The staggering rate at which incidents of child pornography (CP) are increasing highlights the need for proactive approaches to this problem. Improving the efficacy and accessibility of interventions designed for individuals who view CP provides one means of addressing this growing concern. This article explores the self‐identified motivations underlying the onset and maintenance of viewing Internet‐based CP among a sample of 20 men receiving treatment for this behavior. Our findings suggest two primary motivational pathways, namely a desire to achieve sexual gratification and/or an attempt to avoid emotional pain. We propose a behavioral facilitation process, initiated by extensive exposure to Internet pornography, to explain the use of CP in men without a sexual interest in children. We also discuss factors that appeared to facilitate the maintenance of this behavior. Our findings indicate that social skills deficits, maladaptive coping strategies, and a lack of sexual education require further investigation regarding their role in promoting or precluding desistance from viewing CP.

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在互联网上观看和观看儿童色情内容的发生和维持的动机途径。

儿童色情制品（CP）的发生率以惊人的速度增长，突显出需要采取积极措施来解决这一问题。提高针对观看CP的个人的干预措施的有效性和可及性，可以解决这一日益严重的问题。本文探讨了20名接受这种行为治疗的男性样本中基于互联网识别的CP的发作和维持的自我识别动机。我们的发现提示了两个主要的动机途径，即实现性满足的愿望和/或避免情绪痛苦的尝试。我们提出了一种行为促进过程，该过程由广泛暴露于互联网色情内容引发，以解释在儿童无性兴趣的男性中使用CP的原因。我们还将讨论似乎有助于维持这种行为的因素。我们的研究结果表明，社交技能缺陷，适应不良的应对策略以及缺乏性教育，需要进一步研究其在促进或排除因观看CP而引起的戒断方面的作用。