Research finding that pornography use is associated with lower sexual satisfaction is common; evaluation of the mechanisms hypothesized as underlying the association is not. Informed by multiple theoretical perspectives, the present study tested a conceptual model positing that (a) regularly consuming pornography conditions the user’s arousal template to be particularly responsive to pornographic depictions, (b) this amplified arousal to pornography increases both (c) upward comparisons between one’s own sex life and sex as it is represented in pornography and (d) a preference for masturbation to pornography over partnered sex, which in turn (e) weaken perceptions of how satisfying it is to have sex with one’s partner, and ultimately (f) decreases perceptions of how satisfying one’s relationship is with one’s partner. Path-analytic results were supportive of the hypothesized linkages for both men and women. Discussion focuses on the implications of the present study’s findings for current debates in the literature and theoretical development.

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色情和性不满：色情唤醒、向上色情比较和色情手淫偏好的作用

研究发现色情使用与较低的性满意度有关是很常见的；对假设为关联基础的机制的评估不是。在多种理论观点的指导下，本研究测试了一个概念模型，假设（a）经常消费色情内容会使用户的唤醒模板对色情描述特别敏感，（b）这种对色情的放大唤醒增加了（c）两者之间的向上比较一个人自己的性生活和色情作品中所表现的性行为，以及（d）对色情作品的手淫偏好胜过伴侣性行为，这反过来又（e）削弱了对与伴侣发生性关系的满足程度的看法，并最终（f ) 减少对自己与伴侣的关系有多满意的看法。路径分析结果支持男性和女性的假设联系。讨论的重点是本研究的结果对当前文献和理论发展中的争论的影响。