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Relationship between Pornography Browsing, Psychological Well-being and Perceived Social Support among University Students: Survey Study

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Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

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Background: Pornography browsing is a clear description of sexual activity, which includes all forms of photographs, videos, and other visual media that depict sexual action and are meant to arouse emotions. Psychological wellbeing is negatively affected by excess viewing of pornography that lowers levels of social support. The study aimed to assess relationship between pornography browsing, psychological well-being and perceived social support among university students: survey study Design: A descriptive research design using survey method. Setting: The study was conducted at the faculties of Helwan University. Sample: The sample size was 1116 university students participated in this study. Tools: A Structured Questionnaire which consisted of Socio-demographic characteristics Sheet and Problematic Pornography Consumption Scale (PPCS), Ryff's Psychological Well-Being Scales (PWB) and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS). Results: The study findings clarified that 78.8% of the studied university students had possible problematic pornography use. While 51.4% of the studied university students have low level of psychological well-being and 62.9% of the studied university students have low perceived social support Conclusion: There was a statistically significant negative correlation between total pornography browsing of the studied university students, their psychological wellbeing and perceived social support. Recommendations: Developing psycho-educational programs for university students who consume pornographic material to improve psychological well-being and perceived social support.

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10.21608/asnj.2024.324309.1921

Keywords

perceived social support, Pornography Browsing, Psychological Well-being & University Students

Authors

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Ashgan

Last Name

Mohamed

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Fathy

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Lecturer of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Beni-suif University, Egypt

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ashgan.fathy4@gmail.com

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0000-0002-0863-9496

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Esraa

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Abdel Nabi

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Abdel Rahman

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Lecturer of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Helwan University, Egypt

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esraa.abdelrahman242@gmail.com

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First Name

Maha

Last Name

Mahmoud

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Arafat

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Lecturer of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Helwan University, Egypt

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maha_arafat@nursing.helwan.edu.eg

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12

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46

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48835

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2024-09-01

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2024-09-27

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2024-09-01

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488

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500

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2314-8845

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2682-3799

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Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal

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Relationship between Pornography Browsing, Psychological Well-being and Perceived Social Support among University Students: Survey Study

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24 Dec 2024