Psychometric development of the Problematic Pornography Use Scale

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 861-868

  Kor, Ariel ^a   Zilcha Mano, Sigal ^b   Fogel, Yehuda A ^b   Mikulincer, Mario ^a   Reid, Rory C ^c   Potenza, Marc N ^d,e  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Pornography; Pornography Scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSEXUALITY; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PORNOGRAPHY; PORNOGRAPHY USE; PROBLEMATIC PORNOGRAPHY USE SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; EROTICA; INTERNET; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; EROTICA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896826470     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.01.027     Document Type: Article

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