Past studies have demonstrated a link between pornography use and addiction to pornography, the underlying mechanism of the association is still unclear. This study intended to examine the mediating role of perceived realism of pornography in the association between pornography use and addiction among emerging adults in Malaysia. This study recruited 222 self-identified pornography users (M age = 21.05; SD Age = 1.68; 75.1% male respondents) via the purposive sampling method. The correlation results indicated positive associations among pornography use, addiction to pornography, and perceived realism of pornography. Further, the perceived realism of pornography significantly mediated the association between pornography use and addiction to pornography after controlling for gender. Thus, this study has provided a fundamental understanding on the perceived realism role of pornography in explaining the association between its use and addiction. Although it is unlikely to stop illegal pornography use, the results pointed out a need to guide emerging adults in pornography use via media literacy programmes.

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马来西亚新兴成年人的色情使用及其成瘾：将现实主义视为调解人。

过去的研究表明色情使用与色情成瘾之间存在联系，该关联的潜在机制仍不清楚。本研究旨在探讨色情现实主义在马来西亚新兴成年人色情使用与成瘾之间的关联中的中介作用。这项研究通过有目的的抽样方法招募了 222 名自我认定的色情用户（M 年龄 = 21.05；SD 年龄 = 1.68；75.1% 的男性受访者）。相关结果表明色情使用、色情成瘾和色情现实感之间存在正相关。此外，在控制性别后，色情的真实感显着调节了色情使用与色情成瘾之间的关联。因此，这项研究对色情在解释其使用与成瘾之间的关联方面的感知现实主义作用提供了一个基本的理解。尽管不太可能阻止非法色情制品的使用，但结果指出需要通过媒体扫盲计划来指导新兴成年人使用色情制品。