Is pornography use a risk for adolescent well-being? An examination of temporal relationships in two independent panel samples.

ABSTRACT: Cross-sectional evidence suggests that pornography use is related to lower mental well-being among adolescents but it remains unclear if changes in well-being are related to the dynamics of pornography use within this population. We examined the relationship between pornography use, subjective well-being, symptoms of depressions and anxiety, and self-esteem in two independent panel samples (N = 455; N = 858) of Croatian adolescents using cross-lagged path analysis and lagged linear mixed models. After controlling for impulsiveness and family environment-factors that are unlikely to be influenced by pornography use-earlier levels of pornography use were not significantly associated with subsequent decreases in subjective well-being across gender and panel. However, pornography use was assoc

SUBMITTER: Kohut T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6088458 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature