Relation between Pornography Browsing and Aggression among University Students

TLDR: In this paper , a study was conducted to determine the relation between pornography browsing and aggression among university students, and it was concluded that pornography browsing is particularly evident among university student, and pornography browsing can predict aggressive behavior, recommending that providing Psycho-educational program about pornography browsing to students and their parents is vital to overcome adverse effects of pornography browsing.

Abstract: Pornography browsing has became particularly evident among University students to the extent that there are several physiological, psychological and mental changes that escalate aggressiveness and behavioral problems. This study was conducted to determine the relation between pornography browsing and aggression among university students. The study design was descriptive correlational design. Setting : the study was conducted at Faculties of Tanta University. Subjects: 1600 undergraduate students were selected according to stratified random sampling from both practical and theoretical faculties. Tools : data was collected using two tools; Buss & Perry aggression questionnaire, and problematic pornography consumption scale. The results revealed that the majority of the studied students had no evidence of problematic pornography browsing, and there was a highly significant positive moderate correlation between pornography browsing and aggression. It was concluded that pornography browsing is particularly evident among university students, and that pornography browsing can predict aggressive behavior. The study recommended that providing Psycho-educational program about pornography browsing to students and their parents is vital to overcome adverse effects of pornography browsing .