Author (s)
Tutor/Supervisor; University.Department
Giménez-García, Cristina; Universitat Jaume I. Departament de Psicologia Bàsica, Clínica i Psicobiologia.
Date: 2019-07-11
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10234/183813
Publisher: Universitat Jaume I
Abstract
Introduction:
The increased use of Internet in society has boosted new forms of addiction. Because of its public health concerns, one of the most important is cybersex addiction, and in particular, problematic online pornography consumption. Large amount of studies pointed out that pornography viewing can be excessive and uncontrolled, creating several problems in different areas. For this reason, it is important to study the underlying factors and maintainers. It is postulated that one can be the ability of pornography content to attract and consume attentional resources, interfering in attention to other relevant stimuli.
Objective:
The main purpose of this study is to explore the attentional bias created by pornography viewing, and make the comparison with the interference generated by other multimedia contents: sitcoms, video-games and documentary films. Moreover, we want to explore the relationship between this attentional bias and online and offline sexual behaviors and another underlying factors of consumption in the different contents.
Method:
We developed and applied an experimental task (Porn[Time]), to a group of participants whose age oscillates between 18 and 35 years old. The task consisted in a Stroop task concurrent to the exposition to different contents: pornography, sitcoms, video-games and documentary film condition. The participants should to ignore the videos and focusing in answer the trials quickly and accurately.
Results:
The data shown that pornography created the highest levels of attentional bias in general, but exists a differential effect depending of sex, being sitcoms the content more interfering in women. On the other hand, we can see demonstrated relationships between the reaction times in the different multimedia contents and the online and offline sexual behavior, and with traits as impulsivity and sensation seeking, and affectivity.
Discussion:
This study supports the ability of different multimedia contents (among them, pornography) to attract and consume attentional resources, and the relationship between the attentional bias and factors that play a role in their addictive potential. Thus, it is essential to propose new clinic approaches that address this aspect in the different levels of the therapeutic.
Introducción: El incremento del uso de Internet en la sociedad ha propiciado la aparición de nuevas formas de adicción, siendo una de las más relevantes por sus implicaciones sociosanitarias la adicción al cibersexo, … [+]
Subject
Màster Universitari en Psicologia General Sanitària | Máster Universitario en Psicología General Sanitaria | Master’s Degree in General Health Psychology | Pornography addiction | Online sexual behavior | Attentional bias | Young people | Adicción a la pornografía | Conducta sexual online | Interferencia atencional | Jóvenes
Description
Treball Final de Màster Universitari en Psicologia General Sanitària. Codi: SBF018. Curs: 2018/2019.
Type
info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis
Rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
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