Helm, H. W., McBride, D., Hopkins, G., & Stevens, J. V. (2010). Internet pornography use in the context of internal and external religiosity. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 38, 32–40.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Barak, A., Fisher, W. A., Belfry, S., & Lashambe, D. R. (1999). Sex, guys, and cyberspace: Effects of Internet pornography and individual differences on men’s attitudes towards women. Journal of Psychology and Human Sexuality, 11, 63–91. doi:10.1300/J056v11n01_04
   Google Scholar
• Bradley, D. F., Grubbs, J. B., Uzdavines, A., Exline, J. J., & Pargament, K. (2016). Perceived addiction to internet pornography among religious believers and nonbelievers. Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity, 23, 225–243. doi:10.1080/10720162.2016.1162237
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Byers, A. (2013). Confessions of a ‘prude’. Retrieved on March 30, 2017, from http://archives.relevantmagazine.com/god/worldview/confessions-prude
   Google Scholar
• Caroll, J. S., Padilla-Walker, L. M., Nelson, L. J., Olson, C. D., Barry, C. M., & 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
• Exline, J. J., Yali, A. M., & Sanderson, W. C. (2000). Guilt, discord, and alienation: The role of religious strain in depression and suicidality. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 56, 1481–1496. doi:10.1002/1097-4679(200012)56:12<1481::AID-1>3.0.CO;2-A
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Freud, A. (1946). The ego and mechanisms of defense. New York, NY: Hogarth.
   Google Scholar
• Gardner, C. J. (2001). Tangled in the worst of the web. Christianity Today, 45, 42–50.
   Google Scholar
• Glynn, A. N. (2013). What can we learn with statistical truth serum? Design and analysis of the list experiment. Public Opinion Quarterly, 77, 159–172. doi:10.1093/poz/nfs070
   Web of Science ®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
• Gunther, A. C. (1995). Overrating the x-rating: The third-person perception and support for censorship of pornography. Journal of Communication, 45, 27–38. doi:10.1111/j.1460-2466.1995.tb00712.x
   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
• Kinsey, A. C., Pomeroy, W. B., & Martin, C. E. (1953). Sexual behavior in the human male. Philadelphia, PA: W. B. Saunders.
   Google Scholar
• Lambert, C. E., Arbuckle, S. A., & Holden, R. R. (2016). The Marlowe-Crowne social desirability scale outperforms the BIDR impression management scale for identifying fakers. Journal of Research in Personality, 61, 80–86. doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2016.02.004
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lee, K., & Ashton, M. C. (2004). Psychometric properties of the HEXACO personality inventory. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 39, 329–358. doi:10.1207/s15327906mbr3902_8
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lo, V., & Wei, R. (2002). Third-person effect, gender, and pornography on the internet. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 46, 13–33. doi:10.1207/s15506878jobem4601_2
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lubey, K. (2006). Spectacular sex: Thought and pleasure in the encounter with pornography. Differences, 17, 113–131. doi:10.1215/10407391-2006-005
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• MacInnis, C. C., & Hodson, G. (2015). Do American states with more religious or conservative populations search more for sexual content on Google? Archives of Sexual Behavior, 44, 137–147. doi:10.1007/s10508-014-0361-8
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• MacInnis, C. C., & Hodson, G. (2016). Surfing for sexual sin: Relations between religiousness and viewing sexual content online. Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity, 23, 196–210. doi:10.1080/10720162.2015.1130000
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• MacKinnon, C. A. (1985). Pornography, civil rights, and speech. Harvard Civil Liberties-Civil Rights Law Review, 20, 1–70.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• McKee, A. (2007). The positive and negative effects of pornography as attributed by consumers. Australian Journal of Communication, 34, 87–104.
   Google Scholar
• Meston, C. M., Heiman, J. R., Trapnell, P. D., & Paulhus, D. L. (1998). Socially desirable responding and sexuality self-reports. Journal of Sex Research, 35, 148–157. doi:10.1080/00224499809551928
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Muris, P., Merckelbach, H., & Horselenberg, R. (1996). Individual differences in thought suppression: The White Bear Suppression Inventory: Factor structure, reliability, validity, and correlates. Behavior Research and Therapy, 34, 501–513. doi:10.1016/0005-7967(96)00005-8
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Nederhof, A. J. (1985). Methods of coping with social desirability bias: A review. European Journal of Social Psychology, 15, 263–280. doi:10.1002/ejsp.2420150303
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Nelson, L. J., Padilla-Walker, L. M., & Carroll, J. S. (2010). “I believe it is wrong, but I still do it”: A comparison of religious young men who do versus do not use pornography. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 2, 136–147. doi:10.1037/a0019127
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Park, B. Y., Wilson, G., Berger, J., Christman, M., Reina, B., Bishop, F., … Doan, A. P. (2016). Is internet pornography causing sexual dysfunctions? A review with clinical reports. Behavioral Science, 6, 17–42. doi:10.3390/bs6030017
   Google Scholar
• Paulhus, D. L. (1986). Self-deception and impression management in test responses. In A. Angleitner, & J. S. Wiggins (Eds.), Personality assessment via questionnaire (pp. 143–165). New York, NY: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-70751-3_8
   Google Scholar
• Perrin, P. C., Madanat, H. N., Barnes, M. D., Carolan, A., & Clark, R. B. (2008). Health education’s role in framing pornography as a public health issue: Local and national strategies with international implications. Global Health Promotion, 15, 11–18. doi:10.1177/1025382307088093
   Google Scholar
• Perry, S. L. (2016). From bad to worse? Pornography consumption, spousal religiosity, gender, and marital quality. Sociological Forum, 31, 441–464. doi:10.1111/socf.12252
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Peter, J., & Valkenburg, P. M. (2010). Processes underlying the effects of adolescents’ use of sexually explicit internet material: The role of perceived realism. Communication Research, 37, 375–399. doi:10.1177/0093650210362464
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rasmussen, K. R. (2016). A historical and empirical review of pornography and romantic relationships: Implications for family researchers. Journal of Family Theory and Review, 8, 173–191. doi:10.1111/jftr.12141
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rasmussen, K. R. (2017). State-level religiosity and pornography searches: A tale of two search strategies. Unpublished manuscript.
   Google Scholar
• Rasmussen, K. R., & Bierman, A. E. (2016). How does religious attendance shape trajectories of pornography use across adolescence? Journal of Adolescence, 49, 191–203. doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2016.03.017
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rasmussen, K. R., & Bierman, A. E. (2017). Religious and community hurdles to pornography consumption: A national study of emerging adults. Emerging Adulthood. doi:10.1177/2167696817702066
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rasmussen, K. R., & Kohut, T. (in press). Does religiosity moderate the connection between pornography consumption and attitudes toward women? Journal of Sex Research.
   Google Scholar
• Regnerus, M. D. (2007). Forbidden fruit: Sex & religion in the lives of American teenagers. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Reynolds, W. M. (1982). Development of reliable and valid short forms of the Marlowe-Crowne social desirability scale. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 38, 119–125. doi:10.1002/1097-4679(198201)38:1<119::AID-JCLP2270380118>3.0.CO;2-I
   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:10.2307/2580526
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Short, M. B., Kasper, T. E., & Wetterneck, C. T. (2015). The relationship between religiosity and internet pornography use. Journal of Religion and Health, 54, 571–583. doi:10.1007/s10943-014-9849-8
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Silvia, P. J., Nusbaum, E. C., & Beaty, R. E. (2014). Blessed are the meek? Honest-humility, agreeableness, and the HEXACO structure of religious beliefs, motives, and values. Personality and Individual Differences, 66, 19–23. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2014.02.043
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Spencer, S. J., Fein, S., Wolfe, C. T., Fong, C., & Duinn, M. A. (1998). Automatic activation of stereotypes: The role of self-image threat. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 24, 1139–1152. doi:10.1177/01461672982411001
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Szymanski, D. M., Feltman, C. E., & Dunn, T. L. (2015). Male partners’ perceived pornography use and women’s relational and psychological health: The roles of trust, attitudes, and investment. Sex Roles, 73, 187–199. doi:10.1007/s11199-015-0518-5
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Taube, A. (2014). PornHub reveals advertising finalists. Retrieved from http://www.businessinsider.com/pornhub-reveals-advertising-finalists-2014-5?op=1
   Google Scholar
• Twohig, M. P., & Crosby, J. M. (2010). Acceptance and commitment therapy as a treatment for problematic Internet pornography viewing. Behavior Therapy, 41, 285–295. doi:10.1016/j.beth.2009.06.002
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Vesteinsdottir, V., Reips, U., Joinson, A., & Thorsdottir, F. (2017). An item level evaluation of the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale using item response theory on Icelandic Internet panel data and cognitive interviews. Personality and Individual Differences, 107, 164–173. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2016.11.023
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Volk, F., & Moen, C. (2017). Pornography Use Beliefs Scale: The development and validation of a measure for both users and non-users. Unpublished manuscript.
   Google Scholar
• Whitehead, A. L., & Perry, S. L. (2017). Unbuckling the bible belt: A state-level analysis of religious factors and Google searches for porn. Journal of Sex Research. doi:10.1080/00224499.2017.1278736
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Willoughby, B. J., & Busby, D. M. (2016). In the eye of the beholder: Exploring variations in the perceptions of pornography. The Journal of Sex Research, 53, 687–688. doi:10.1080/00224499.2015.1013601
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wright, P. J., Tokunaga, R. S., & Kraus, A. (2015). A meta-analysis of pornography consumption and actual acts of sexual aggression in general population studies. Journal of Communication, 66, 183–205. doi:10.1111/jcom.12201
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zettler, I., Hillbig, B. E., Moshagen, M., & De Vries, R. E. (2015). Dishonest responding or true virtue? A behavioral test of dishonest responding. Personality and Individual Differences, 81, 107–111. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2014.10.007
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar