Social scientific interest in pornography use and effects dates back to at least the mid-twentieth century. Despite this, recent meta-analyses reveal a need for additional longitudinal studies, in general; a need for attitudinal studies, specifically; and a need for studies of U.S. consumers, in particular. In response to these needs and recent calls for the fields of communication and psychological science to prioritize replication, the present study probed whether Wright et al. (Psychol Pop Media 3(2):97–109, 2014) novel longitudinal findings on pornography consumption and extramarital sex attitudes among married U.S. adults were replicable. As in Wright et al., a distal assessment of extramarital sex attitudes did not predict interindividual increases in the likelihood of pornography consumption. Contrary to Wright et al., a distal assessment of pornography consumption also failed to predict interindividual increases in positive attitudes toward extramarital sex. However, more proximal measures of extramarital sex attitudes and pornography consumption did predict over time interindividual change in pornography use and attitudinal positivity, respectively, even after adjusting for participants’ age, divorce history, education, race, sex, general unhappiness, martial unhappiness, liberal-conservative political orientation, and religiosity. These results are consistent with prior panel studies in the pornography literature in the macro, but also highlight a need for theoretical development (and testing) on the duration and time-course of selection and socialization effects in the context of pornography use and sexual attitudes.

社会科学对色情作品的使用和影响的兴趣至少可以追溯到二十世纪中叶。尽管如此，最近的荟萃分析表明总体上需要进行额外的纵向研究；具体来说，需要进行态度研究；尤其需要对美国消费者进行研究。为了响应这些需求以及最近对传播和心理科学领域优先复制的呼吁，本研究探讨了赖特等人是否。(Psychol Pop Media 3(2):97–109, 2014) 关于美国已婚成年人的色情消费和婚外性行为态度的新颖纵向发现是可复制的。正如赖特等人的研究一样，对婚外性行为态度的远端评估并不能预测个体间消费色情内容的可能性增加。与赖特等人相反，对色情消费的远端评估也未能预测个体间对婚外性行为的积极态度的增加。然而，即使在调整了参与者的年龄、离婚史、教育程度、种族、性别、总体不幸福感、婚姻不幸福感、自由保​​守的政治倾向和宗教信仰。这些结果与之前在宏观上对色情文学进行的小组研究一致，但也强调需要对色情使用和性态度背景下的选择和社会化效应的持续时间和时间过程进行理论发展（和测试）。