Are the personality traits a good predictors of the type of wtached pornography? Analysis of the relationship between personality traits and the preference of the chosen pornographic categories. Cover Image

Czy cechy osobowości są dobrymi predyktorami typu oglądanej pornografii? Analiza związku między cechami osobowości, a preferencjami wybranych kategorii pornograficznych.
Are the personality traits a good predictors of the type of wtached pornography? Analysis of the relationship between personality traits and the preference of the chosen pornographic categories.

Author(s): Rafał Gerymski
Subject(s): Psychology
Published by: Centrum Terapii Michał Lew-Starowicz
Keywords: pornography; sexual preferences; big five; personality

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this work was the future exploration of the relationship between selected personality factors and the preference of a given type of pornography. Data from 136 respondents aged between 19 and 56 year was used for analisis.Selected personality traits were examined using the TIPI-PL. questionnaire.Subjects were presented with 25 categories of pornographics films and were asked to select the keywords they use to search for pornography on the Internet. Data exploration has shown that the viewers of pornographic films are characterized by a significantly higher level of extraversion and emotional stability in relation to people who do not use pornography. In addition, it was shown that opennes to experience turned out to be a significant predictor of the preferences of pornographic categories such as "BDSM", "group sex" or "big penis".Further research should take into account other features of the human psyche that may be related to pornographic preferences and examine that attractiveness of a given type of pornography.

  • Issue Year: 15/2017
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 2-9
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish