Men's internet sex addiction predicts sexual objectification of women even after taking pornography consumption frequency into account.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Problematic online video pornography consumption is associated with sexual objectification, particularly in male consumers. However, previous studies have not considered that there is a subgroup of internet users whose consumption may become problematic due to their internet sex addiction. Such users may, in response to internet sex addiction symptoms such as craving, have increased levels of sexual objectification.

Methods

In a sample of 1,272 male consumers of online video pornography (Mage = 32.93, SDage = 9.44), we examined whether internet sex addiction is linked to sexual objectification via an online survey.

Results

We fitted a series of structural equation models and found that men who scored higher on internet sex addiction were more likely to ob

SUBMITTER: Novakova P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11861099 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature