Many porn users worry if their porn use has become unhealthy. This questionnaire is a way to check in to see if porn is negatively impacting your life. My good friend, Jo Robertson, from The Light Project, out of New Zealand does brilliant work and has a very informative website. Check it out...and check in below to see if you need to make changes to your porn habit.
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The Problematic Pornography Consumption Scale (PPCS)
Based on Bothe, et al., The Development of the Problematic Pornography Consumption Scale (PPCS), The Journal of Sex Research, published online 06 Mar 2017 (available at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00224499.2017.1291798).
Answer the following questions, rating them by how much you feel they apply to you from 1 to 7, where: 1 = never, 2 = rarely, 3 = occasionally, 4 = sometimes, 5 = often, 6 = very often, 7 = all the time.
I feel that porn is an important part of my life
I use porn to restore the calmness of my feelings
I think porn causes problems in my sexual life
I feel that I need to watch more and more porn for satisfaction
I tried to reduce the amount of porn I watch, but have not been able to
I become stressed when something prevents me from watching porn
I think about how good it would be to watch porn
Watching porn gets rid of my negative feelings
Watching porn prevents me from bringing out the best in me
I feel like I need more and more porn in order to satisfy my needs
When I decide not to watch porn any more, I can only do it for a short period of time
I become agitated when I am unable to watch porn
I continually plan when I can watch porn
I release my tension by watching porn
I neglect other activities as a result of watching porn
I gradually watched more ‘extreme’ porn, because the porn I watched before was less satisfying
I can resist watching porn for only a little while before I relapse
I miss porn greatly when I don’t watch it for a while
Add the scores for all the questions together. A score of 76 or higher suggests problematic levels of porn use.
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