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Bored people may turn to pornographic content to distract from the perception that their life is meaningless, according to new research published in Personality and Individual Differences.
“Previously, my colleagues and I found that when people experience boredom, it poses a threat to their sense of meaning in life. As an escape from this adverse existential experience, people may subsequently engage in hedonic behaviors,” explained study author Andrew B. Moynihan of the University of Limerick.
“We found that people may engage in unhealthy eating, impulsiveness, or endorse promiscuous attitudes in this context. In the current paper, we investigated whether pornography consumption, at least in some circumstances, may also serve as an escape from the threat to meaning in life posed by boredom.”
The study, which surveyed 179 adults living in Ireland or the United Kingdom, found that boredom proneness and emotional avoidance mediated the association between perceived meaninglessness and pornography use.
In other words, people who agreed with statements such as “My life has no clear purpose” were more likely to agree with statements such as “In most situations, it is hard for me to find something to do or see to keep me interested” and “It [pornography] provides an opportunity to be distracted from life’s challenges,” which in turn was related to more frequent pornography use.
In other words, watching porn is a good thing to keep your mind active from being bored to death.
“Previously, my colleagues and I found that when people experience boredom, it poses a threat to their sense of meaning in life. As an escape from this adverse existential experience, people may subsequently engage in hedonic behaviors,” explained study author Andrew B. Moynihan of the University of Limerick.
“We found that people may engage in unhealthy eating, impulsiveness, or endorse promiscuous attitudes in this context. In the current paper, we investigated whether pornography consumption, at least in some circumstances, may also serve as an escape from the threat to meaning in life posed by boredom.”
The study, which surveyed 179 adults living in Ireland or the United Kingdom, found that boredom proneness and emotional avoidance mediated the association between perceived meaninglessness and pornography use.
In other words, people who agreed with statements such as “My life has no clear purpose” were more likely to agree with statements such as “In most situations, it is hard for me to find something to do or see to keep me interested” and “It [pornography] provides an opportunity to be distracted from life’s challenges,” which in turn was related to more frequent pornography use.
Pornography might serve as a means of existential escape among those suffering from boredom
Bored people may turn to pornographic content to distract from the perception that their life is meaningless, according to new research published in Personality and Individual Differences.
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In other words, watching porn is a good thing to keep your mind active from being bored to death.
