Development of a Measure to Assess What Young Heterosexual Adults Say They Learn About Sex from Pornography.

ABSTRACT: This study involved the development of two new measures to assess what some young heterosexual-identifying adults report learning about sex from pornography. Inventory items were generated from an extensive literature review and six qualitative focus group sessions with young adults (N = 54) aged 18-29 which explored how pornography could be used as a source of sexual information. A total of 135 items pertaining to sexual learning from pornography were produced, reviewed and categorized by a sample of young adults (n = 9), and finally reviewed for item and construct relevance by a panel of pornography, sex education and scale development experts (n = 6). Inventory items were administered to a sample of young adult university students (n = 1306). Two separate exploratory factor analyses wer

SUBMITTER: Dawson K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8888499 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature