title: Is pornography consumption associated with condom use and intoxication during hookups?
abstract: In order to examine whether pornography consumption is associated with risky sexual behaviour among emerging adults, we examined two large samples of those who reported hooking up in the past 12 months (combined n =  1216). Pornography use was associated with a higher likelihood of having a penetrative hookup; a higher incidence of intoxication during hookups for men (but a lower incidence of intoxication during hookups for women); increasing levels of intoxication during hookups for men but decreasing levels of intoxication for women; and a higher likelihood of being in the riskiest category of having a penetrative hookup, without a condom, while intoxicated. For each of these outcomes, our point estimates for Study 2 fell within the 95% confidence intervals from Study 1. Controlling for trait self-control, binge drinking frequency, broader problematic patterns of alcohol use, openness to experience, and attitudes toward casual sex did not change the pattern of results. Implications for interventions to reduce sexual risk are discussed.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , Brigham Young University , Provo , USA.
authors.forename: Scott R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Braithwaite
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , Brigham Young University , Provo , USA.
authors.forename: Anneli
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Givens
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , Brigham Young University , Provo , USA.
authors.forename: Jacob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.affiliation: b The Family Institute, Florida State University , Tallahassee , USA.
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fincham
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D003075:Coitus / Q000523:psychology*; D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004882:Erotica / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012649:Self Concept; D012737:Sex Factors; D012747:Sexual Partners; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D047568:Unsafe Sex / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002579:Uterine Cervical Erosion; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: USA; condom use; hookups; intoxication; personality; pornography