Problematic Pornography Consumption Scale (Short Version) in Adolescents (Bőthe et al., 2021)

• Populations: Canadian Adolescents
• Age ranges: Range not reported; Age M (SD) = 15.41 (0.57)
• Languages: English, French, Spanish
• Countries: Canada; Mexico; Spain

Items

Subscales:

• Salience
• Tolerance
• Mood Modification
• Relapser
• Withdrawal
• Conflict

Items

• I feel that porn is a big part of my life. (Salience)
• I relax by watching porn. (Mood Modification)
• I participate less than I used to in other fun activities because of the time I spend watching porn. (Conflict)
• I feel that I had to watch more and more porn for satisfaction. (Tolerance) 
• When I promise myself not to watch porn anymore, I can only stop for a short time. (Relapse)
• I become stressed when something prevents me from watching porn. (Withdrawal)

Responses:

Items used 7-point scale (1 = never; 7 = all the time)

Scoring

“Participants indicated their answers on a 7-point scale (1 = never; 7 = all the time) regarding the past 6 months. Higher scores indicate higher levels of problematic pornography use (PPU).” (Bőthe et al., 2021)

“Total scores range from 18 to 126, with a score≥76 being considered a cut-off score for high-risk of problematic pornography use. (for the long form)” (Villena‑Moya et al., 2023)

Citations

• Bőthe, B., Vaillancourt-Morel, M.-P., Dion, J., Štulhofer, A., & Bergeron, S. (2021). Validity and reliability of the short version of the Problematic Pornography Consumption Scale (PPCS-6-A) in adolescents. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 35(4), 486–500. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000722

Spanish Versions

• Villena-Moya, A., Granero, R., Chiclana-Actis, C., Potenza, M. N., Blycker, G. R., Demetrovics, Z., Bőthe, B., Steward, T., Fernández-Aranda, F., Jiménez-Murcia, S., & Mestre‑Bach, G. (2024). Spanish validation of the long and short versions of the problematic pornography consumption scale (PPCS and PPCS-6) in adolescents. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 53(2), 673-687. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-02700-9